Year Estab.

Program and Region

1954

Catholic Social Services established in Santa Rosa as a branch office of CC, Archdiocese of San Francisco
Counseling Services, Sonoma County (ended 1992)

1962

Diocese of Santa Rosa is created

1972

Napa Office/Catholic Social Services established
Professional Counseling, Napa County  (ended 1992)
Emergency Services, through St. Vincent de Paul, Napa County

1975

Refugee Resettlement established for 6 counties in diocese, esp. Lake, Sonoma, Humboldt (Arcata) and Napa counties
Family Life, Sonoma County (transferred to Diocese in 1990)
Respect Life, Sonoma County (transferred to Diocese ended 1995)

1979-80

Agency incorporated as a public benefit organization for six counties

1980

St. Francis Senior Residence (convent conversion), Sonoma County (through 1991)

1981

Alzheimer’s Respite Resource Center
St. Joseph Senior Residence (Convent Fortuna conversion), Humboldt County

1982

Professional Counseling, Humboldt County (closed 2007)

1983

Humboldt Catholic Community Services established
St. Joseph Senior Residence (ended 1997)
Immigration & Resettlement Services, Sonoma County

1984

Rural Food Project, Sonoma County

1985

Brain-impaired Adult Resource Center  (changed to Redwood Caregivers Resource Center in 1996)
Professional Foster Care, Napa (transferred 2003)

1986

Phone Friend, Sonoma County (terminated 1999)

1988

Teen Moms, Napa County (terminated 2003)
Shared Housing, Napa County (terminated 2004)

1989

Catholic Charities assumes all of CSS and CCS programs
Family Support Center, Sonoma County

1991

Lake County services established
Parish Social Ministry, Lake County
Catholic Charities Sonoma – Mendocino Regional Office created with Catholic Community Services and Catholic Charities – Herb Castillo, regional director

1992

Homeless Services Center (“St. Stephen’s HSC”)

1993

Social Justice Program, Sonoma County (terminated 1999)
Free-to-Be, Sonoma County
Choix de Vie (to Rainbow House)

1994

Citizenship, Sonoma County
Rainbow House, Napa County

1995

Transitional Housing Development
Representative Payee Program, Sonoma County (transferred, 2003)
Counseling Referral, Napa County (terminated 1999)
Phase Two Housing Services/Mobile Home Rehab, Sonoma County (mobile home project terminated in 2001)
DeMeo Home (repairs started in ‘96; opened in 1998)

1996

I’m Home Alone, Sonoma County
St. Rose CARES Sonoma County
Free-to-Be, Napa County
Drug and Alcohol Prevention Services, Napa County (transferred 2004)
PYRAMID (Parents, Youth, Recovery, Anger Management In Development), Humboldt County (terminated 2004)

1997

Interfaith Volunteer Caregiver Program, Lake County (transferred 2003)
Housing Options, Napa County (terminated 2007)
Housing Counseling, Sonoma County (added Foreclosure Counseling 2009)
Taboo Tattoo (terminated 1999)

1998

A Place for Women, Napa (terminated 1999)

2000

Home Base, Napa County
Perinatal Home (DAAC), Sonoma County
Adoption Option, Napa (transferred 2003)
Sister Teresita Children’s Center (closed as a licensed childcare & preschool, 2003)
Holding on to Hope (terminated 2002)

2001

Coach 2 Career, Sonoma County (expands significantly in 2010)
Parish and Community Services 
Rio Del, Humboldt County (transferred 2002)
Emergency Housing, Napa County (to motel voucher program in 2004)

2002

Brookwood Center Homeless Shelter, a City of Santa Rosa project, managed by CC (closed 2009)
Project Nightingale (Homeless Services Center) Sonoma County (became Nightingale at Brookwood Community Health Clinic Dec. 2011)

2003

Russell Avenue Shelter, a County of Sonoma project, managed by CC. (becomes transitional housing in 2011)

2004

Coach 2 Career, Lake County (limited services)
CARES, Lake County (with St. Joseph Parish)
Rural Food Project, Lake County
Hale Nalu Apartments (property management), Napa County

2005

Samuel L. Jones Hall shelter for the City of Santa Rosa (opens with 80 beds; expanded to 120 beds in 2009, after Brookwood Shelter closed.

2006

Agency headquarters moved to 987 Airway Court, Santa Rosa, consolidating administrative services, Free-to-Be, Immigration/Resettlement, I'm Home Alone and Alzheimer’s Respite Resource Center.
Napa office receives local and national acclaim for ad-hoc handling of back-to-back emergencies, Hurricane Katrina resettlement and New Year’s flood.
Lake director of programs named Humanitarian of the Year.
Transitional Housing and Permanent Supportive Housing programs formalized (Sonoma)

2007

Eureka (Humboldt/Del Norte) office closes.
Free-to-Be becomes Free to Be Inc., a separate 501(c)(3) organization

2009

Catholic Charities establishes services to administer Homeless Prevention/Rapid Rehousing (stimulus fund) program services in Lake County (lead agency), Napa County (cooperating agency) and Sonoma County (contracted agency via county and city funding).
Lake County Programs office/community center is established in Middletown.

2010

Food Stamp Outreach services added to Lake and Sonoma counties. (closed in 2011)

2011

Russell Avenue Shelter converts to Russell Transitional Housing