Catholic Charities, a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, is an organization of 14 service agencies located in 14 counties.  Our mission is to serve basic human need at all stages of life regardless of race, creed, or lifestyle with special emphasis on the poor and vulnerable in our society.   Some of the services Catholic Charities provides include:

• Soup kitchens, Food pantries, Homeless shelters
• Emergency assistance (heat, food, rent)
• Disaster relief services
• Senior Services (Day Care, Health Care Enrollment, Respite)
• Domestic Violence shelters
• Disabilities Services
• Maternity and Parenting Services
• Safe After school and Summer Programs for underprivileged children
• The ONLY Inter-generational Day Care Center in the area
• Mental Health Programs and Counseling Services
• Mentoring and substance abuse prevention
  services
• AIDs/HIV Services

In 2011 Catholic Charities:

• Served 100,685 people which included 40,450 children, 49,025 adults, and 11,210 senior citizens.
• Housed 2,551 individuals at any given time in our 101 housing sites.
• Provided pregnancy services to 365 young women. They received childbirth and parenting education, pregnancy counseling,
  adoption services, and supports to complete their education.
• Assisted 3,899 individuals with obtaining health insurance enrollment services.
• Provided safe shelter to 1,065 individuals who were homeless, experiencing domestic violence, or who were runaway youth.
• Provided emergency assistance to 18,706 individuals and their families in the form of food, clothing, utilities, transportation,
  prescription expenses, household furniture and other basic need services.
• Provided 20,084 individuals with food pantry services.
• Provided 2,978 individuals with individual, couple, family and addictive counseling services.
• Provided services to the developmentally disabled; 572 receiving service coordination and habilitation services, while 73 lived in our residences.
• Served 428 senior citizens at our congregate dining sites.
• Assisted 315 adult immigrants in applying for their US citizenship.
• Assisted 76 refugees with resettlement.
• Provided housing advocacy to 8,764 individuals.
• Youth Services provided 1,718 children with summer camp programming, 624 children with after school services, 144 youth with mentoring, and 266 children with early child
  development services.

Contacts:
Catholic Charities: Molly Nicol; 518-453-6677; [email protected]

Volunteer Opportunities: Shannon Kelly; 518-453-6650; [email protected]