Two years ago, Aldene Burton was living under a bridge, sipping vodka from the bottle and eating beans from a can in zero-degree weather. But next month, Burton will be sitting in a lecture hall at Goodwin College, where he will take a course in public speaking. Goodwin College in East Hartford, known as a haven for nontraditional students, is offering free classes this September to people who are homeless or formerly homeless. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_081813.asp
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Three Hartford nonprofits have teamed up to launch a food pantry that will serve the region's poor with fresh food and dignity. Unlike most food pantries, which are consigned to church basement closets or the odd corners of town buildings, this pantry in the Upper Albany neighborhood will offer fresh food in a setting reminiscent of a small supermarket, complete with little shopping carts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_advocate_053107.asp
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During a recent memorial service for the homeless in Hartford, speakers focused on how society treats homelessness and those who experience it. Homeless men and women from Hartford were remembered by name during the service; eight passed away this year, fifteen last year. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/realhtfd_122211.asp
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On January 25, 2012, homeless advocates conducted the state's fifth annual Point-in-Time survey, a census of the state's homeless coordinated by Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. Last year's census contained the disquieting news that chronic homelessness in Connecticut had increased by 26 percent among adults without children, and among homeless adults sleeping outside, the tendency toward chronic homelessness increased by 92 percent since 2009. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_012212.asp
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Joe the Barber, whose given name is Anthony Cymerys, sets up his alfresco barbershop and snack bar across from Bushnell Park every Wednesday. No matter what the weather, Cymerys, 75, has set up shop here once a week for the past decade. In warmer weather, as many as 50 people gather here, but in winter, it's more like 15 to 20 regulars. Cymerys passes out sandwiches from the back of his gray Dodge Caravan and ladles soup from a stainless-steel stockpot that sits in a cooler on the sidewalk. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 11, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_021107.asp
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Bob Hohler, executive director of the Melville Charitable Trust, died suddenly at the age of 78 while on a hike with his family in England. He knew homelessness as a poor child in Boston. He has kept many Hartford families from the same plight with Billings Forge, the Frog Hollow development that turned a forbidding neighborhood into a vibrant one. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061511.asp
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Advocates who met in Hartford and pledged to end chronic homelessness in the region by 2015 say they're making progress, but that they're also behind on some key goals. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: June 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/jcohen_061411.asp
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When volunteers went out on a chilly night in January to count Connecticut's homeless, they found more than 2,800 single adults and 430 families with nearly 800 children in shelters, temporary housing or on the streets. Organizers of the first statewide "point-in-time" count of homeless people say the report they issued recently shows that more housing options, including affordable units with support services, are needed. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_072007.asp
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Rick Green comments on the length of time young people in the care of the state Department of Children and Families are staying in emergency shelters. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_052907.asp
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Advocates for Hartford's destitute, together with colleagues at the University of Connecticut, mourned the loss on August 21, 2007 of Albert Alissi, a longtime UConn professor of social work who for many years served on the board of trustees of the Open Hearth agency for homeless men. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_082207.asp
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America’s Youngest Outcasts 2010 documents the numbers of homeless children in every state, their well-being, the risk for child homelessness, and state level planning and policy activities. (PDF document, 124 pages) Published by
National Center on Family Homelessness
; Publication Date: 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/Homelessness/NCFH_AmericaOutcast2010_web.pdf
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In this brief, the claim that relocation of Hope VI families puts them at risk of homelessness is evaluated. It concludes that while some HOPE VI original residents did experience homelessness, the number of homeless families is not as large as many critics feared. (PDF document, 8 pages) Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_06_2007.asp#Hope7
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Mayor Eddie Perez has created a 24-member commission to come up with a plan to tackle chronic homelessness in Hartford. The chronic homeless are those who experience repeated bouts of homelessness in a short period of time - and that also suffer from mental illness or substance abuse. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_020105.asp
Related Link(s):
Homelessness in Hartford 2004: A Combined Report on the Census of the Homeless of Hartford and the Hartford Homeless Health Survey (PDF Document: 127 pages)
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Clergy members who feed the hungry across Greater Hartford and Middletown are hoping state legislators will approve a proposal that would allow them to continue to serve home-cooked meals in soup kitchens and shelters. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has asked the legislature — which is slated to continue its special session next week — to amend a law that allows charitable groups to sell food prepared in unlicensed kitchens only during such events as bake sales. Blumenthal wants the law to include the free distribution of such food. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_092609.asp
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Community organizers from the Charter Oaks Cultural Center have placed 12 hand-painted pots full of vegetable plants around the city for anybody to pick. The pots are watered every day by people who were or are homeless, who receive Walmart gift certificates for their efforts. The pots are funded by donations from local community members, and all the plants and pots were donated as well. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 08, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_070813.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about the two-year budget for Connecticut that Gov. M. Jodi Rell recently. For the most part, she protected local public schools, but certain demographic groups — people with AIDS, for instance — will take it in the teeth if her budget is approved, as will some respected watchdog agencies whose charge is to ensure fairness for people too often left out of the loop. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_020809.asp
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Helen Ubiñas expresses the opinion that what Hartford needs more than a new mayor or some leadership with a clue is a professional mediator – someone who gets paid to cut through the bureaucracy, confusion or just plain bull and actually gets things done. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_092808.asp
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Carol Walter had developed a national profile in the drive to end homelessness — not by promoting larger shelters and bigger programs, but by returning people as quickly as possible to a home of their own. Walter died Dec. 27, 2012. At the time of her death, she was the executive director of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, based in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 14, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_011413.asp
