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assistance to senior citizens, housing for the homeless, refugee resettlement and employment counseling, as well as public-policy advocacy, all in an effort to address barriers that prevent people from becoming self-suf cient.
The rst two newly formed regional Charities agencies formed were the Southern Tier Of ce of Social Ministry in Elmira (1980) and Finger Lakes Of ce of Social Ministry in Geneva (1982), each serving ve counties.
Currently known as Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes, the Geneva-based agency continues to cover four of the region’s ve counties; Catholic Charities of Wayne County was created as a separate agency in 2004. CCFL provides emergency assistance; operates SSI-assistance programs; offers TANF case management; parenting, child- and foster-care programs including supervised visitation; a community lunch program; and social-justice advocacy.
Catholic Charities
Program coordinator Stu Einstein serves lunch to Aneudi Rivera, 15 (left) and James Taylor, 11, at Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes’ community lunch program at Geneva’s United Methodist Church in 2016.
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A Catholic Youth Organization activity in the mid-1950s.