Actions YOU can take to support “Families Belong Together” to end the separation of families entering the U.S. at the southern border
While President Donald Trump’s June 20 executive order is intended to end the separation of families entering the U.S. at the southern border, there are still no answers for how families already separated will be reunified. The 2,300 children who have been separated will likely be treated as unaccompanied minors and placed in the Office [...]
Local Organizations Struggle to Reunite Families Following Executive Order
Baltimore Magazine, June 21, 2018 By Michelle Harris Reunification programs worry about the “re-traumatizing” effects on refugee children. Read more.>>
Immigration Debate | At least 10 children separated from their parents are in Maryland
Fox45 News, June 21, 2018 by Shelley Orman FOX45 has learned some of the children who've been taken from their parents at the U.S. border are being cared for here in Maryland. Read more.
Wall Street Journal: After Border Separation, Family Tries to Get Nephew Out of Foster Care
The Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2018 By Scott Calvert and Jennifer Levitz For 30 days, Nila Serrano has been struggling to gain temporary custody of Danny, a Honduran child who was apprehended at the border with his mother last month. Read more.
Baltimore woman’s daughter and granddaughter were separated at the border. She wants to take the 6-year-old in
The Baltimore Sun, June 21, 2018 By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Thalia Juarez A Honduran woman who has been living in Baltimore for 14 years is seeking permission to take in a young granddaughter who has been separated from her mother at the Southwest Border, she said Thursday. Read more.
Catholic Charities of Baltimore Executive Director: “The separation of families happening at the southern border of the United States is inhumane and unconscionable”
The separation of families happening at the southern border of the United States is inhumane and unconscionable. Life in a dangerous or frightening home is traumatic. The journey to the U.S. border is not an easy way to escape that trauma. To imply or insist that separation will be a deterrent is misguided at best [...]
A garden grows at ODBEC
The torrential rains have stopped. Thank goodness! Now we can enjoy our lush gardens including the courtyard at Our Daily Bread Employment Center. This garden is thriving thanks to Ashley Morgan, Operations Supervisor at ODBEC. "Ashley Morgan is the reason our garden looks so terrific," said John Soboleski of ODBEC. Since 2013, Ashley Morgan has [...]
Family Services Open House/Job Fair
Two Dates – Two Locations! Please join us for on-the-spot interviews at one of our open houses. Click here to see the flyer. Friday, June 8th | 10 am – 7 pm St. Vincent’s Villa Gymnasium 2600 Pot Spring Rd. Timonium, MD 21093 Monday, June 11th | 8 am – 5 pm Miller’s Court Center [...]
Rita Walters Joins Catholic Charities of Baltimore as Chief Development Officer
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2018 Contact: Rowena Daly - Catholic Charities rdaly@cc-md.org – 667-600-2007 Rita Walters Joins Catholic Charities of Maryland as Chief Development Officer Baltimore, MD – Catholic Charities is pleased to announce the appointment of Rita Walters as the new Chief Development Officer effective April 30, 2018. Ms. Walters brings more than [...]
Celebrating Catholic Charities Head Start Baltimore style
L-R: Family Services Coordinators Charlene Thomas, Vernell Walker and Tonia Bell, with Mary Gunning (3rd from left), Director of Catholic Charities Head Start of Baltimore City Now that's a Baltimore party - bull roast, bingo and dancing in a church hall. That was the scene Sunday, April 29, 2018, as teachers, staff, donors and [...]