The Caritas Vorarlberg, also Caritas of the Diocese of Feldkirch (), is a social aid organization of the

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Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

. It is part of

Caritas Austria Caritas Austria (German language, German: ) is an Austrian social aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Austria, Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1903. It consists of a national office and nine regional Diocese, diocesan Caritas organisatio ...

, but an independent institution and reports to the bishop of the

Diocese of Feldkirch The Diocese of Feldkirch () is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria. History * until the 19th century: part of the Swabian Dioceses of the Catholic Church: Con ...

Organisation

Walter Schmolly is the Director of the Caritas of the Feldkirch Diocese. The organisation is divided into eight departments: * Parish charity and social-spatial acting * People with disabilities * Social counselling/accompaniment *

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aid * Work & qualification * Addiction help *

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* Hospice Vorarlberg

Assignments

The core mission of Caritas in Vorarlberg is to help people in emergency situations and to enable people to help others. It offers support in the form of counselling, immediate help and services for/at * Families in acute emergency situations: Caritas offers help with childcare, housekeeping, care and nursing of sick or elderly family members, offers educational and nursing support for people with physical, mental and/or multiple disabilities. * Homelessness: Counselling and support in the event of impending or acute housing loss, emergency sleeping places. * Refugees: Asylum seekers receive not only accommodation in a refugee house, but also social counselling and support from Caritas refugee aid in the diocese of Feldkirch. * Addiction or eating disorders: Counselling and support are offered in the addiction centres at Feldkirch,

Bludenz Bludenz (; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Bludaz'') is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg with around 15,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of the Bludenz District, which encompasses about half of Vorarlberg's territ ...

Bregenz Bregenz (; ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost states of Austria, state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the wes ...

Bregenzerwald The Bregenzerwald (, ) is one of the main regions in the state of Vorarlberg (Austria). It overlaps, but is not coterminous with, the Bregenz Forest Mountains, which belong to a range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifically the northern flys ...

Dornbirn Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlb ...

and

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for eating disorders provide information and help for those affected. * Serious illnesses and grief: The Vorarlberg Hospice advises, accompanies and cares for those affected and their relatives in the event of serious illness and grief. People with severe, incurable diseases are cared for in the "Hospiz am See" or by a mobile palliative team. * Qualification for long-term unemployed people and integration into the labour market: "Carla Soziale Unternehmen" offers people looking for a job a temporary job and support for reintegration into the labour market, "Startbahn" is aimed at unemployed young people and "start2work" at refugees entitled to stay. * People with disabilities on the way to inclusion: The Caritas of the Diocese of Feldkirch supports people with disabilities on their way to being able to take their life into their own hands - at home, at work and in their leisure time. * Supporting fellow human beings abroad in the creation of important livelihoods (hunger, education, health): Helping people to help themselves is possible in the priority countries of Caritas Vorarlberg

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and

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. * In catastrophic situations (floods, refugee drama, hunger, etc.) Caritas of the Feldkirch diocese cooperates with Caritas Austria and the international Caritas network of

Caritas Internationalis Caritas Internationalis (Latin for ) is a confederation of 162 national Catholic relief, development, and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. The name Caritas Internationalis refers to both the ...

Financing

The income of EUR 54,874,082 mainly consists of fees for services (72.2%), donations amount to 10.5%. Of the expenses, 3.5% are for administration and less than 1% for fundraising (as of 2017). According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, donations to the Caritas of the Feldkirch diocese are tax-deductible as special expenses.

References

External links

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