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Transcript of Snapshot Survey - First Quarter 2012
Overview
Catholic Charities USA conducted an online
survey o its membership during April 2012
to measure programs and services pro-
vided between January 1, 2012 and March
31, 2012. Responses were received rom
44 local agencies located in 27 dierent
states. These agencies serve an estimated
3,636,528 clients annually.1
FIRST QUARTER, 2012
SNAPSHOT SURVEY
1 Based on agency information as reported in the
Catholic Charities USA 2010 Annual Survey.
In Focus: Summer Youth Programs
This quarter’s survey ocused on summer youth programs, whichfll a critical need or amilies and children when school lets out or the summer. Agencies reported a variety o successul programs,but the majority said that there is a need in their communities or additional summer programs.
• When asked to identiy what type o summer youth programwould most beneft their community, agencies’ top choicewas an Enrichment/Academic/Tutoring program (58% o agencies said they would add such a program i resourceswere not an issue).
• Agencies identifed budget limitations as the number one barrier preventing them rom operating or expanding summer youth programs (84% o agencies indicated thiswas a barrier or them). Other widely reported barriers werelack o sta (59%) and lack o available acility (24%).
• Fiteen agencies reported providing summer programs tomore than 9,520 children.
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• Among the 27 agencies who reported the number o
people they served during the 1st Quarter, children
(179,154) make up the largest population group
receiving services, ollowed by the working poor
(176,653) and seniors (174,984).
New Programs
• Forty-three percent o agencies indicated that they
created a new program or expanded existing services
over the 1st Quarter. Many o these programs
included intensive case management and improved
reerral services.
Program Cuts
• Thirty-our percent o agencies were orced to close
programs or cut back on service oerings last quarter.
Need or Investment in Technology
• Thirty-one percent o agencies do not have database
sotware to track clients and services, which signifcantly
limits their ability to gauge the eectiveness and
efciency o their eorts.
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Key FindingsUnmet Needs
• For the third consecutive quarter, the greatest
areas o unmet need are in emergency fnancial
assistance and utilities assistance, where 57
percent and 60 percent o agencies report
wait-listing or turning away clients, respectively.
• Average waiting list size was longest or utilities
assistance (632 people per agency), ollowed by
emergency fnancial assistance (587 people per
agency) and immigration services (497 people per
agency).
Client Population Profle
• The majority o agencies reported an increase in
requests or help relative to the previous quarter
rom the working poor (71%), amilies (65%),
homeless (63%), and the middle class (56%).
• Regionally, Western agencies were ar more likely
than those in any other region to report an increase
in clients. Among Western agencies, 90 percent
reported an increase in amilies, 89 percent reported
an increase in working poor, 88 percent reported an
increase in immigrants, and 86 percent reported an
increase in homeless.
Thank you to the agencies that participated:
Catholic Social Services, Anchorage, Catholic Char-
ities Archdiocese o New Orleans, Catholic Chari-
ties o Santa Clara County, Catholic Charities o
the Diocese o New Ulm, Catholic Charities, Santa
Rosa, Catholic Charities, Diocese o Trenton, Catho-
lic Charities CYO, San Francisco, Catholic Charities
o Charleston, Catholic Charities o Los Angeles,
Catholic Charities o the Archdiocese o Galveston
Houston, Catholic Charities Diocese o St. Peters-
burg, Inc., Catholic Charities, La Crosse, Catholic
Charities, Diocese o Venice, Inc., Catholic Com-
munity Service, Juneau, Catholic Charities Atlanta,
Catholic Charities Community Services, Phoenix,
Catholic Charities, Des Moines, Catholic Charities
o the Diocese o Monterey, Catholic Charities o
the Diocese o Baton Rouge, Catholic Charities o
the East Bay, Catholic Charities Maine, Portland,
Catholic Charities, Inc. Palm Beach, FL., Catholic
Charities, Saint Cloud, Catholic Charities o South-
west Louisiana, Lake Charles, Catholic Charities Di-
ocese o Youngstown, Catholic Charities Diocese o
Allentown, Catholic Charities, Pittsburgh, Catholic
Community Services o Utah, Salt Lake City, Catho-
lic Charities o the Diocese o Altoona-Johnstown,
Vermont Catholic Charities, Burlington, Catholic
Charities, Harrisburg , Catholic Charities Diocese o
Yakima, Catholic Charities o Corpus Christi, Texas,
Catholic Charities Inc., Diocese o Wilmington DE.,
Catholic Family Services, Inc., Lubbock, Catholic
Charities, Inc., Covington, KY, Catholic Charities
West Virginia, Inc., Catholic Charities o Southern
Missouri, Catholic Charities o Kansas City-St. Jo-
seph Inc., Catholic Charities o Bualo, Catholic
Charities o Central Colorado, Catholic Social Ser-
vices - Miami Valley, Cincinnati, Catholic Charities
o Chicago, Catholic Charities, St. Thomas, VI