The Archdiocese of Chicago and Catholic Charities have jointly raised an historic $20 million for COVID-19 relief efforts in response to the vast needs of individuals and communities in Cook and Lake Counties. This fund is one of the largest U.S. Catholic relief responses to COVID-19 and is being deployed to assist thousands of people without regard to their faith, racial, ethnic, or gender identities. Sixty percent of the $20 million in joint relief funds has been deployed to Catholic Charities to significantly increase assistance to individuals and families in need as the pandemic’s economic impact has dramatically increased the demand for services compared to a year ago. This assistance includes food and housing support, burial aid for victims of COVID-19, and domestic violence counseling and prevention measures. Forty percent has been deployed to other Archdiocesan assistance efforts including emergency scholarships for Catholic school students, support for Kolbe House, the archdiocese’s inmate re-entry ministry and other critical efforts.