We help about 40,000 families and individuals every yearSTRIVING FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND HEALTHY LIFE. . . SUSTAINING + STABILIZING + STRENGTHENING = SELF-SUFFICIENCYCatholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. moves people in need toward self-sufficiency. In the 2015-2016 fiscal year, 40,759 people were served by Catholic Charities in Southwest Florida. SUSTAINING Families and IndividualsPrevention and Social Services$2,772,058 31,055 PEOPLE SERVEDCatholic Charities SUSTAINS families and individuals with programs and services that supply the necessities of life and provide the guidance needed to maintain independence. Soup Kitchen15,200Food, Clothing, Financial Assistance, Medication, and Case Management12,057Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program2,004Senior Outreach1,422HIV/AIDS Support372STABILIZING Families and Individuals Family Reunification Services$2,188,287 6,752 PEOPLE SERVEDCatholic Charities STABILIZES families and individuals with programs and services that preserve and secure a healthy life and offer a steady path to self-reliance. Immigration Services4,620Affordable Housing967Refugee Resettlement377Housing, Education, and Supplies for Mothers and Children255Support for Veterans251Human Trafficking Victim Assistance101Refugee Youth 72Homeless Shelter for Families65Empowerment Program44STRENGTHENING Families and IndividualsCounseling and Education Services$2,241,923 2,952 PEOPLE SERVEDCatholic Charities STRENGTHENS families and individuals with programs and services that improve their lives and increase their opportunities to prosper and achieve their potential. Mental Health Counseling 1,048Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Prevention906After-School Education 848Early Learning Centers 105Youth Mentoring 45

PROVIDING HELP with Prevention and Social ServicesCatholic Charities strives to equip families, individuals and seniorswith vital essentials through programs and services that meet themost urgent needs such as emergency financial assistance, foodpantries and programs, homeless shelter for families and children,soup kitchen, clothing banks, prescription medications, senioroutreach and support, compassionate care for HIV/AIDS patients,human trafficking victims assistance, case management, disasterresponse, and aid and guidance to birth mothers and homelessmothers and their children. CREATING HOPE with Counseling and EducationCatholic Charities works to build up families, individuals andseniors by enhancing their lives with relief from mental healthissues through professional counseling and addiction servicesand opportunities to better themselves by way of after-schooltutoring and reading programs, youth mentoring, summer camps,life and job skills, English classes, housing counseling andforeclosure prevention, home ownership classes, and enrichingchild care and early learning centers. SERVING ALL with Family Reunification ServicesCatholic Charities welcomes immigrants and refugees andadvises them on their pursuit to attain a fruitful life in SouthwestFlorida with immigration services from Board of ImmigrationAppeals certified counselors, citizenship classes, resettlementservices for refugees, and educational and tutoring assistancefor refugee youth.

Sound fiscal management practices andcommitment to accountability and transparencyhave earned Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice,Inc. a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. Thiswas the 14th time that Catholic Charities hasearned this top distinction in the last 16 years.

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. openeda homeless shelter for families in South SarasotaCounty. The Catholic Charities Family Havenprovides emergency intake, temporary housingand long-term master care management. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. operates one of the largest human traffickingvictim's assistance programs in the State of Florida. It began as a pilot program in 2009 and hundredsof victims have been freed from enslavement tobecome productive citizens in our communities. Catholic Charities received a three-year grant of$750,000 from the U. S. Department of Justice tofund the program. Our Mother's House of Catholic Charities inVenice has cared for more than 500 homelessmothers and their children with transitionalhousing and case management needed to becomestable and independent. Additional apartmentswere purchased and renovated, and will open toyoung mothers and babies who lack a secure homeand existence. Construction of phase two of Casa San Juan Boscoof Catholic Charities farm worker community inArcadia was completed. The $8. 8 million expansionadded 44 new homes, and a second communitycenter, playground and soccer field on 30 acresadjacent to the existing community. CatholicCharities provides enrichment programs and servicesfor both adults and children living there to helpthem become more productive and self-sufficient. The Casa Maria Soup Kitchen at Guadalupe SocialServices of Catholic Charities in Immokalee receiveda complete kitchen renovation. The CatholicCharities program serves hot meals Monday throughFriday to the impoverished families and individualsof rural Collier County. An average of 35,000meals are provided each year. A Choice Food Pantry opened at the Judy SullivanFamily Resource Center of Catholic Charities inNaples. Instead of receiving a pre-packed bag offood, clients can shop with a cart for groceriesthey enjoy. The Choice Food Pantry is the first ofmany changes to come at the Catholic Charitiesagency which moved to a different location toaccommodate growth and offer more effectiveand efficient execution of programs and services. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. wasapproved by Florida Housing Finance Corporation tobuild affordable housing for rural seniors. The newdevelopment, to be named St. John Paul II Housing,will be in Arcadia and consist of 32 units. The Golden Gate Senior Center in Naplescontinues to expand and now serves about 700elders every day who receive a nutritious hot mealand engaging activities. The program combatsisolation and apathy among seniors.

STABILIZINGFAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALSFamily Reunification ServicesCatholic Charities STABILIZES families and individuals with programs and servicesthat preserve and secure a healthy life and offer a steady path to self-reliance. 6,752PEOPLESERVED967AFFORDABLEHOUSING4,620IMMIGRATION SERVICES377REFUGEERESETTLEMENT. Counseling and Education ServicesCatholic Charities STRENGTHENS families and individuals withprograms and services that improve their lives and increasetheir opportunities to prosper and achieve their potential. 1,048MENTAL HEALTHCOUNSELING906HOUSING COUNSELING ANDFORECLOSURE PREVENTION848AFTER-SCHOOLEDUCATION105EARLY LEARNINGCENTERS2,952PEOPLESERVEDSTRIVING FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND HEALTHY LIFEIn the 2015-2016 fiscal year, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. moved 40,759 people in Southwest Florida toward SELF-SUFFICIENCY. 45YOUTHMENTORING. Prevention and Social ServicesCatholic Charities SUSTAINS families and individuals withprograms and services that supply the necessities of life andprovide the guidance needed to maintain independence. 44EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM15,200SOUPKITCHEN12,057FOOD, CLOTHING,FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,MEDICATION, ANDCASE MANAGEMENT2,004SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONASSISTANCE PROGRAM