Serving Lubbock and Surrounding Counties
Providing Help, Creating Hope, Serving All People
We are dedicated to providing services to the most vulnerable and most in need in our community: at risk families, the young, the elderly and immigrants.
We are here with services to bolster and support their lives.
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Catholic Charities serves the most vulnerable and in need in our community, and empowers people to improve their lives and the lives of their families. We serve over 14,000 people each year regardless of race, religion, or gender. We provide services across a 30-county, 27,000 square mile territory of the South Plains. Our services include, but are not limited to:
- Emergency Assistance: helps with food, utilities, clothing, prescriptions, etc.
- Elderly Outreach: helps low-income elderly with eyeglasses, prescriptions, hearing aids and dentures.
- Immigration: assistance with immigration paperwork at a fraction of the cost of an immigration lawyer.
- Nutrition and Wellness: education programs on nutrition basics and how to purchase healthy food on a budget.
- Parent Empowerment Program: assists low-income parents with tuition, books, and limited family expenses while they attend college.
- Youth and Families: free crisis and skill building counseling for youth under 17 and their parents and free parent skills classes.
- Resale Center: thrift store for Catholic Charities that accepts donated goods for resale and makes them available for families in need.