Catholic Community Services has been responsible for. or assisted in. the development of other service providers such as ACCESS. ALMA. Centro De Asuntos Migratorlos. Desert Valle Federal Credit Union. Ecumenical Service Center. Good Samaritan Shelter. House of Rachel. Rachels Day Center. Imperial Valley Peoples Food Coop. Noah Homes. Plaza Coop. the Refugee Continental Craft Coop. and the San Diego organizing project. The Catholic Church has been a stable fixture of community aid in San Diego since 1919. and in 1949. Bishop Charles Francis Buddy established and committed the Diocese of San Diego to the support of the Catholic Casework Bureau.