As Jilma Meneses settles into her role at the helm of Catholic Charities of Western Washington, she says her top priority is to establish the organisation’s sustainability plan for the future given the uncertainty around potentially looming federal cuts.
Like Catholic Charities branches nationwide, Catholic Charities of Western Washington – encompassing the areas covered by the Archdiocese of Seattle – operates a number of its services through federal and state contracts. For Meneses, the question now is if and how the organisation can provide those services if those contracts disappear.
