OUR STATEWIDE PROGRAMS

Local Catholic Charities Organizations (LCCOs) provide health coverage outreach, education, and enrollment assistance services across California. Health coverage enrollment and utilization can be especially daunting for low-income individuals and families.

Catholic Charities assists thousands of individuals and children to enroll in health coverage or seek basic preventative health services year after year. Timely enrollment into Medi-Cal or Covered California helps low-income Californians access care and avoid costly and traumatic health crises.

Since 2016, Catholic Charities Certified Enrollment Counselors have enrolled over 2,000 individuals into Covered California health plans. LCCO services are currently available in 12 counties: Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Imperial, Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, and Del Norte.

Local Catholic Charities organizations (LCCOs) have provided low- and no-cost immigration services to over 110,000 immigrants across California. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) funds most of our immigration legal services programs. All Catholic Charities legal service providers are recognized by the federal Office of Legal Access Programs (OLAP) and most employ Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Accredited Representatives, which facilitate legal representation before Immigration Courts, the BIA, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

LCCOs provide Immigration Legal Services in 32 counties throughout California: Butte, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada, Placer, Shasta, Tehama, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Los Angeles, Orange, Imperial, and San Diego.

Immigration Services Program

The Immigration Services Program (ISP) provides Naturalization application assistance to immigrants. In addition, ISP offers Other Immigration Remedies that help achieve lawful permanent residency in the United States. ISP also provides DACA renewal application, education, and outreach. Examples of OIR services include: Adjustment of Status, Family-Based Immigration, U-Visa (Victims of Crime), VAWA (Domestic Violence) and more.

DACA Legal Services

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Legal Services (DLS) Program offers assistance with DACA renewals for those who have existing DACA status. The program also provides assistance to eligible participants for USCIS filing fees and Education and Outreach.

Removal Defense

The Removal Defense (RD) program provides legal representation in Immigration Court for immigrants who are facing deportation. RD legal services are available at select Local Catholic Charities Organizations.

Unaccompanied and Undocumented Minors Program

The Unaccompanied and Undocumented Minors Program (UUM) provides legal services to eligible unaccompanied undocumented minors. Legal services include assistance in filing and preparing for legal proceedings for immigration status. UUM services are provided at select Local Catholic Charities Organizations.

In 2019, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) launched the California For All public outreach campaign, now known as Listos California. This funding enables LCCOs to bring emergency preparedness training and resources to vulnerable and underserved populations. Services are currently offered in: Butte, Trinity, San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Yolo, Solano, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Merced, Kings, Kern, Tulare, and San Francisco Counties. 

Catholic Charities will have served over 1,224,000 individuals by the end of December 2023. Successful implementation of this program means that vulnerable populations who are routinely more impacted by disasters will be better prepared and more likely to survive and recover from large-scale emergencies, like California’s wildfires.

For more information on these services visit:

Catholic Charities of San Francisco
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles
Northern Valley Catholic Social Services 
Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey
Catholic Charities Yolo-Solano
Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego

Catholic Charities of California (CCC) began its first Disaster Case Management Program (DCMP) contract with the California Department of Social Services in 2018 and has successfully concluded three FEMA-funded DCMP programs. CCC is currently providing Disaster Case Management Program services to survivors of the 2020 and 2021 California wildfires under the federal disaster declarations: DR-4558, DR-4569, and DR-4610. The DCMP is currently assisting survivors in 24 counties: Butte, Fresno, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Trinity, Tulare, and Yolo.

DCMP assists survivors impacted by major natural disasters using a holistic service approach to facilitate long-term recovery. Disaster Case Managers provide individualized support in the areas of survivor advocacy, resource and referral services, and recovery planning. The goal of DCMP is to ensure that all survivors return to a safe, secure, and sanitary living environment. To date, DCMP has provided case management services to over 1,800 disaster survivors.

If you are a survivor seeking Disaster Case Management Services, please contact us on the statewide DCMP phone line at (833)-775-3267 or visit https://www.cccdcmp.org/

Catholic Charities of California and Local Catholic Charities Organizations (LCCOs) have provided CalFresh outreach, education, and application assistance to low-income individuals and families since 2009. CalFresh Food, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, is the largest food program in California and provides an essential hunger safety net. CalFresh benefits help augment limited food budgets, allowing individuals and families to afford additional nutritious foods. Annually, LCCOs prescreens over 70,000 individuals; submit over 6,000 applications; and provide support for annual recertification for an average of 400 individuals. LCCOs provide CalFresh Food services in 17 counties: Fresno, Kern, Merced, Los Angeles, Yolo, Solano, San Diego, Imperial, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo.

LCCOs: CCMO, CCSD, CCSR