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Evening with Friends
Please join us on June 12 for an Evening with Friends, a fundraising event for Catholic Charities Family and Community Services at one of Rochester's most inviting venues! Individual tickets are $50 and are on sale now. Click here to purchase your tickets.
When: Wednesday, June 12
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, NY
Proceeds from Evening with Friends will support over 80 CCFCS programs and tens of thousands of individuals in Rochester and the Finger Lakes Region. Guests will enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music, a silent disco, and more. Join us for an evening of music, food, fun, and friends!
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Permanency Resource Centers
This spring CCFCS launched a new program to serve families. Called Permanency Resource Centers, the program will provide vital support services to adoptive parents, grandparents, legal guardians, and kin caregivers in Monroe, Schuyler, Steuben, and Wayne Counties. The goal is to support permanent, stable family homes for children and youth. The program was made possible by a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the NYS Office of Children and Family Services.
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Connecting Refugees to Local Jobs
In a major boost to help newly arriving refugees in Rochester secure local employment, CCFCS has been awarded a 5-year, $5.4 million dollar job preparation and placement grant from the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), Bureau of Refugee Services (BRS). The funding will ramp up CCFCS’ already successful Refugee Employment Services Program, (RES), which provides job preparation and job placement for the refugee population. RES has placed more than 370 refugees in local jobs since 2019. Over the same period, more than half of the refugees placed in jobs by CCFCS became self-sufficient within 90 days of employment. RES maintains a base of more than 100 employers in the Greater Rochester area. To learn more, contact Refugee Employment Services.
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Day of Caring
We are so grateful for the many volunteers who turned out to support us during this year's United Way Day of Caring! Thank you to volunteers from Wegmans, Frontier Glss Inc., Mason Marketing, Hyatt Regency Rochester, The Strathallen Rochester, Cobblestone Capital Advisors, Children's Health Home of Upstate NY, and Turner Engineering for helping with repairs, painting, and yardwork at our I/DD residential homes in Monroe County, and to CCFCS staff who helped put down ground cover in the new children's playground area at Sanctuary House (our women's shelter in Rochester). Several CCFCS staff also volunteered at Cornell Cooperative Extension and Bivona Child Advocacy Center. Your generosity helped make Day of Caring a beautiful event.
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Women of Excellence
Congratulations to CCFCS President and CEO Lori VanAuken and CCFCS Board Member Lucia Colindres-Vasquez, who were honored at the Rochester Business Journal’s Women of Excellence awards ceremony May 14th. VanAuken was inducted into the prestigious Circle of Excellence for her achievements in the community and for leading the way for other women. Colindres-Vasquez was named a Women of Excellence honoree. Both are pictured here with CCFCS Board member Iveth Reynolds.
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More Than Work
CCFCS is proud to take part in #MORETHANWORK, a campaign to combat the critical shortage of direct support professionals across New York State. Together with the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, we're recruiting professionals who support and empower people with developmental disabilities.
Visit DirectSupportCareers.com to learn more!
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Thank you for catching up with us!
In just a few short weeks, we’ll be gathering for an Evening with Friends! It promises to be a wonderful time as we raise funds for our programs and celebrate our partnerships. Your support helps CCFCS deliver vital services to people of all ages and backgrounds - from emergency rent assistance, substance use treatment, and care coordination, to mental health counseling, job training, and supportive housing. Please join us for an Evening with Friends on June 12th! We can’t wait to celebrate with you. You can purchase your ticket here.
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Lori VanAuken, President and CEO
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Administrative Offices:
79 North Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
Programs and Services:
1099 Jay Street, Bldg J, Rochester, NY 14611
87 North Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
Finger Lakes Regional Office:
2462 State Rt. 54A, Suite 209, Penn Yan, NY 14527
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