About Catholic Community Services
Catholic Community Services is a non-profit, faith-based organization. Founded in Salem in 1938, today CCS offers 9 programs across 10 Oregon counties and serves more than 7,000 people each year.
We operate with fidelity to the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, which call us to work for the common good and to serve our neighbors who are the poorest and most vulnerable.
Our vision is a world where children, families and adults have the knowledge, ability and desire to take control of their own lives and live responsibly with others in a just society
Our services are offered to all those in need, with appreciation and acknowledgement of the history, traditions, expressions, and value systems of our diverse community. We serve:
- People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
- Children, youth, and families facing adversity
Our values of Love, Justice, Truth and Freedom guide us to safeguard the dignity of all people, to embrace their giftedness, and to focus on their dreams and aspirations.
The Catholic Social Teaching on Care for Creation and Stewardship of the Earth focuses on interconnectedness, linking our duties toward the earth and our duties toward others. To care for the gift of creation, our headquarters generates solar energy and our impact is tracked real time. Click here to view impact.
To achieve our mission our programs focus on four key outcomes.
The people we serve will:
Enjoy safe, stable, nurturing relationships
Maintain good health
Possess the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at whatever is important to them in life
Attain financial self-sufficiency
Dedicated to providing the highest quality services, trauma-informed care and research-based practices, CCS is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Child and Family Services, Behavioral Health Services and Group Living Services.
Our Service Commitments
- Nonviolence – helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
- Emotional Intelligence – helping to teach emotional management skills.
- Commitment to Social Learning – helping to build cognitive skills and create a community of social justice for all.
- Democracy – helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
- Commitment to Open Communication – helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management, reduce acting-out, enhance self-protective and self-correcting skills, and teach healthy boundaries.
- Social Responsibility – helping to build social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships, and establish a sense of fair play and justice.
- Growth and Change – helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.
- Self-Determination – helping to exercise control over life decisions and the services wanted to meet needs.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – we seek to overcome any real or perceived barriers to equity and inclusion of diverse individuals and communities.
Our CCS Board of Directors
Sharon Zielinski, Chair
Channing Bennett, Vice Chair
Mark Baker, Treasurer
Donna Garaventa, Secretary
Garrett Cudahey
Tilisa de Martinez
Michael Keane
Amy Queen
Sr. Veronica Schueler
Bonnie Terhaar
Bob Weber
Scott Wiegal
Travis Lulay
Our CCSF Board of Directors
Michael Keane, Chair
Dr. Michael Rohwer, Vice Chair
Brian Belleque, Treasurer
Denyc Boles, Secretary
Ed Diehl
Tom Fessler
Lynda Harrington
Bonnie Henny
Larry Keudell
Kevin Monaghan
Colm Willis
Sharon Zielinski