Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis cuts refugee resettlement, adoption programs

StarTribune.com ^ | 5/2/18 | Shannon Prather and Mila Koumpilova

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis is dropping its refugee resettlement and adoption programs and diving deeper into its other work, especially programs combating homelessness and helping at-risk children.

CEO Tim Marx unveiled the new priorities this week. The dramatic pivot comes as Catholic Charities, which over its 150 years has been one of the Twin Cities’ most influential charitable organizations, saw participation in its adoption program decline and the Trump administration’s immigration policies led to a slump in the number of refugees arriving in Minnesota.

At the same time, Marx said, Catholic Charities has seen demand for other services increase.

“If we don’t adapt to the changing world, like any organization, we are going to be left behind,” Marx said. “This community needs Catholic Charities. That places a special responsibility on us to keep up to date, to keep moving and respond to new needs.”

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Somebody finally figured out that sponsoring Somalis has a negative ROI.

Expect pissing and moaning from Cedar-Riverside, as always.

Oh, and of course, it's Trump's fault.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Now, if we could just get the ELCA to come to their senses...

[Fireone]

About 30 years, and 100,000 jihadis too late!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Yep.

[armourenthusiast]

If they are “charities”, then why do they need federal tax dollars to help people.

[Lurker]

“If they are “charities”, then why do they need federal tax dollars to help people.”

Because Catholic Charities is neither Catholic nor a Charity.

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[shanover]

I love all of this f-ing mea culpa of those who destroy cities by Liberalism do goodism way after the fact that they are beyond repair/ the toothpaste ain't going back in. Minneapolis is ruined just like Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles, Oakland etc etc most every urban American city. The ploy is to pump immigrants into American sh*tholes that mirror the immigrants former sh*thole. Liberalism is a human Hiroshima.

[jmaroneps37]

Excellent news!

[Fightin Whitey]

Is Marx a direct descendant?

[jmacusa]

“Liberalism is a human Hiroshima’’. Excellent line. So true.

[nutmeg]

Minneapolis is ruined just like Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles, Oakland etc etc most every urban American city. The ploy is to pump immigrants into American sh*tholes that mirror the immigrants former sh*thole. Liberalism is a human Hiroshima.

Well said. I've been to all of those cities you mentioned above, and major parts of them ARE sh*tholes. As are all of the major cities in my state of The People's Republik of Connecticut.

I hate liberals. They destroy everything that was once good.