Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis has coordinated resettlement for many of the refugee families who arrived in Indianapolis from Burma, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central America over the past decade. The agency also runs immigration legal services, mental health counseling, food assistance, and housing programs across central Indiana. Here is how to support that work or request help from it.
Refugee work is the most visible program. When resettled families arrive in Indianapolis, Catholic Charities handles the coordination: housing, job placement assistance, and the cultural orientation that carries a family through its first months and years in Indiana. That caseload has grown substantially as the metro began receiving more resettled families. Formal resettlement support is time-limited by design, since federal assistance covers only a family's earliest months, so the job placement and integration work that follows is what determines whether year one ends in self-sufficiency.
The rest of the portfolio is broad human services: mental health counseling, food assistance, housing programs, and immigration legal services that cover both refugee matters and broader cases for Indiana's Latino and immigrant communities. Every social service program is open to people of all faiths.
A financial gift lets the agency put resources wherever demand is highest that month, from pantry restocking to legal casework. Give through the official page at archindy.org/ccsi, where one-time and recurring options are available.
Food donations support the pantry side of the operation. Before dropping anything off, check the official site for what items are currently needed and where to bring them, since collection points and needs shift through the year.
Volunteers keep the food pantry operations running, and there are steady openings for administrative support as well. The most distinctive role is serving as an English conversation partner for immigrants and refugees who are building language skills for work and daily life.
Conversation partner and other client-facing roles typically start with an application through the official site. If you want something lower-commitment, pantry shifts are the usual entry point, and administrative help is a good fit for daytime availability.
Look the organization up in the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search at apps.irs.gov to confirm 501(c)(3) status, then scan its Charity Navigator profile. Hold on to receipts, and get a written acknowledgment for any single gift of $250 or more.
Sources: Catholic Charities Indianapolis official site (archindy.org/ccsi); our Indiana charity guide research. Retrieved July 2026. We are not affiliated with Catholic Charities Indianapolis and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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