
Catholic
Charities of Michigan will be an effective and recognized
human service organization rooted in Catholic Social
Teaching, which will strengthen the services of the member
agencies...
- by
negotiating contracts on behalf of the member agencies;
- by
promoting collaborative planning and program activities
for the people of Michigan;
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by researching the needs of families and ways to
address service gaps;
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by advocating just and fair public social policy.
Adopted
by CCM Task Force
December 7, 1998
Catholic Social
and Family Service agencies represent a network of care
throughout the State of Michigan. While the current geographic
distribution of agencies is clustered in the southern half of the
lower peninsula, we believe that we can lay the foundations for an
effective statewide association of Catholic sponsored agencies,
organizations, parishes, and health care systems, to carry out the
social mission of the Church in the changing world of today and
tomorrow.
As an association,
Catholic Charities of Michigan, Inc. will serve as a single
business organization that will enable us to qualify for contract
awards and thereby assure that we can continue to provide
caregiving services to the members of our communities, especially
those who are most vulnerable.
We hope to
establish a close working affiliation with the Michigan Catholic
Conference, Catholic health care organizations, and parishes in
order to strengthen our identity as a viable community-based
service system.
As Catholic
organizations, we have a historical commitment to families, to
being client-centered, to filling service gaps, and to advocating
on behalf of others through active collaborations, we will pursue
our commitment to those in need into the future.
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