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This 2005 point-in-time census of the homeless and supportive housing populations is an enumeration of all individuals and families staying in shelters, transitional housing, supportive housing, and on the street on a specified evening in Hartford, Connecticut in order to obtain an unduplicated count of the homeless population. The study was sponsored by the City of Hartford in collaboration with Hartford Continuum of Care, the Community Renewal Team, Inc. and Hartford Hospital. (PDF File, 26 pages) Published by
City of Hartford, Hartford Continuum of Care, CRT, Hartford Hospital
; Publication Date: July 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/homelessassessRpt05.pdf
Related Link(s):
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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This 2006 point-in-time census of the homeless and supportive housing populations is an enumeration of all individuals and families staying in shelters, transitional housing, supportive housing, and on the street on a specified evening in Hartford, Connecticut in order to obtain an unduplicated count of the homeless population. The study was sponsored by the City of Hartford in collaboration with Hartford Continuum of Care, the Community Renewal Team, Inc. and Hartford Hospital. (PDF File, 33 pages) Published by
City of Hartford, Hartford Continuum of Care, CRT, Hartford Hospital
; Publication Date: September 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/HomelessAssessRpt06.pdf
Related Link(s):
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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It's check-in time at the South Park Inn, time for the residents to settle in for the night in dormitory-style rooms. There are murals and curtains and a fireside room recently redone by volunteers. There's food and television and heat, but let's be honest, it's still a shelter in a city where the community seems to care (volunteers are regulars) but politicians not so much. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_021807.asp
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There is no full-time priest at St. Peter’s Church on Main Street in Hartford and its parishioners are angry. More than 150 of them picketed outside the church recently to show their displeasure with the decision to remove Father Michael Galasso from his post at St. Peter’s, a position the beloved pastor had held for almost thirty years. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_news_021209_1.asp
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Hartford Rescue Mission, a nondenominational religious organization that rents space at St. Monica Episcopal Church, on Mather Street in the city's North End, provides free meals, clothing and spiritual support using funds obtained through donations and fundraising. "We want the individuals who come here to feel comfortable, to know we care about them and want to help," said the Rev. Gregg Woods, a Baptist minister who runs the mission. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_121605.asp
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The city of Hartford is negotiating to open a "no freeze" shelter for the homeless in an annex of Center Church in the heart of downtown, but the idea has raised concerns from nearby residents and business owners. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_111809_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about the no-freeze homeless shelter in Hartford, now on Lafayette Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 06, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_010610.asp
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As executive director of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, Carol Walter travels between two worlds — one inhabited by homeless men, women and children and another one populated by people with power. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_062710.asp
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It's a tale of two cities, and they're both called Hartford. One is a Rising Star with a colossal new convention center; the other is a mecca for porn outlets, drugs and the homeless. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_121706.asp
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There was a discussion in Hartford in 2009 over where to put an emergency, no-freeze shelter for men. In the end, the state stepped in and offered to house the shelter in an old church building near the state capitol. This year, in 2010, the state building is undergoing repairs and can't be used. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: November 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/jcohen_112410.asp
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Common Ground is a New York-based organization that is working on a supportive housing project in Hartford at 410 Asylum Street. Supportive housing provides apartments and social services for low income residents. Common Ground's web site includes a FAQ page on the Hartford project, more information about supportive housing and successful projects in New York. Published by
Common Ground
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Link: http://www.commonground.org/replication/FAQ_conn.asp
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Willie has lived outside along the Connecticut River for some 30 years. Now, he'll have a roof over his head in East Hartford. He'll have heat and a stove. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_112609.asp
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The state Department of Social Services and five of Connecticut's largest cities will receive nearly $17 million for programs that combat homelessness. The money, awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will fund the state's new Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_071409.asp
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A listing of Connecticut homeless shelters developed by the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. (PDF file, 2 pages) Published by
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
; Publication Date: 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/ShelterListing2005.pdf
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A listing of Connecticut Transitional Living programs developed by the Connecticut Coalition to end Homelessness. (PDF file, 2 pages) Published by
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
; Publication Date: 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/TransitionalLiving2005.pdf
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On January 30, 2007 communities across Connecticut conducted their first statewide count of homeless individuals and families. CT Counts 2007 was an historic effort that brought together non-profits, local and state government agencies, and hundreds of concerned citizens from every region of the state to gather critical data. The data will be used to inform efforts to end homelessness in Connecticut and to help service providers and policy makers to better understand the needs of homeless people. (PDF document, 170 pages) Published by
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
; Publication Date: 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Homelessness/pointintimereport07.pdf
Related Link(s):
Corporation for Supportive Housing
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Reaching Home Campaign - Partnership for Strong Communities
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On January 30, 2008 communities across Connecticut conducted their second statewide count of homeless individuals and families. (PDF document, 188 pages) Published by
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
; Publication Date: July 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/pointintimereport08.pdf
Related Link(s):
Corporation for Supportive Housing
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Reaching Home Campaign - Partnership for Strong Communities
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On January 28, 2009, communities across Connecticut conducted their statewide count of homeless individuals and families. CT Counts 2009 was an effort that brought together non-profits, local and state government agencies, and hundreds of concerned citizens from every region of the state to gather critical data. The data will be used to inform efforts to end homelessness in Connecticut and to help service providers and policy makers to better understand the needs of homeless people. Published by
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
; Publication Date: August 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/wsd_090109.asp
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On January 27, 2010, workers counted 3,818 people sleeping in Connecticut's shelters. The previous year's number —- 4,154 —- included people in shelters, and roughly 500 people sleeping outside of shelters, as well. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_110210.asp
