New Hampshire Catholic Charities Inc

Programs: Elderly care: nursing homes & residential communities: our seven healthcare facilities, peppered throughout the state, provide resident-centered nursing and rehabilitative care for the elderly. Our assisted living center and four independent living centers enable the elderly to successfully live on their own, yet with the caring oversight from staff to ensure they are maintaining and living a healthy and vital life.

food bank: the new hampshire food bank, a program of nh catholic charities, distributes in excess of 11 million pounds of food annually to registered agencies throughout the state. These agencies include: food pantries, soup kitchens, elderly meal sites, children's programs and homeless/emergency shelters. In addition to food distribution, the food bank also operates the recipe for success programs that are designed to help individuals break the cycle of poverty. The culinary training program teaches necessary skills for the unemployed, underemployed or "re-entry" individuals to enter the food service and hospitality industry. The cooking matters program, a program of share our strength, offers a variety of classes to low income individuals teaching nutrition, budgeting, and meal preparation techniques. (cont. ) the food bank also has production gardens that supply its programs and registered agencies with fresh produce. The fresh rescue program allows the food bank to work with supermarkets on the recovery of much-needed protein products (securing meat and poultry that are close to their "sell-by" date that otherwise would be discarded). Finally, the food bank offers snap (supplemental nutritional assistance program) outreach to help eligible individuals enroll in food stamp programs.

parish and community services: this is a community outreach program that addresses emerging social service needs in respective communities around the state. Our staff work with individuals and families seeking assistance and also collaborate with other faith-based and social service organizations to establish grass root initiatives to address and combat social ills facing the poor and vulnerable around new hampshire.