Make gift choices that support economic development projects in low-income communities in the U.S. Doing so can help you to live out the Gospel call to bring good news to the poor, recovery of sight to the blind, and liberty to captives (Luke 4:18).

U.S. Economic Development Projects

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development works to promote economic development by giving grants to groups that help low-income people start small businesses. These groups provide resources to help people transform their entrepreneurial ideas into realties, which in turn supplies the community with good jobs and workforce development. Those things allow workers to share in the fruits of their labor.

Opportunity Threads
Opportunity Threads is using funding from CCHD to develop a full scale worker-owned, eco-textile cut and sew plant in the heart of Southern Appalachia’s traditional textile country. The company uses mostly organic cotton, up-cycles materials and focuses on sustainable production. The company uses a worker-ownership model to build assets, pay fair wages, and retain and grow capital in local communities.  Order products from Opportunity Threads’ clients.

Hon’s Honey 
Hon's Honey is a social enterprise dedicated to honoring the dignity of and giving purpose to women survivors of trauma— addiction, trafficking, generational poverty and abuse. It is an employment program of The Well, a non-profit receiving CCHD support in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.  

The Franciscan Peacemakers Social Enterprise
The Franciscan Peacemakers Social Enterprise project is part of the work of CCHD supported Franciscan Peacemakers in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Their mission is to connect women survivors of sexual exploitation to safe housing, meaningful work and a healing network of support. 

Elpis Enterprises
Elpis Enterprises is a non-profit located in Saint Paul, MN that provides job training, work experience and employment assistance for young people experiencing homelessness. Their social enterprise program empowers young adults to break the cycles of homelessness through confidence-building paid work experiences in wood-working and screen printing.

Two Feet of Love in Action Elementary Storybooks

Two Feet of Love in Action Elementary Storybooks - Created in collaboration with Loyola Press, Green Street Park and Drop by Drop offer parents, teachers and children in grades K-5, examples of how to participate in solutions to important problems that affect the lives and dignity of others.

Order the books from Loyola Press: Green Street Park, Drop by Drop, and Everyone Belongs.