The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina launched its Kinship Care Initiative in 2014 to support the thousands of grandparents and extended family members or close family friends who care for a relative’s child. Columbia Business Monthly published an article about kinship care and about the foundation’s initiative. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton has awarded more than $1.5 million in grants for the third and fourth quarters of 2017. Established in 1996, the foundation is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System committed to addressing the needs of the poor and underserved by “understanding the root causes of poverty, nurturing the growth of healthy communities, emphasizing youth and family, and measuring the outcomes of these efforts.” [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland recently announced that the Housing First initiative is on pace to end long-term homelessness in Cuyahoga County by 2020. The announcement garnered significant media coverage. [More]

Housing First, a collaboration of community organizations in Cuyahoga County, recently announced that it is on pace to end long-term homelessness in the county by 2020. The collaboration includes the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, in partnership with Cleveland Leadership Center, introduced The Innovation Mission: Fighting Poverty with Big Ideas last spring. In October, the foundation chose five fellows to explore their big ideas to fight poverty. The Plain Dealer recently published an article about The Innovation Mission. [More]

Grantmakers In Health recently published a “Views from the Field” perspective of philanthropy from Erica Chambers, program officer for health at the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland. In the article, Understanding Community Engagement: An Outsider-Turned-Insider’s Perspective of Philanthropy, Chambers discusses lessons learned as a community organizer over the last decade working in the nonprofit and public sectors. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently presented six Unsung Hero Awards across South Carolina to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary care to enhance the well-being of children in South Carolina’s kinship families as part of the foundation’s Kinship Care Initiative. [More]

Five Cleveland-area professionals will begin this November to research their ideas to disrupt the cycle of poverty as the newly announced fellows of The Innovation Mission, a ground-breaking initiative launched by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland. [More]

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown recently hosted a legislative update at Friendly Inn Settlement in Cleveland for the Central-Kinsman community. During the event, Senator Brown moderated a panel discussion with community stakeholders from the Central and Kinsman communities, which included Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood Director Lowell Perry Jr. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is pleased to share Governor McMaster's proclamation declaring September 2017 Kinship Care Month across the Palmetto State. The proclamation is supported by members of the foundation's Statewide Kinship Care Advisory Council, including South Carolina's Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging and South Carolina's Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children. [More]