Si Se Puede (SSP) is a non-profit organization in Columbia, South Carolina, that seeks to support Latino students in their schools and beyond. Its Student Interpreter program (SI) trains bilingual Latino students in both academic and professional skills to become Spanish interpreters. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded a grant to SSP that allows for second-year students in the program to take a test showing their proficiency in English and Spanish. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (SOCF) has been awarded a $750,000 three-year grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to expand Generative Spirit, an SOCF-led effort to develop the next generation of leaders for sister-led ministries in Northeast Ohio. [More]

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland Program Officer Angela D’Orazio and two leaders who have seen the end of chronic/vet homelessness in their communities joined Funders Together to End Homelessness to share insight on ending homelessness during a recent webinar. [More]

National Catholic Sisters Week runs from March 8-14 and the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is helping celebrate through involvement with the “Celebrate Catholic Sisters: Turning to Each Other” event March 10 at Magnificat High School in Rocky River. The intercongregational, intergenerational event is open the public and will celebrate the contributions of women religious in the community and explore news ways for Catholic sisters and lay partners to be companions to one another. [More]

Grantmaking organizations and community partners, including the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, sat down recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) to discuss the ongoing success of Housing First and reflect on the benefits of collaboration. [More]

Acknowledging that the American health care system has become exceedingly difficult to understand, the S.C. Institute of Medicine and Public Health launched a Health Policy Fellows program for state lawmakers that routinely educates elected leaders about the intricacies of the health care industry. Funding for the program is provided by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina and the Duke Endowment. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, which is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, recently elected its 2018 board of trustees’ officers. [More]

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]