About Catholic Human Services
Catholic Human Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is responsible for providing a vast array of health care, social service programs, community development efforts and nutritional development services to the people five-county Philadelphia region. This Secretariat consists of four separate operating components including the following divisions.
“We are all really responsible for all.”
- Pope John Paul II
Catholic Health Care Services offers various senior living options and services throughout the Philadelphia area. CHCS manages skilled nursing homes, independent and assisted living facilities and adult day care programs.
Catholic Social Services is the number one provider of social services in the Philadelphia region. Through Catholic Social Services, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia provides for those most in need through soup kitchens and homeless shelters, schools for disabled children, programs for the developmentally delayed and programs for families in crisis. CSS helps over 250,000 people every year.
Nutritional Development Services serves over 10.5 million meals each year. NDS administers federal food programs for schools, shelters and homeless programs throughout the region.
The Office for Community Development is a catalyst for neighborhood transformation. Targeting blighted and devastated communities, OCD works with other faith-based programs and governmental organizations to rebuild neighborhoods.