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“Each day we have to decide whether to be Good Samaritans or indifferent bystanders.”

POPE FRANCIS 1936 - 2025

“Charity – caritas – is our very life; it is what makes us ‘be’ what we are.”

POPE FRANCIS 1936 - 2025

“We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor.”

POPE FRANCIS 1936 - 2025

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7th Graders Make an Impact

Our Mission: To support children, youth, families, and seniors from crisis to stability to well-being

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Housing Services

Immigration Legal Services

Mental Health/Violence Prevention

Disaster Emergency Services

Family Preservation

Our impact in 2024

2,500

families received essential services

200

East Bay neighbors stayed in their homes thanks to rent relief

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On average, the families we helped are working but earn less than $30,000 a year.

On average, $2,500 kept a family in their home.

Requests from people aged 55 or older went up by 39% – the largest increase of any demographic.

The Immigration Legal Services Team provided:

• 750 consultations
• 250 citizenship (naturalization) cases
• 95 humanitarian relief cases
• 65 education and outreach events

Note: Catholic Charities East Bay is an authorized immigration legal service provider with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), our services are provided by Accredited DOJ Representatives, Paralegals, trained Legal Assistants; and Attorneys licensed by the California State Bar.

90

families received Disaster Case Management Services in response to the federally declared disasters in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

150

students received on-going help provided by Catholic Charities Mental Health Therapists.

300

individuals participated in training sessions that covered trauma, mental health 101, restorative practices for schools and students, workplace healing, and the trauma of homelessness.