Catholic Charities
Located at 417 N Broadway in Pittsburg, southeast-kansas-services provides Rent/Utility Assistance as well as Case Management services in order to stabilize families in crises. For intakes, please call (620)-235-0633 between 9 am and 1 pm, Monday through Thursday.
Southeast Kansas Services at Catholic Charities is a program that provides assistance as a means of keeping people in their homes while helping them handle their family’s daily needs. The program serves people who are the working poor, unemployed or who have been unable to work because of disability or illness, or those receiving fixed incomes or limited government assistance. The focus is on preventing the situation from worsening and guiding families toward goals that meet their daily needs.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility is based on three criteria:
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The assistance will prevent homelessness (keep a person in their home for 30 days)
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The client submits all requested verifications
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When we create a budget we can identify where the money has gone and that it is spent appropriately (i.e. on bills, etc.)
There are no income guidelines for assistance, only the eligibility criteria. Assistance may be given once in 12 months for rent and once in 12 months for utilities, but the assistance may not occur within the same six-month period.
Our Mission
United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.
Our Goals
In 2008, United Way World Wide initiated a 10-year program designed to achieve the following goals by 2018:
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Improve education, and cut the number of high school dropouts — 1.2 million students, every year — in half.
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Help people achieve financial stability, and get 1.9 million working families — half the number of lower-income families who are financially unstable — on the road to economic independence.
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Promote healthy lives, and increase by one-third the number of youth and adults who are healthy and avoid risky behaviors.
These goals are ambitious, but with your help, and by utilizing our core strengths — a national network, committed partners and public engagement capacity — we can achieve them.
