CHHSM Staff
The presentation materials and photos from the 2018 Annual Gathering of the United Church of Christ’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries are now online. The online materials are in response to overwhelming demand from Gathering participants, who requested the materials for their own use within their ministries. Online presentation materials include business meeting…
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The United Church of Christ’s Crossroad Child and Family Services in Fort Wayne, Ind., may soon have a new look and feel to it, and increased services for families and children. In addition to the purchase of some of the Crossroad land by Byron Health Center, also in Fort Wayne, the Crossroad campus has submitted…
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After some six years of effort, the UCC’s Archway Housing & Services’ latest complex — 40 West — opened in November. 40 West provides affordable housing for low-income families and homeless veterans. Initial plans, drawn up in 2012, called for a four-story, 60-unit facility. There were funding delays, but construction began in 2016, and 40…
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United Church Funds (UCF) announced today (Dec. 11) that its 3rd quarter 2017 Performance Webinar is now available for viewing. In this webinar, Michael de Guzman, UCF portfolio manager, discusses fund performance, global markets, investment strategy and positioning, while Katie McCloskey, UCF director of social responsibility, discusses changes to exclusionary screening that UCF will implement in January 2018. For more…
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For 14 consecutive years, LeadingAge and Ziegler have partnered to produce the LeadingAge Ziegler 150 (“LZ 150”) publication, which details the largest 150 not-for-profit multi-site senior living providers in the country. The 2017 report quantifies the largest 150 not-for-profit multi-site senior living providers in the country. The LZ 150 ranks organizations according to the overall…
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The Rev. Danielle K. Bartz, CHHSM’s associate for leadership and advocacy, has issued an action alert on behalf of CHHSM, calling on UCC members to pray and act following the the shooting Nov. 5 at First Baptist Church in Sutherland, Texas. The alert asks church members to send a letter to their Congress person(s), asking…
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Three leading voices in nonprofit finance, education and advocacy have voiced opposition to a portion of the proposed tax bill that would negatively impact health care and humans service ministries. If the bill passes as presented, nonprofits will lose access to the tax-exempt market at the end of the year. “This will be a significant…
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In response to an appeal by the United Church of Christ’s Justice and Peace Network, Michael J. Readinger, president and CEO of CHHSM, today signed on to the network’s petition to save health care subsidies. The petition, sent in the form of a network Take Action Alert, calls for UCC members to voice support in…
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A new toolkit for faith and community leaders recently was unveiled by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The toolkit, “Hope & Healing: A practical toolkit for faith and community leaders in the face of the opioid epidemic,” was announced during a National Faith…
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Oct. 31, 2017 marks a special date in church history: the 500th anniversary of Catholic monk Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The act sparked the Protestant Reformation. CHHSM Associate for Leadership and Advocacy the Rev. Danielle Bartz, recently returned from Wittenberg, where she represented the…
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