2016-2017 Annual Report Providing Help. Creating Hope. Empowering Lives. A RCHDIOCESE OF L OS A NGELES 2016-2017 Annual Report Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. Providing Help. Creating Hope. Empowering Lives. For nearly a century, since 1919, Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. has been assisting the poor, protecting the vulnerable, empowering the broken, advocating for social justice and promoting human dignity. Over the past 98 years, the agency evolved in response to the changing needs of the communities in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Today, Catholic Charities is one of the largest human services’ agencies in the three county area, and functions as the social service arm of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The theme of this 2016-2017 Annual Report is “Empowering Urban Arts Partnership created a unique, inspiring mural for San Pedro Lives,” an extension of Catholic Charities’ taglines: “Providing Region’s Mahar House-MY CLUB Community Center in Wilmington. That center helps keep 4th and 5th grade students off the streets and Help. Creating Hope.” “Empower” means to make people points them in the right direction, illustrating the theme of this Annual stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their lives Report, Empowering Lives. Photo Credit: Don Milici and claiming their rights. We will be showing, in this Annual Report’s photos and text, Table of Contents some ways in which Catholic Charities of Los Angeles helps to Mission & Vision Statements; Communities Served ......... 3 empower our clients’ lives through our various programs and Archdiocesan Leadership ........................... 4 services, by helping to raise the human dignity of these individuals and families so they can overcome their hardships and set achievable Executive Director; Board of Trustees .................. 5 goals for long-term stability and self-reliant futures. Catholic Charities Tackles Homelessness Using Housing First Approach ........................ 6 The safety-net services of our 22 community centers and seven shelters are aimed at breaking the cycles of poverty, homelessness, Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region ................. 7 illiteracy and violence in society by meeting our clients’ basic, San Fernando Pastoral Region ........................ 8 emergency needs and, then, guiding them toward self-sufficiency San Gabriel Pastoral Region ......................... 9 while, ultimately, empowering and transforming their lives. San Pedro Pastoral Region ......................... 10 Most of our community centers and shelters provide educational Santa Barbara Pastoral Region ...................... 11 classes and life changing, empowering services including: Archdiocesan Youth Employment; nutrition; ESL; financial literacy; tutoring; adult education; GED Catholic Youth Organization ....................... 12 preparation; computer classes; parenting workshops; resume Employment Support Partnership; preparation and job skills; homeless prevention; Senior services; Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project ................. 13 healthy marriage tools; legal assistance; child abuse prevention; Immigration Services; Refugee Resettlement ............ 14 and linkages to other sources of community support. Financial Statements, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2017 .... 15 In FY 2016-2017, Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. Major Donors ................................ 16-18 provided the help to our clients which created hope in them Ways to Support the Work of Catholic Charities .......... 19 that they would be able to obtain what they want for themselves, making real our commitment to “Empowering Lives.” All photos by Don Milici, unless otherwise noted. Front Cover: Through support from Back Cover: Mario interns as an afterschool Catholic Charities’ Archdiocesan Youth counselor serving as a positive role model for Employment program, Denise became a young people from the community where he certified Pharmacy Technician and currently grew up. He credits his internship experience works full-time at Memorial Medical Center with Catholic Charities’ Archdiocesan Youth Pharmacy. Here she is shown counting out Employment program for helping him identify pills. Photo credit: Joe Garcia, eCatholic.com his passion for working with youth. Photo credit: Joe Garcia, eCatholic.com 2 Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. 