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CCHD Strategic National Grant RFP 2018
Catholic Campaign for Human Development Strategic National Grant Program, 2018
As part of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Review and Renewal, the Bishops authorized a new way to carry out CCHD’s mission “to bring good news to the poor, liberty to captives and new sight to the blind.”
In the Review and Renewal, CCHD committed itself to: “… establish CCHD Strategic National Grants (SNGs), setting aside a portion of CCHD resources for strategic grants focused on particular needs, issues or priorities. The amount and priorities will be determined by the Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. In keeping with CCHD’s mission, applications will focus on strategies for fighting the root causes of poverty in the United States. In keeping with the idea of a “strategic” program and CCHD’s Catholic identity, applications will receive higher consideration if they:
- propose innovative and promising strategies for helping the poor help themselves;
- clearly embody one or more of the USCCB priorities (human life and dignity, evangelization, strengthening marriage and the family, cultural diversity, etc.);
- focus on neglected dimensions of overcoming poverty (e.g. responsible fatherhood, family life, economic instability etc.);
- anticipate near-term problems (e.g. the recent housing, opioid crisis, racial unrest); or
- focus on urgent national strategic emphases (to be established on a year-to-year basis by the CCHD Subcommittee, based on input from key CCHD partners and a survey of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on priorities for overcoming poverty, e.g. rural poverty, institutional racism, immigration and urban violence).
These grants are not local, but can be regional or national. A group of dioceses can work together to develop a proposal. Proposals are to be consistent with CCHD mission (overcoming root causes of poverty) and reflect CCHD foundations (Catholic teaching, participation, non-partisanship, etc.). These grants are focused on particular situations or issues where broader, strategic, innovative and focused action is needed.