Student receives help with homework at our Project Achievement afterschool tutoring programPlease donate today to support our mission and help us win the 2023 Rocket Companies Community Challenge!
The Chaldean American Ladies of Charity (CALC) was formed in 1961 when 20 women sought to support families in need. The founders’ legacy provided the foundation of CALC’s mission today: to provide programs that guide, support, and empower individuals to achieve self-sufficiency with dignity and hope.
CALC has grown from an all-volunteer agency into a robust community-based, community-led organization providing wrap-around services. In 2016, the Board adopted the name United Community Family Services (UCFS) to portray an organization supporting the community as a whole. UCFS volunteers place food in a clients car in the Sharehouse Food Pantry drive-thru
Through personalized support, UCFS offers in-house programs such as basic needs support, food assistance, citizenship and integration, afterschool tutoring, summer youth sports, nutrition education, maternal health education, elderly refugee, and life skills programs. UCFS also provides employment services, including re-credentialing, resume preparation, and job placement assistance; individualized one-on-one financial coaching; translation and interpretation; healthcare navigation; benefits application assistance; and more. Utilizing its deep understanding of the community's needs, UCFS guides over 10,000 individuals every year through unique challenges and empowers them to achieve their goals and become self-sustaining.
We hope that you will consider supporting UCFS in the 2023 Rocket Companies Community Challenge, so that we may continue to support our neighbors in need with dignity and hope.
UCFS celebrates with one our Clients who just received her U.S. citizenship!
UCFS pays a visit to a petting zoo with our Elderly Refugee Program participants to provide social integration and other support
Moms in our Maternal Health Education Program dance and celebrate at the group baby shower at the end of the program year