1. Operate social service programs.
2. Develop programs and implement policies following the accepted practices of the profession of social work and consistent with the requirements of funding sources.
3. Be ready to extend service to any resident of the area served without regard to race, creed, color, age, sex, handicap, national origin, ancestry, or economic circumstances.
4. Provide professional assistance to families, children, and individuals through human service treatment processes and other related services to promote vital family life and alleviate and correct personal, physical, and social handicaps that threaten to disorganize family life or endanger healthy individual growth and development.
5. Participate with the general community in efforts to improve economic and social conditions.
6. Assist in developing and maintaining an effective network of social services for the persons served by Catholic Charities of Central Louisiana; and.
7. Advocate in the general community, to the extent permitted by law, concerning measures that are consistent with the purposes and policies of Catholic Charities of Central Louisiana.

Although Catholic in origin, this corporation is dedicated to a public charity and shall serve all persons respectively whom Catholic Charities of Central Louisiana Corporation can serve and shall not discriminate against any person seeking services based on race, creed, color, age, sex, handicap, national origin, ancestry, or economic circumstances. Volunteers.