CCHD in Arkansas

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the U.S. Catholic bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program. It is the largest, national private funder of projects that empower the poor and seek to eliminate poverty and injustice. CCHD does this by funding groups that help local people organize a response to conditions that cause poverty in their own neighborhoods, funding grants to self-help projects and educating others about the root causes of poverty and Catholic social teaching. | Contact Us | CCHD Collection

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CCHD Special Collection

The annual CCHD special collection is held in parishes in November on World Day of the Poor Sunday. Twenty-five percent of the money collected stays in the Diocese of Little Rock for Catholic Charities of Arkansas to help people who are poor, vulnerable and living on the margins. The remainder of the collection is administered by the CCHD national office, which distributes larger grants. During its history, CCHD has provided thousands of grants nationwide, many in Arkansas, to self-help projects developed by grassroots groups of poor persons. The projects’ successes and the relationships developed have significantly changed the lives of many people in our country who are poor. For more information, contact us.