Founded in 1924, Catholic Charities, Des Moines Diocese, is dedicated to offering help and hope to those in need throughout central and southwest Iowa. Catholic Charities, a United Way agency, provides community resource coordination, individual and family counseling, emergency family shelter, food pantry, domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault shelter and services, and more. Facilities include Catholic Charities Emergency Family Shelter, Catholic Charities Food Pantry and Catholic Charities Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program and Shelter in Council Bluffs, IA.

For information about Catholic Charities of Des Moines, its programs, and services, please visit www.catholiccharitiesdm.org.