Dear All,

The All-Staff Retreat, our annual opportunity to gather our whole staff, was on April 23^rd. All  departments and programs have attended. We have explored the roots of why we do what we do, and what why means for our organization. For many of you who have recently joined our agency, it was a good opportunity to learn more about Catholic Charities.

But do you know how many clients we have served last calendar year and how many lives we did touch? According to the survey we submitted to Catholic Charities USA in April, which consists of three very detailed reports, in CY2020 we touched the lives of 24,200 persons across Kentucky. For our colleagues who have been longer with the agency this number might be a surprise. The reason is because we would not include the LTCO or Language Services programs’ numbers in the past as their numbers include the number of beds in long-term facilities LTCO is responsible for and the number of appointments LS has secured for LEP clients. I must mention that 14 staff members have been involved in completing the survey. This fact talks about how much information has been collected.

The three surveys (attached here) include: The Core Survey that provides an overall information about our agency and the functions that support services; The Program Detail Survey that provides details related to programs themselves, and the CLINIC (Catholic Legal Immigration, Inc.) survey that is specific to the Immigration Legal Services.

Please take a moment and review those reports.

Sincerely,

Darko Mihaylovich
Director of Programs