May 9, 2025

Services provided by St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities in New Albany in fiscal year 2023-24

Residential programs:

  • 177 women and children housed by four residential programs: maternity home, women and children emergency shelter, domestic violence transitional housing, and affordable supportive housing

Adoption Bridges of Kentuckiana:

  • 1,461 combined hours of professional services provided to birth parents and adoptive parents
  • 24 birth parent inquiries
  • 12 finalized adoptions (agency and assisted)
  • seven matches
  • three placements

Marie’s Blessings Distribution Program:

  • 1,082 families in need received free, gently used items, from clothing to maternity and baby items to furniture and more
  • 214, or nearly 20%, of those families were first-time visitors

Supported Living Program:

  • 11 direct service professionals provided more than 8,100 hours of support to help 14 individuals in Clark and Floyd counties with intellectual or developmental challenges lead fuller, more independent lives

School Counseling:

  • 1,125 students assisted in five schools
  • 834 group counseling sessions
  • 833 acute counseling sessions
  • 402 ongoing counseling sessions

(To learn more about the programs offered by St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities or to donate, go to stecharities.org.) †

 

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