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Information on supportive housing from the campaign to end long-term homelessness in Connecticut. Published by
Reaching Home, Ending Homelessness
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Homelessness/CTSupportiveHousing.asp
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Connecticut's homeless population dipped in 2010 compared with the previous year, according to a recent report, but state advocates for the homeless question the data and say they are not seeing any significant improvement in the number of people without housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061411_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that at the Immaculate Conception Shelter, they are seeing a lot of new, younger, whiter faces. Men who have lost their jobs, veterans whose benefits weren't stretching as far as they used to. Lots more who aren’t from Hartford but come to the city looking for shelter, anyway. All signs of the times. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 15, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_101509.asp
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Many of us are weary of the constant drum of appeals for charitable donations, requests that are both likely to multiply and become harder to honor as everyone is squeezed by the sagging economy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_111208.asp
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The city plans to open a men's "no freeze" shelter for the homeless in an annex of Center Church in the heart of downtown, but the idea has raised concerns of nearby residents and business owners. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_111709.asp
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Homelessness among young people does not always mean that students live out of cars, or on the streets. It means that they have no stable place to make a life. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_news_021909.asp
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The number of homeless people across the country declined by 5 percent in 2009, while the number of homeless families rose by 7 percent, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The annual report also sought for the first time to determine the effect of the recession on homelessness. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_061610.asp
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Home cooks, especially if they are cooking for a family, often follow a game plan for mealtime. The highly organized cook checks the weekly supermarket sales and figures out a series of menus before writing a shopping list. The process saves time and money and heads off any impulse buying. If only the planning could be as easy in shelter kitchens, where every penny and every morsel of food is precious. Bound by strict budget and dependent on donations, both monetary and actual food, shelter chefs often can't plan meals too far ahead. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_093010.asp
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Fifteen minutes. That's all it took for Hands on Hartford to fill its first 100 person seating for a free turkey dinner with all the fixings Thanksgiving Day at Christ Church Cathedral downtown. And they expected to fill the dining room again for the second seating. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_112511.asp
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Noël Shepard, an angel of sorts, delivers bread to seven soup kitchens and homeless shelters in Greater Hartford five nights a week. Atlanta Bread Co. in South Windsor donates unsold baked goods. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 8, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_010807.asp
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As yet another sign of just how bad things are, for the first time ever Foodshare Inc., the Greater Hartford region's food bank, had to ration its holiday turkeys. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_112508.asp
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Thirty dollars delivered directly to a food pantry — which buys in bulk and enjoys multiple relationships with food companies, restaurants and the like for donations — will feed a person for a month. A few years back, Foodshare started to introduce the idea of donating funds rather than food with their Turkey and a Twenty program. Turkey, says Santora, is one of those rare foods that the food pantries can't get cheaper than a regular consumer. But introducing the idea of including $20 in their donations has started the ball rolling toward switching more to funds, and less to food. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_083009.asp
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In Hartford's Food Stamp Project, participants pledged to live on $4 a day, roughly the dollar equivalent in food stamps an individual gets these days. Partnering with Center City Churches, Donna Berman, executive director of the Charter Oak Cultural Center, organized the project to show people what it's like to live in the land of plenty but still lack access to abundant, nutritious food. About 100 people signed up, some for a week, and some for the entire month. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_031807.asp
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Rick Green comments on the development of supportive housing in Hartford. Providing an apartment, with appropriate medical and mental health and counseling services, to the homeless makes something significant happen. Residents reduced their use of services by close to 40 percent. Connecticut needs to spend money on permanent homes for the homeless, not on shelters, emergency medical and mental health care, and jails. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_112707.asp
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Frank Melville, passionate philanthropist, whose family trust has pumped millions of dollars into helping Connecticut's homeless, died on December 5, 2007. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120707.asp
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A small group has set out to share the stories of Hartford's homeless in the city's first "street" newspaper, Beat of the Street. The newspaper - written by the homeless, the formerly homeless and those close to them - aims to expose the challenges they face and, eventually, help to raise money to support them Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061211.asp
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In March, Hartford's Food Stamp Project encouraged participants to live on $4 of food a day, the equivalent of what Connecticut's average food stamp recipient gets. A similar project was undertaken in Oregon by the governor. Surviving on a small food budget in the land of plenty takes planning and careful calculations, and hunger is all too common. In the Hartford area, 100,000 people rely on emergency food programs every year; 40,000 of them children. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_050607.asp
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Last year, more people in American cities were homeless and hungry than the year before, says a U.S. Conference of Mayors report on urban poverty. A quarter of emergency-shelter clients were children. In New Britain, the Friendship Service Center is starting a campaign to raise $3 million to build more "supportive housing," apartments where people can gain independence and have access to services such as mental health and drug abuse treatment as well as job training. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_020407.asp
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Susan Campbell comments on the effort to register homeless people so that they can vote in the November 2008 election. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/democracy/htfd_courant_101208.asp
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Three years after assembling a commission aimed at ending homelessness in the Hartford region, Mayor Eddie A. Perez presented an implementation plan he says can achieve that goal by 2015. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_101007.asp
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In 1990, circumstances landed Bruce Dean a job at South Park Inn, one of Hartford's larger homeless shelters. It was, for him, an ironic homecoming. Dean once worked in human services, but he'd left to make money in construction. The economy had taken a dip, and good-paying construction jobs were hard to come by, and so here he was, working for low pay, but doing what he loved. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_071409_1.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes about a homeless man who helped the Salvation Army collect donations over the holidays, and who is working on getting back on his feet. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_122508.asp
