Social program

[ladycarver123]

I am looking for information on the Naomi Project, and how the Catholic church feels about it.

 

[Dale_M]

I am unfamiliar with the Naomi Project, but a website devoted to it says this:

The Naomi Project is a program of the Virginia Council of Churches. It is an ecumenical, all volunteer, resource mothers program. This year marks the 16th Anniversary of the Naomi Project. Its mission is to work with high-risk pregnant and newly parenting women. The goals of the program are to promote healthy pregnancies, to foster good parenting skills, and to help our clients plan productively for their futures.

The Naomi Project is a cost effective, all volunteer effort. In its sixteen years of existence, its annual budget has been less than $5000 per year. In 2010, Naomi Project volunteers helped fifty eight pregnant and newly parenting women. Fifty two mentors, ten area coordinators, and eleven support staff gave nearly 2300 reported hours to the project. Since its inception in 1995, 271 volunteers have helped 429 women.

naomiproject.org/

It certainly sounds like a good program. And a search of the website of the Virginia Council of Churches shows that some of the Catholic diocese of the state belong to the VCC. So the Catholic Church is at least indirectly involved.
vacouncilofchurches.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42

Moreover, the Naomi Project website mentions that two Catholic churches in Virginia have undertaken special fundraising to help the Naomi Project, so there seems to be direct Catholic involvement as well.

In 2008, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church designated the Naomi Project as the recipient of its Sunday tithing donations for the weekend of February 17.

In 2009 and 2010, the Naomi Project was honored to receive continued support from a global corporaton with an office in Ashburn, Va., from the St. John Neumann Church Mothers’ Group, and from a very generous, local family.

naomiproject.org/

But as I said earlier, I am unfamiliar with the program. May I ask why you are concerned about it?