Yesterday, the Trump administration announced that the refugee resettlement ceiling will be set at 15,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. This is the lowest number since the U.S. resettlement program was established nearly 40 years ago. While the resettlement number continues to dwindle here in the United States, the number…

In recognition of September as National Kinship Care Month, Catholic Charities of Buffalo announces the receipt of a New York State Office of Child and Family Services grant in the amount of $450,000. The three-year grant will enable Catholic Charities to expand its Kinship Caregiver Program from Cattaraugus County to…
Catholic Charities of Buffalo Workforce and Education Services, in conjunction with the Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board and C-Tech, is offering a four-week training beginning Sept. 8 titled “Hands-On Technology Training: Short-term Training for Long-term Careers.” The training will give students a foundation in telecommunications, network cabling, copper and…

Catholic Charities Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program Healthy Baby Festival is going virtual this year! Expectant and young families are invited to attend the festival virtually through an event on Catholic Charities of Buffalo’s Facebook page on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Throughout the day on Aug. 5, a series…

Catholic Charities’ Joyce Family Food Pantry & Outreach, 67 E. Peral St., Wellsville, is adjusting service next month because of the COVID-19 virus: the Easter Food Box will be given out with pantry clients’ April pantry visit, and extended hours will be offered during Holy Week (April 6-10). Also, clients…

Yesterday, Catholic Charities food pantry staff, as well as employees from its Workforce and Education and Immigration and Refugee Assistance Program, pitched in to pick up and sort eggs, pastries, vegetables, fruit and more for distribution tothe agency’s nine food pantries in three counties (Erie, Cattaraugus and Allegany). More than 500 dozen eggs and other…

Educators Harvey Miles and Roni Ehlert put the packages together for their students. Challenging times call for creative methods. In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, Catholic Charities’ Department of Workforce and Education this week transitioned its high school equivalency preparatory classes to distance learning, as on-site classes were suspended….

Nutrition~Simply Said offered at area food pantries Wed, Feb 19th 2020 03:25 pm Pictured right, Nutrition Educator Cassandra Fee, left, and Steuerman, lead class. Nutrition~Simply Said, a grant-funded nutrition education program offered through Catholic Charities of Buffalo, is up and running at six of the agency’s nine area food pantries. The…

by Nancy Steves Mon, Dec 30th 2019 03:00 pm Volunteers sort books donated for the Christmas toy giveaway. The months spent by Catholic Charities of Buffalo preparing to provide both holiday and basic needs for many in the community resulted in success, agency officials report, but it couldn’t have been done…

by Kaitlin Jackson Fri, Dec 20th 2019 03:00 pm The East Delavan Academy Construction & Trades Training Program, a collaborative effort between Catholic Charities Workforce and Education and 716 Ministries, graduated nine students today. This was the second graduating class from the Academy; the first group graduated in April. Students…