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For the second year in a row a small group of Hartford friends who share a birthday have celebrated by supporting "project night night,'' a children's charity dedicated to giving homeless kids some comfort. The project supplies kids with canvas tote bags -- each with a blanket, a book, and a stuffed animal -- the nighttime comforts of home for those without one. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/cityline_031110.asp
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This Report Card documents the progress made to reduce chronic homelessness in the Greater Hartford region during the first five years of the 10-year plan. (PDF document, 57 pages) Published by
Journey Home
; Publication Date: June 2011
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Homelessness/report_card.pdf
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The La Cocina program at the Chrysalis Center, a nonprofit social services agency, provides ServSafe certifications. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_062612.asp
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In Hartford, the first flower pots filled with vegetable plants have been placed outside several city churches and other locations. The pots, to be decoratively painted by local artists, are designed to provide free, healthy food to hungry city residents and also offer opportunities for the homeless to earn some money by taking care of the plants. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_072012.asp
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A listing of shelters for the homeless in Hartford developed by the Hartford Public Library. (PDF file, 1 page) Published by
Hartford Public Library
; Publication Date: November 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/HartfordShelters.pdf
Related Link(s):
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
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A listing of soup kitchens in Hartford developed by the Hartford Public Library. (PDF file, 1 page) Published by
Hartford Public Library
; Publication Date: November 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/HartfordSoupKitchens.pdf
Related Link(s):
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
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Recently, advocates and supporters came to Charter Oak Cultural Center for a National Homeless Persons' Day memorial. Since 1990, on the shortest day (and longest night), advocates and others have stopped to remember the people who didn't make it through the year and died homeless or from symptoms of homelessness, such as unmet medical needs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_122511_1.asp
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Mayor Eddie A Perez initiated the development of a plan to end chronic homelessness in the Hartford region by first: convening a Project Team in June 2004 to conduct research
and “laying the foundation” for the process, and then in December 2004 appointing a Commission to end chronic homelessness. The
report is a summary of the Commission's recommendations. (PDF file, 77 pages) Published by
The Commission to End Chronic Homelessness
; Publication Date: June 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/Htfd_End_Homelessness.pdf
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When Hartford police detectives went to the Open Hearth recently, they got permission to confirm the whereabouts of 17 registered sex offenders who listed the Charter Oak Avenue emergency shelter as their residence. But a half-block away at the Stewart B. McKinney Shelter on Huyshope Avenue, officers were denied entry in their attempt to locate 43 registered sex offenders who listed that facility as their home. The officers resorted to waiting on the sidewalk to interview people as they came and went. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/democracy/htfd_courant_040608.asp
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Many unanticipated, much-appreciated points of comfort greeted hundreds of homeless men, women and children who recently went to the St. Patrick-St. Anthony Franciscan Center for Project Homeless Connect. Homeless providers gathered in force to offer them care, compassion and hope, along with food, clothing and shelter. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_121307.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that homeless people shouldn't be harassed or discriminated against simply because they lack a permanent residence. They shouldn't be subjected to unreasonable searches, be forbidden from using public transportation or be kept out of public parks. They ought to have the same rights as those with homes. But will a law proposing a "bill of rights" for Connecticut's homeless do much to ensure they receive equal treatment? Unfortunately, no. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_050613.asp
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Standing before more than 200 homeless men, women and advocates at Trinity Episcopal Church, Pimentel, the program manager at McKinney Shelter recently lit candles for two local homeless people who died last year. For Pimentel and many others, the interfaith event was a chance to remember men and women who are often invisible to society. The memorial, one of many throughout the country, took place on Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, serving as a reminder of the struggles of Connecticut's estimated 33,000 homeless citizens. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 22, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_122209_1.asp
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The face of homelessness is changing in Connecticut and across the country. Although the number of individuals who are homeless hasn't changed, more and more of those crowding into the few shelters that will take them are families. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 14, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_031409.asp
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Helen Ubiñas wonders where exactly are the homeless supposed to go this winter? She comments that in a classic NIMBY move, area business owners and residents are crying over the city's plans to open a no freeze shelter for men at Center Church in the heart of Hartford's downtown. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_111809.asp
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Susan Campbell writes that if you're wandering around downtown Hartford this week and someone tries to sell you a copy of "HARTbeat of the Street," please consider shelling out $1. Hartford's new street newspaper, produced and sold by people who are homeless, have been homeless, or who work with the homeless is the brainchild of Rabbi Donna Berman, Charter Oak Cultural Center's executive director. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 07, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_110710.asp
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Roughly a third of the homeless population are veterans, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Susan Campbell expresses the opinion that Connecticut needs more funding for shelters, and transitional, supportive and affordable housing for veterans. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 13, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_061307.asp
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These are tough economic times for Connecticut but Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal to gut funding from a planned support program for homeless youths is the wrong way to balance the state budget. Many people may not realize the depth of the problem of homeless youths in our state. Connecticut schools reported a 34 percent increase in the number of homeless students, from 2,017 to 2,716, over the past two years. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120410.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that a New London homeless shelter requiring anyone seeking entry to pass a sobriety test in an effort to make it safer for the many families who are seeking shelter. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_091808.asp
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Salvation Army has asked the City of Hartford for $33,000 to fund overflow shelter for women and children. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_advocate_121808.asp
