Community Outreach and Homelessness Prevention
This housing support program works to prevent the re-occurrence of homelessness. Staff help clients to fulfill lease obligations, connect with community resources, set goals and learn new life skills that can affect housing stability. The client-tenant, landlord and housing coordinator work in partnership to address and resolve concerns before they become irreconcilable differences. Funding provided by the Connecticut Department of Social Services.
This program works to prevent homelessness through financial assistance and referrals. It can offer temporary cash assistance for housing, utilities, medication, clothing, transportation, education and other basic needs. Services often provide a hand up to those who face health and employment hardships or have fallen between the cracks of the social service system.
Funded primarily by individual donors, area congregations, civic organizations, foundation and corporate grants and special events.
PATH staff reach out to chronically homeless people living in abandoned buildings, doorways, parks, makeshift tents, shacks or under bridges. Most have burned their bridges and are either underserved or without support. Once a PATH connection is made, work begins to bring the person “inside” so that medical and other issues that have prevented them from seeking help can be addressed.
PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) was originally funded in 2002 by a grant from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
The Supportive Services for Veteran Families program assists very low-income veteran families in Connecticut who may be homeless, imminently at risk of homelessness, residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. Staff housed at the Friendship Service Center offer outreach and case management services. They are skilled to help families obtain VA benefits, as well as other public benefits provided by local, state and federal agencies. The primary goal is to help veterans and their families to achieve and maintain stable housing. This program is in partnership with Veterans Inc. headquartered in Worcester, Mass.
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