Catholic Campaign for Human Development funds a number of  summer, semester, and year-long internships for Catholics in the United States for Catholics who want to gain experience working with and on behalf of the poor and vulnerable.  CCHD provides grants to self-help projects developed by grassroots groups who are working to address the root cause of poverty in their communities.  CCHD also works to increase Catholic's awareness of poverty in the United States.

CCHD Internships for the Diocese of Davenport are offered during the school year.  Applicants must be Catholic and able to participate in mandatory training provided by Catholic Campaign for Human Development in Washington DC.  After completing the training intern will work with Quad Cities Interfaith,or Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, Iowa City,  CCHD funded groups.  Task's will vary but may include: parish education, training and outreach, letter and article writing, research, or developing relationships with the community organizations.

We are no longer accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Internship.  Please check back in January of 2021. 

• Provides grants for self-help projects developed by grassroots groups working to address the root causes of poverty in their communities. 
• Works to increase Catholics’ awareness of poverty in the U.S.
• Educates about the Catholic social tradition.
• Builds bridges between poor and non-poor communities.

1. 2020-2021 internship. Applications deadline February 21, 2020
2. Applicants must complete the application form and include a resume.  Please click the link to Download Form at the USCCB-(CCHD Website) 
3. Grant Agreement
4. Please mail form and resume to:

CCHD Intern: Jerilyn Cabrera has been selected to be the 2020/2021 CCHD Intern.  She will be working with Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, (CWJ).  Jerilyn is a recent first-generation graduate from the University of Iowa.   Her parents are both immigrants from Mexico.  Her first language is Spanish.  Jerilyn plans for the future are to become an immigration attorney.  On her road to becoming that she decided to intern at the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, where their work, while not exclusive to the immigrant community, does help immigrants in many ways.  Jerilyn has a passion for fighting for justice for everyone, especially the poor and the immigrant community and she hopes interning for CCHD will give her more knowledge and resources on how to do so. 
 

CCHD Intern: Mayra Fernanda Hernandez Garcia has been selected as the new Catholic Campaign for Human Development Intern for the 2019/2020 school year.  She will be working out of the Center for Worker Justice Center in Iowa City.  Mayra is fluent in Spanish.  She is wanting to learn more about community organizing and work with immigration issues. 
 

Alicia Ordaz has been selected as the new Catholic Campaign for Human Development Intern for the 2018-2019 school year.  She will be working out of the Center for Worker Justice Center in Iowa City.  Alicia is fluent in Spanish and loves meeting and working with new people.  Read more about Alicia here.

Daniela J Bularzik has been selected as the new Catholic Campaign for Human Development Intern for the 2017/2018 school year.  She will be working out of Center for Worker Justice in Iowa City.  Daniela is currently attending the University of Iowa majoring in Psychology with social work interest.  Daniela is fluent in Spanish.  Daniela is very passionate about serving the poor and fighting poverty.  She loves working directly with people and have experience working with social service agencies.  Please look for an article in the Catholic Messenger about Daniela and all past volunteers.  Red more about her here.