Message from CEO

Dear Friends,

Welcome to our website. We are proud to share with you an overview of the work of Catholic Charities serving the Inland Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside. Driven by our motto of “Providing Help, Creating Hope”, Catholic Charities provides a broad range of social services needed by low income families and those in crisis throughout a huge geographic area.

Catholic Charities is one of the largest private providers of social services in the Inland Counties. We are well known by families that receive our help and by schools, hospitals, police departments, county agencies, churches, and others that refer families to us each day. But to most of the public, our work is not well known. It is my hope that this website will help you to better understand who we are and what we do in our local communities.

Catholic Charities is celebrating 30 years of providing competent and compassionate services throughout the two-county area. Sound stewardship of resources, dedicated staff, and a web of community partnerships make it possible for us to provide necessary social services to nearly 20,000 households annually.

This necessary work requires ongoing and expanding support of the community. So I thank you for your interest in the mission, spirit, and work of Catholic Charities. And I invite you to partner with us in some way, so we may expand our reach and make an even greater impact in our local communities – one family at a time.

Ken F. Sawa
CEO/Executive Vice-President

Mission & History

Ken F. Sawa, MSW, LCSW