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This combined report on the Census of the Homeless of Hartford and the Hartford Homeless Health Survey describes a comprehensive and collaborative study of homeless individuals and families in Hartford, undertaken by the Institute for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Hartford Hospital, the Hartford Continuum of Care, the City of Hartford Office of Grants Management and the Hartford Health Department. The study has two components: a point-in-time census of the homeless population (2002 Census of the Homeless of Hartford) and a series of in-depth interviews (2002 Hartford Homeless Health Survey); Published by
City of Hartford; Office of Grants Management
; Publication Date: 2002
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/HomelessAssessRpt02.pdf
Related Link(s):
Hartford's Community Health Partnership
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The Institute for Outcomes Research & Evaluation at Hartford Hospital
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Homelessness doesn't get any easier just because it's summer. Cities can open up cooling stations, shelters can relax rules about clients hanging around during the day, but homelessness is never easy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_072710.asp
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Accompanying the photographs in Jake Anderson's book, "Homeless Souls," are personal statements from the men and women he traveled the country photographing. Some are pleas for help. Others read more like apologies. Most are explanations for why they are homeless. It's a much-needed reminder that there isn't one quick fix to homelessness that grows and strains our shelters and programs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 19, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_011911.asp
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Hartford rolls out a plan called “Journey Home” to end chronic homelessness in 10 years. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: October 04
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_advocate_100407.asp
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Faced with sizable cuts in federal funding for HIV and AIDS patients in Hartford and New Haven, hundreds of people are facing the elimination of a wide range of services. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 4, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_courant_040407.asp
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When the House of Bread opened about 30 years ago, it was a small operation on High Street that served coffee and doughnuts to those who needed something to eat and someplace to go. House of Bread, which has expanded to include a soup kitchen, day shelter and thrift store, now serves about 200 adults and more than 400 children each day. But space has been tight at its current location on Chestnut Street, so construction has begun on the 5,300-square-foot facility, which will nearly double in size by the time the project is complete. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 29, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_032911.asp
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After months of renovation, the House of Bread soup kitchen and shelter has reopened for business recently. Only now, there's more room to serve those in need. The facility on Chestnut Street in Hartford has nearly doubled in size -- from 5,300 square feet to about 10,000 -- and has added a second kitchen, a new dining area, offices and a conference room. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_061511.asp
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After months of renovation, the House of Bread soup kitchen and shelter has reopened for business. Only now, there's more room to serve those in need. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061511_1.asp
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Agencies that serve homeless people across Connecticut will receive more than $28.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to continue providing services that combat homelessness. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_122509.asp
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Hartford is about to say goodbye to a shero. Diane Randall is leaving her role as executive director of Partnership for Strong Communities, a non-profit advocacy group, to become executive secretary (executive director) at Friends Committee on National Legislation, Washington’s oldest ecumenical lobby. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 30, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_113010.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about the 19 people who died without homes in Hartford this year. Those 19 were remembered at a memorial service at Trinity Episcopal Church, in Hartford. The service is part of a national observance held annually. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_122009.asp
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A point-in-time count of the homeless conducted on January 30, 2007, involved more than a dozen communities - including West Hartford, Manchester and Hartford. The count took place in emergency shelters and emergency hospital rooms, the streets, abandoned buildings and the woods, officials said. Part of a national effort, the count was conducted in order for communities to receive federal funding to help combat homelessness. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development requires communities each year to survey the number of homeless living in their areas. Connecticut conducted a statewide uniform survey. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 31, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_013107.asp
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Just before 5 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, Anthony Cymerys parked on Elm Street next to Bushnell Park and popped the trunk of his 1996 Crown Victoria. A nearby group of men, many a bit on the scruffy side, soon spotted him and began to approach as he took a car battery, a lawn chair and a duffel bag out of his trunk. Joe the Barber, as he is known on the streets of Hartford and really pretty much everywhere, was back in town. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 07, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_040711.asp
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During the past year more than 4,000 people spent from a night or two to the whole year in an emergency shelter and nearly twice this number were turned away because there was not enough room for them. To address this need, Mayor Eddie A. Perez has led the region in developing a 10-year plan to end homelessness. The primary focus of this implementation plan includes reducing the frequency and duration of homelessness and moving more homeless into stable, permanent housing. (PDF document, 80 pages) Published by
Hartford Commission to End Homelessness, Office of the Mayor
; Publication Date: October 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/Homelessness/Hartford_Commission_to_End_Homelessness.pdf
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Homelessness is on the rise in Connecticut. Those on the front lines say the tanking economy, punishing fuel costs and housing mortgage mess are all contributing factors. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: June 05, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_advocate_060508.asp
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Center Church has been approached by the City of Hartford to house a winter shelter for 50 homeless men each night from December 1st 2009 - March 31st 2010, daily, from 7pm - 7am in the basement dining room of the church. This letter outlines the specifics of the proposal. (PDF document, 7 pages). Published by
Center Church
; Publication Date: October 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Homelessness/CenterChurch.pdf
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In Hartford and across the state, in cities such as Bristol and Middletown, volunteers and social service workers roved the streets for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's national "point in time" homeless census. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 02, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_020213.asp
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Roughly 33,000 people in Connecticut were homeless at some point last year, far outstripping the 2,300 supportive housing units available. This news article sheds light on the views of local, state and federal officials to provide affordable housing, including Mayor Perez's position on the Common Ground project at 410 Asylum Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 15, 2004