2016-2017 Annual Report Mission Statement Catholic Charities is committed to manifesting Christ’s spirit through collaboration with diverse communities, by providing services to the poor and vulnerable, by promoting human dignity, and by advocating for social justice. Vision Statement Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Catholic Charities of Los Angeles commits to serve the vulnerable and to strive for a just society. Archdiocesan Youth Employment (AYE) provides professional training to Mary Romero, San Gabriel Regional Director, visits with residents young people to prepare them for successful placement into paid internship of McGill Street House, a seven-bed transitional housing facility for opportunities with local businesses, non-profit organizations and public homeless women with children. This is a collaborative project of Catholic agencies. Photo credit: Joe Garcia, eCatholic.com Charities and the City of Covina. Photo Credit: Don Milici The Communities We Serve Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region Los Angeles Inner City, Inglewood, Crenshaw District, Koreatown,West Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica, and Los Angeles to Century Freeway San Fernando Pastoral Region Burbank, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley to Canoga Park and Chatsworth, and Antelope Valley San Gabriel Pastoral Region San Gabriel Valley, Mt. Baldy, Pomona Valley, East Los Angeles San Pedro Pastoral Region Long Beach, South Bay, Rio Hondo, Vernon, Montebello, Pico Rivera Santa Barbara Pastoral Region Santa Barbara County— Cuyama Valley, Carpinteria, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Ventura County—Camarillo, Moorpark, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Ventura 3 2016-2017 Annual Report Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. M OST R EVEREND Photo: Tom Wilmshurst J OSÉ H. G OMEZ A RCHBISHOP OF L OS A NGELES 4 Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. 2016-2017 Annual Report 2016-2017 Board of Trustees Photo: Allen Altchech Officers Photo: Tom Wilmshurst Most Rev. José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles Chairman Paul D. Tosetti, Esq. President Rev. Monsignor Gregory A. Cox Executive Vice President Rev. Monsignor Paul M. Montoya Vice President Vincent F. Martin, Jr. M ONSIGNOR PAUL D. T OSETTI, E SQ. Treasurer G REGORY A. C OX P RESIDENT Lola McAlpin-Grant, Esq. Secretary E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR Trustees Gary A. Amaral Yolanda Becerra-Jones Afshin Beyzaee, Esq. Cathleen M. Cobb Timothy J. Collins Richard G. D’Amico Susan D’Amico Gary A. Darnell Doug Domingo-Foraste Robert M. Ebiner, Esq. Gregory L. Evans, Esq. Bonificio “Bonny” Garcia, Esq. Harold T. Greene Brian Hill Michael Hogan Ivan J. Houston Maribel Jarchow Gary D. Krauss Stephen G. Larson, Esq. Sonia Y. Lee James R. Lo Coco Michael J. Maloney, Esq. Sean K. McFerson Michael D. O’Brien Michael T. Psomas Mary Beth Rzeteljski Viktor Rzeteljski Most Rev. Alexander Salazar Frederick K. Schmitt Janet Cruz Sparrow Peter J. Vogelsang, M.D. David M. Walsh, Esq. John A. White Todd Yoshitake Sander C. Zagzebski, Esq. Emeritus Richard M. Ferry 5 2016-2017 Annual Report Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. Catholic Charities Tackles Homelessness Using the Housing First Approach ◆ According to the 2017 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, 57,794 people were experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County. The Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness’ 2017 Report stated Photo: Don Milici there were 1,489 homeless individuals in Santa Barbara County. According to the 2017 Ventura County Homeless Count, there were 1,152 homeless people in Ventura County. Those three counties comprise the service area of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles. ◆ The Housing First approach to ending homelessness is part of HUD’s Homeless Assistance programs. Housing First is a model that offers Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children permanent, affordable housing as quickly as possible for individuals and provides supportive services to help women maintain permanent housing. families experiencing homelessness, and then provides the supportive services and connections to the community-based supports which people need to keep their housing and avoid returning to homelessness. Photo: Don Milici The Housing First approach is applied at the shelters and homeless programs of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles: ◆ San Pedro Region’s Transition in Place – Families (TIP) program, funded through the City of Long Beach, follows the Housing First model to quickly and successfully connect individuals and families, experiencing homelessness, to permanent supportive housing, without Long Beach Community Services Center assists clients, barriers to entry, such as sobriety treatment or service participant through case management, to remain in their housing. requirements, and without related preconditions that might lead to the program participant’s termination from the project. Using a Transition- in-Place model, this project, facilitated out of Catholic Charities’ Long Beach Community Services Center, provides assistance for each family Photo: Don Milici to secure appropriate community-based housing, stabilized with case management and life-skills support, and offers up to eight months of rental subsidy,