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Article: Catholic Campaign for Human Development Awards $9 Million to Fight Poverty Plus $150,000 to Help Hurricane Victims Plan for the Future
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 3, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Catholic Campaign for
Human Development (CCHD) today announced the distribution of nearly
$9 million to support local projects that work to eliminate the root
causes of poverty in the United States. CCHD, the anti-poverty
initiative of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, is one of the largest
private funders of anti-poverty programs controlled by the poor.
An additional $150,000 will be committed for special grants of
$50,000 each to three different community organizing networks:
Pacific Institute of Community Organizations (PICO), the Industrial
Areas Foundation (IAF) and the Association of Community Organizations
for Reform Now (ACORN). These funds will ...