The subcommittee assists the bishops, both collectively and individually, in advancing the Bishops’ domestic anti-poverty effort through grants from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Collection, poverty awareness initiatives, and resource development activities.

Key Mission Responsibilities

  1. Creating awareness about domestic poverty.  
  2. Promoting and supporting community-controlled, self-help anti-poverty organizations.
  3. Building solidarity among people to address the root causes of poverty.

Key Mission Relationships

  1. With the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and the Secretariat for Justice and Peace. 
  2. With dioceses.
  3. With national Catholic organizations.
  4. With community and economic development organizations and advocacy groups.