Helping a household find alternative housing rather than entering shelter or experiencing unsheltered homelessness is less costly and more effective at preventing homelessness.  Lorna Schmidt talks with Alanna Hinz-Sweeney and Breana Guernsey about the practice of diversion and how it results in highly successful housing outcomes. 

We’re thrilled that two Catholic Charities Board Members were honored by Twin Cities Business for their leadership. Board Chair Kathleen Erickson DiGiorno was named to the Twin Cities Business list of “2022 Notable Nonprofit Board Members.” Catholic Charities CEO Michael Goar nominated Kathy, recognizing her for leading Catholic Charities through a period of tremendous need in… (Read More)

After a two-year hiatus, the Our Hearts to Your Soles David Lewis Memorial event returned to the Saint Paul Opportunity Center. This was the 15th year that the popular event has come to the Twin Cities to benefit individuals served by Catholic Charities. This year’s collaborative effort featured a number of benefits to participants: Covid… (Read More)

Recently, Michael Goar, President and CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, had the opportunity to submit testimony to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development for their hearing on “opportunities and challenges in addressing homelessness”. The testimony focused on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic shone… (Read More)

• “This year Hennepin County…tallied the fewest number of people experiencing homelessness since the federal survey began 17 years ago, according to the county’s recently released annual national homeless census. • Since 2005, the number of homeless people in the county…has remained stubbornly above 3,000, peaking at 3,731 in 2014. But this year’s count, taken… (Read More)