Chicago, Illinois-based Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, part of a nationwide network of faith-based social service providers, has announced a personnel realignment in response to an "increasingly complex and uncertain government funding environment” affecting services such as child care, youth programs, behavioral health counseling, senior care, adult protection, veteran services, and call centers.
The personnel realignment will impact 300 employees, including 280 who work with the affected government contracts and 20 in administrative roles.
According to Sally Blount, president and CEO of Catholic Charities, “After careful evaluation and discussion, we have decided to reduce our footprint as a government contractor — in order to increase the time, attention, and resources we devote to the services we are uniquely equipped to offer as a private humanitarian organization. Over the last decade, navigating the government services sector has grown more complex, and funding has not kept up with the high rates of inflation. That means that many contracts no longer cover their direct costs, much less the increasing costs of administering them."
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