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/courant_121504.asp
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The poor have always been with us, and by 1890, the Rev. John James McCook, respected rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in East Hartford and resident of a graceful home on Hartford's Main Street, had had enough of the homeless. He was angry that the city had set aside $40,000 for "outdoor alms," or money for the homeless. But with experience, his attitude changed. The more homeless men he met, the less sure he was of his original opinion. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_121607.asp
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John McKinney — the newly minted minority leader of the state Senate and son of the late Congressman Stewart McKinney — wants to end homelessness. So, after testifying on Capitol Hill in favor of extending a landmark federal homelessness law his father sponsored, McKinney chose Mary Townsend Seymour Apartments, a housing apartment complex in Hartford's North End, to call for more state money and attention to affordable housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_122007.asp
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The Spanish-Speaking Center is one of 19 food providers in New Britain, a city of 75,000, where a small army of volunteers, church members and social workers struggle to serve a growing need. Similar struggles are happening daily in other communities, including Manchester, where demand at one food pantry has increased by 50 percent in one year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 30, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_113008.asp
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One of the rumors swirling around the debate about whether to open a men's "no freeze" shelter downtown was that 50 percent of those using the facility would be sex offenders. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_111909.asp
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My Sisters' Place opened more than a quarter-century ago in Hartford as an emergency shelter for women and children. But in that is expected to end as the organization places the last of its remaining clients in the 16-bed emergency shelter program with another agency. But contrary to rumors circulating in recent months, the rest of the organization isn't following suit. The organization is restructuring its shelter, putting an emphasis on rapid rehousing and transitional housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_050609.asp
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Since 2010, the nonprofit Journey Home has worked to implement a homelessness initiative called the vulnerability index — a registry that prioritizes housing for the population most at risk of dying on the street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_012312.asp
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In the old Sealtest factory on a forlorn street corner in Hartford, the Chrysalis Center will soon be carrying out its hopeful work rebuilding lives. As Hartford moves in fits and starts to repair itself, this investment in human capital might be as important as any other economic development in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120109.asp
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Chrysalis Center provides a variety of mental health services to some 2,000 residents of Greater Hartford, a majority of them city residents. The agency operates in nine locations around the city, but will soon consolidate administration and four sites into one, the former Sealtest Dairy building at Homestead Avenue and Woodland Street. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_102606.asp
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Susan Campbell writes that recently, advocates for the homeless in Connecticut are focusing on the hard-core homeless with surprising success. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_022311.asp
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Connecticut has received nearly $17 million to participate in a national experiment to try to stop homelessness in its tracks. The federal money is designed to help people before they become homeless — a major shift from the nation's decades long reliance on shelters. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_112809.asp
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Plans to open the controversial "no freeze" shelter for homeless men in the heart of downtown are still on track, but a little delayed while the operational details are worked out. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_112709.asp
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A candlelight service for the homeless who have died this year was held recently in Hartford. The brainchild of the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the service calls attention to the fact that people die because of homelessness - not just because they're out in the elements - but because they don't have access to medical care. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_122006.asp
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Two days ago Cityline published a letter that Rich Wareing sent to numerous individuals regarding the plan to house a “no freeze” shelter at the Center Church downtown. In the past, Hartford has had a no freeze shelter. This is not a brand new creation. The previous one was housed at 255 Washington Street, but a mile — if walking – from the new one. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/realhtfd_111909.asp
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The public comment session of the first Hartford City Council meeting of the year showed two prevailing issues on residents’ and stakeholders’ minds: housing and employment. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/realhtfd_010912.asp
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Power is still out in much of the state. But, one Hartford agency is making the most of it. Open Hearth, a shelter and transitional living agency for men, sells firewood. The proceeds from the wood sales fund the agency's programs. With the October snowstorm, they made almost as much money in the two days after the storm as they did for the entire month of October, and provided heat for many Connecticut families. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: November 02, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/jcohen_110211.asp
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This Strategic Plan is a roadmap for joint action by the 19-member United States Interagency Council on Homelessness along with local and state partners in the public and private sectors. (PDF document, 74 pages) Published by
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
; Publication Date: June 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/OpeningDoors_2010.pdf
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Susan Campbell writes that if we were serious about eliminating homelessness, we'd stop arguing about where the homeless should be temporarily housed in Hartford, and we would start looking at the bigger picture. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_122709.asp
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Includes information on efforts dedicated to ending long-term homelessness and developing supportive housing. The Partnership for Strong Communities is devoted to activities that contribute to solutions to homelessness, the creation of affordable housing and building strong, health and economically vital communities. Published by
Partnership for Strong Communities
; Publication Date: 2005
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_2005_a.asp
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Mayor Eddie A. Perez has accepted an offer from Gov. M. Jodi Rell to use a state-owned building on Lafayette Street for a "no freeze" shelter during the year's coldest months. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_120809.asp
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The number of homeless families in Connecticut's rural and suburban areas rose by at least 33 percent from 2008 to 2009, and many of them said the high cost of rental housing was to blame. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_092809.asp
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Groups across the state are promoting what they believe is the best way to end homelessness — permanent supportive housing. On March 4, 2008, nonprofit groups such as the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness and Reaching Home, a Hartford-based organization whose goal is to create 10,000 new supportive housing units in the state, held a rally at the state Capitol called "Supportive Housing Lobby Day."
Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_021908.asp
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State legislators last authorized a cost-of-living adjustment for welfare recipients in 1992. In the past 15 years, utility costs and the costs of other basic needs have soared. A Hartford-based advocacy group helped organize a rally for young single mothers recently at the state Capitol complex. They called on lawmakers to approve a cost-of-living increase for residents on state assistance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_021707.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about efforts of the South Park Inn outreach team to reach and help the chronically homeless who live outside in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120208.asp
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The goal of the Campaign to End Long-Term Homelessness in Connecticut is to create 10,000 new units of supportive housing in Connecticut in 10 years. Supportive housing is permanent, independent and affordable housing combined with on-site or visiting case management and support and employment services. In Connecticut, supportive housing has enjoyed both community and political support in the last decade. The Campaign seeks to broaden this base of support in order to achieve the ambitious goal of ending homelessness as we know it. Published by
Reaching Home Campaign
; Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/Homelessness/ct_reaching_home.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about being homeless in Hartford. The city has a no-freeze policy, which means no one gets left outside —except on Sunday. Because of staffing issues, some of the city's year-round shelters — like the Open Hearth — close their doors during the day, and many businesses that might be a warm haven during the week aren't open on Sundays. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_121907.asp
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At 6 a.m. recently, the usual gang of advocates for the homeless was out beneath Hartford's bridges looking for people too drunk, tired or mentally ill to come inside. The volunteers don't complain. Their prey is, for the most part, the chronically homeless. Since the governor opened an overflow shelter on Lafayette Street (which has, Baker says grandly, carpeted floors), the number of people who suffer outside has shrunk from a high of 30 to 11 last week, and eight the week before that. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_012410.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell has offered one floor of a state-owned building for use this winter as a "no freeze" shelter for homeless men. The state offered use of the former Second Church of Christ, Scientist on Lafayette Street to the city at no cost. All the city has to do is sign off on the agreement. The city would have to cover the cost of operating the shelter in the nearly century-old building. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120809.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell has offered one floor of a state-owned, nearly century-old former church for use this winter as a "no freeze" shelter for homeless men. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_120709.asp
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The city had nearly 200 fewer chronically homeless people last year than it did in 2004, according to a report released recently by a local homeless advocacy organization. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061411.asp
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The city had nearly 200 fewer chronically homeless people in 2010 than it did in 2004, according to a report released recently by a local homeless advocacy organization. The number of chronically homeless people -- those who have been homeless for longer than one year or who have experienced four or more episodes of homelessness in a three-year period -- dropped from 322 in 2004 to 137 in 2010. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_061411.asp
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The high cost of housing and rent increases contributed to close to a 21 percent rise in the number of families seeking refuge in homeless shelters in the state during the last year, according to a report issued recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_080708.asp
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This is an update on the lives of two people, Nancy and Willie, who live outdoors on the banks of the Connecticut River in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_041108.asp
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Rising food and gasoline prices are hurting minimum-wage working families who now have to choose between a gallon of milk for the children or gas in the tank to get to their jobs, officials at the food bank say. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_072008.asp
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From February to August, 2007, The Courant visited a couple of friends living outdoors along the Connecticut River twenty-five times to hear their stories, which are related in this article. Published by
The Hartford Courant
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Link: /Issues/Documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_092307.asp
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Willie and Nancy have lived on the banks of the Connecticut River for years. But Willie and Nancy are looking to live indoors because of their ages and medical conditions. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_101209.asp
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Church Street Eats, a feed-the-hungry endeavor at the historic Hartford's Christ Church Cathedral is one of the few places the homeless and hungry can get a free weekend meal in Hartford. And for that, they can thank Rose Fichera-Eagen. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 19, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_061911.asp
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Once Hartford's hard-core homeless end up in a hovel beneath one of the city's bridges, they tend to stay. These are the people too sick, too high, too broken to trust that anything can save them. The people beneath the bridges have exhausted families, friends and options, and no amount of cajoling or logic can convince them they need to come indoors, where social ervices might put them on the road to a healthier kind of independence. Nothing works — until, that is, it finally does. One more visit from the Hartford Homeless Outreach team just might convince some to come out from beneath the bridge. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 05, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120510.asp
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Helen Ubiñas explores the correlation between homeless men and sex offenders. The statistic she refers to claims that 50 percent of men who will use the no-freeze emergency shelter proposed for downtown Hartford are sex offenders. She attempts to track down who floated that idea. But so far, no takers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_111909.asp
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Susan Campbell writes that it's rare to hear a woman in a homeless shelter speak freely about her violent past. Traditionally, homeless shelters have shied away from accepting women who are fleeing domestic violence, for fear their abusers will follow and harm staff or residents. Shelters - domestic violence and homeless - have security systems, but staff members are stretched, already. Domestic violence permeates both shelter systems. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_102609.asp
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A food and donations drive to benefit a Hartford shelter, Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp, organized by Jessica DeSantis runs from March 3 to April 2, 2007 at Hartford's Texas Roadhouse restaurant. The restaurant sits with other retail establishments on land that once was the site of the 1,000-unit Charter Oak Terrace housing project. In exchange for donations of bedding, towels, travel-size toiletries, laundry detergent, socks, underwear (men's and women's) and gift cards to stores like Dunkin' Donuts, customers will be given gift certificates and coupons. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 28, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_022807.asp
