Did You Know?

  • Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) employs over 74 professional staff, offering services in 26 languages.
  • CCA responds to victims of disaster. Most recently, we helped, and continue to help, the families who were victims of the 2011 tornadoes in north Georgia.
  • CCA has served families of north Georgia and metro Atlanta since 1953.
  • CCA measures the effectiveness of each of its services and tracks all donations to ensure they are used for what they are intended.
  • CCA serves and employs people of all faiths and backgrounds.
  • CCA Counseling Services provides a variety of professional counseling services to hundreds of individuals, couples, and families each year. We provided mental health counseling to 926 individuals in FY 2012 with a 96% success rate.
  • Each year, CCA provides a variety of services to refugee families including employment services, English language classes, immigration legal assistance, and financial literacy.
  • In FY 2012, CCA served 17,906 clients.
  • In FY 2012, CCA resettled 274 refugees.
  • In the past fiscal year, English Language Instruction students received 12,793 hours of instruction. With more than 336 students, this averages out to 38 hours of instruction per student.
  • In FY 2012, 87% of our clients were low income and 68% of clients live in poverty.
  • This is the inaugural year of the Saint Thérèse Society; a new organization of women dedicated to the mission of CCA helping via volunteerism and support. More than 15 local parishes are already involved.
  • Our immigration staff served 945 ongoing clients this past fiscal year. They served 6,102 clients with brief services. They also currently provide numerous hours of training and instruction for potential clients under the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA).
  • CCA helped nearly 80 children and their young and inexperienced parents by providing in-home parenting classes. 95% of parents increased their knowledge and skills of childhood development and understanding of their child’s needs.
  • 40% of Catholic Charities staff members have a Master’s degree or higher level of education, and 69% of staff are bilingual or multilingual. 84% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
  • CCA has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation since 2005. The Council on Accreditation (COA) is an independent not-for-profit international accreditor of the full continuum of community-based behavioral health care and social service organizations. COA accreditation is an objective and reliable verification that organizations qualify for your confidence and support.
  • In FY 2012, our Christmas Connections program provided gifts to 3,555 individuals in need valued at over $265,000.
  • Over 1,544 volunteers gave 18,443 hours of services, which amounts to $208,705 in donated man/woman power this past fiscal year.
  • In FY 2012, 94% of clients who received delinquency or foreclosure housing counseling “one-on-one” services continued to maintain their homeownership for at least 6 months.
  • In 2011, CCA created a leadership class program. The mission is to inspire and empower Catholic men and women who seek to become servant leaders in the business community. The 2012 CCA Leadership Class has 43 members. They attend 19 different parishes and are involved in 26 parish ministries. Collectively, they volunteer their time for 115 different community, academic, and social organizations.
  • Each year CCA hosts an annual Gala. It is our largest fundraiser of the year. 100% of the proceeds go towards our programs and services.