Connecticut Assistance for the Homeless

Connecticut Assistance for the Homeless

State of Connecticut
Dept of Social Services
Housing Assistance, Grants for the Homeless, Rent Assistance Banks

http://www.ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2353&q=305202

State of Connecticut
Dept of Social Services
Housing Assistance as well as many other types of assistanceS
http://www.ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2345&Q=304930&dssNav=|

Homeless Shelter Directory

http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/

Health Care for the Homeless

http://www.hillhealthcenter.com/services/behavioral/grant.shtml

Includes Emergency Rental Assistance, food banks, Etc
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=ct&topic=homeless

More helpful links:

http://www.infoline.org/focus/homelesslist.asp

Resources Shelters, Food banks, health Care

http://www.enfield-ct.gov/filestorage/91/115/HomelessResource.pdf


http://www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov/homeless_assistance/states_and_territories/connecticut


South Park Inn is a not-for-profit, charitable organization [501 (c) (3)], organized in 1982 and has been providing shelter and care since 1984.
http://www.southparkinn.org/



The Friendship Center
http://www.friendshipservicecenter.org/about_us.shtml

Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing

http://www.ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2353&q=455040

Eligibility for Services
The state-contracted program will serve families or individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Programs will target prevention to those who would be homeless "but for this assistance," and rapidly re-house and stabilize families and individuals who are experiencing homelessness. Examples of risk criteria may include:
• Eviction within two weeks from a private dwelling (including housing provided by family or friends);
• Discharge within two weeks from an institution in which the person has been a resident for more than 180 days (including prisons, mental health institutions, and hospitals);
• Residency in housing that has been condemned by housing officials and is no longer meant for human habitation;
• Sudden and significant loss of income;
• Sudden and significant increase in utility costs;
• Severe housing cost burden (greater than 50 percent of income for housing costs);
• Homeless in last 12 months;
• Young head of household (under 25 with children or pregnant);
• Current or past involvement with child welfare, including foster care;
• Extremely low income (less than 30 percent of Area Median Income).
• High overcrowding (the number of persons exceeds health and/or safety standards for the housing unit size); and
• Credit problems that preclude obtaining of housing.

Service areas
Following are the service areas for the state-contracted regional service providers:

CTE, Inc. (Region 1 – Southwest) – Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport and Wilton.

Columbus House, Inc. (Region 2 – South Central, southern area) – Greater New Haven Valley: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Hamden, Milford, New Haven, North Haven, Orange, Seymour, Shelton, West Haven and Woodbridge.

Mercy Housing & Shelter Corp., Inc. (Region 2 – South Central, northern area) – Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Guildford, Haddam, Killingworth, Madison, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook, Lyme, Old Lyme, Meriden and Wallingford.

Thames Valley Council for Community Action, Inc. (Region 3 – East) – Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Lyme, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Mansfield, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Plainfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Willington, Windham and Woodstock.

Journey Home, Inc. (Region 4 – North Central) – Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and Windsor Locks.

New Opportunities, Inc. (Region 5 – Northwest) – Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Oxford, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester, Wolcott, and Woodbury.

Governor Rell also noted that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded over $6 million in Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing funding directly to the cities of Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven and Waterbury, bringing the total Connecticut allocation to over $17 million.

For more information about the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, members of the public who are at risk of becoming homeless or who are currently homeless may call 2-1-1.

Need more info go here:
http://www.ct.gov/dss/lib/dss/pdfs/stimulus/hprp.factsheet.10.1.09.pdf

Thank You SO MUCH N2B. I will start contacting these people and see if I qualify for any of these programs.