Catholic Charities

Homeless services - sanctuary women's development centers - provides homeless and low-income women and their children resources in oklahoma city and norman. Women are offered support and advocacy to alleviate the effects of poverty, empowering them with the tools to overcome homelessness. Shower and laundry facilities, computer lab food and beverages, clothing, hygiene items, life-skills classes, job search, counseling and case management are available. - holy family home - provides a multi-generational transitional housing facility for community-based services and case management to homeless women and their children - educating, empowering and promoting positive lifestyles to residents.

Family support services - emergency rent and utility assistance - provides limited financial assistance for rent and utility bills to families struggling to achieve self-sufficiency. Once approved for assistance, families must participate in a one-time budgeting course and are strongly urged to enroll in family h.o.p.e. Case management. Families may access this assistance annually and a set number of families are assisted per week. - family h.o.p.e. Case management- offers strength-based case management that builds partnerships with families threatened by homelessness and severe financial stressors to eliminate barriers to success and self-sufficiency. - transitional housing- provides affordable housing to low-income families and individuals. To be eligible to live in housing units, adult family members must enroll in the family h.o.p.e. Program.

Immigration legal services - provides affordable immigration legal services to low income families in oklahoma. Immigrants and non-immigrants are able to obtain reliable and trustworthy assessments of cases of family petitions, u-visa, vawa, t-visa, adjustments of status, citizenship, and temporary protected status.

St. Joseph's counseling, education & outreach provides professional, familystrengthening counseling and related services to individuals, couples, families and catholic school staff/ students who are experiencing emotional stress. Suicide prevention training (qpr) and psycho-educational presentation are available to parish and catholic schools.

Advocacy and outreach disaster services provides emergency assistance, trauma counseling service coordination and long-term case management after disasters. Also worked with communities to enhance and strengthen preparedness for and resiliency after a disaster.

Adoption and pregnancy services pregnant women in crisis are offered support, counseling and case management. Ethical, pressure-free licensed child placement is available for infant adoptions. Support and counseling for birth parents and adoptive parents is provided during the adoption process including on-going post-adoptive services.