Catholic Health Association

Issue Education, Community Benefit Collaboration and Advocacy In accordance with Catholic social teaching and informed by Catholic values, CHA educates on policy issues impacting the most vulnerable, in our society. In addition, consistent with the requirements/guidelines of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations, CHA works to shape the impact of federal legislation and policies to strengthen the viability of the Catholic health ministry and to create a just and compassionate health care system for everyone. To enhance the ministrys work in reaching out to our communities, as well as to help the ministry to have a better understanding of the IRS community benefit standard, CHA developed a variety of educational resources and programs, open to its members and others. CHAs efforts in the areas of advocacy, issue education and community benefit included 12 virtual programs with 2,182 ministry and other attendees and 4 in-person programs with 166 ministry and other attendees that covered a range of issues, including continued on Schedule O