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The proposed downtown location of a new "no freeze" shelter for homeless men continues to generate discussion. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/cityline_120109.asp
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The economic downturn and the rise in home heating oil prices are putting an unexpected squeeze on a firewood-selling program that supports The Open Hearth in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_091108.asp
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Threatened with closure due to a lack of funding, a five-month shelter program in Hartford for older, homeless men, Immaculate Conception Shelter & Housing Corporation, will remain open, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: May 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/northend_agents_052709.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that considering all the drama surrounding the no-freeze homeless shelter proposed for downtown Hartford's Center Church, she figured the Rev. Paul Goodman would be relieved to have the whole soap opera behind him. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 13, 2009
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Catherine's Place is located smack downtown, in the shadow of a rising 36-story, luxury apartment building. Something new in Hartford's menu of temporary housing for the poor, the stone and brick building, owned by St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church, provides a refuge for single, homeless women with substance abuse problems. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_020606.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about efforts to help, and what makes us happy. A happy story would wind itself through a series of phone calls, and end with homeless folks placed in a warm bed. Writing a donation check might feel like a drop in the bucket, but it's something. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 31, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_013110.asp
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About 20 faith-based agencies in Connecticut are receiving federal funds through the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Connecticut has embraced faith-based services, one of the initiatives to come out of the Bush administration after it created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001. Eleven federal agencies took up the charge, making federal money and support more accessible to faith-based and community organizations. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120708.asp
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The governor announced funding recently for 179 supportive housing units in five Connecticut cities, including Hartford, following approval by the state committee on supportive housing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_032312.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant suggests that Hartford and the state haven't always been on the best of terms in recent years, so it was good to see the two governments work together on behalf of homeless people. Gov. M. Jodi Rell offered use of the former Second Church of Christ, Scientist, on Lafayette Street in Hartford for a no-freeze shelter to replace the one on Washington Street that has been closed. The state's offer should solve the immediate problem, but it is not a long-term solution. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 14, 2009
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Teeka Plummer is articulate, resourceful and persistent, but for six months, she has searched unsuccessfully for an apartment for herself and her three children. She has called the state's 211 support line. She has called homeless shelters, her local social services department, nonprofit agencies, housing programs and top elected officials. A housing expert and clinician have made calls on her behalf. Plummer even wrote to Oprah Winfrey. Her struggle reflects what Connecticut housing experts have long known: There is a massive demand for affordable housing and not enough resources to fill the need. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_120809.asp
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The YWCA of Greater Hartford's new Soromundi Commons Project is starting to fill up. It is the first project to be completed in the Connecticut Supportive Housing PILOTS Initiative, a statewide effort involving many agencies to create affordable housing and support services for people facing homelessness Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/housing/htfd_courant_072705.asp
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In Hartford, Tabor House, created by the Sisters of St. Joseph, is marking its 20th anniversary this year. The two-family house on Brownell Avenue opened in the city's Frog Hollow neighborhood as a refuge for men - homeless outcasts with AIDS, a deadly disease caused by the HIV virus. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 02, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_010211.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about accompanying volunteers who search for unsheltered homeless people in Hartford on a Thanksgiving morning. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 02, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_120207.asp
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This report provides the latest counts of homelessness nationwide—including counts of individuals, persons in families, and special population groups such as veterans and chronically homeless people. The report estimates that the number of chronically homeless people in the U.S. declined in 2009 by more than 10 percent from 2008. (PDF document, 198 pages) Published by
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
; Publication Date: June 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/homelessness/HomelessAssessmentReport2009.pdf
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A recent story in The New York Times decried the existence of multiple tent cities around the country — Hoovervilles — where homeless people gather in noticeable numbers in tents or shanties to form communities no one likes to acknowledge. Those Hoovervilles are cropping up in cities and small towns everywhere even in Hartford. But that's just the homeless you can see. Advocates say there are plenty of people who've slipped beneath the radar, and as the economy worsens and shelters fill to bursting, there will be more. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 31, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_033109.asp
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Two Roman Catholic Nuns, Sister Theresa Fonti and Sister Maureen Faenza continue to feed the poor in Hartford, after enduring two fires, with their soup kitchen on Chestnut Street. They also run other programs, including a summer camp and a thrift store. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/faithcommunity/htfd_courant_052305.asp
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Sister Maureen Faenza and Sister Theresa Fonti are the toast of the town. They found each other 25 years ago, and together they founded the House of Bread. Its purpose was to feed the hungry people of Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_120505.asp
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Helen Ubiñas comments on the difficulties of getting some trees from Keney Park cut for The Open Hearth's firewood program. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_101208.asp
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South Park Inn is not some cozy bed-and-breakfast with fluffy down comforters and real maple syrup at breakfast. It is an inn of last resort, the kind of place where you'd be challenged to find two chairs that match, where sheets, pillowcases and blankets are whatever was donated lately. And every night, the South Park Inn, on Main Street in Hartford, fills up with homeless men, women and children, fair weather and foul, Christmas Day or any other day. They are happy enough that the South Park Inn is there. There is nowhere else. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 19, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_121905.asp
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A funny thing happened last year when Rabbi Donna Berman cast about for a way to bring hunger home. Berman, executive director of Hartford's Charter Oak Cultural Center, thought if regular people would try to live on a food budget of $3 a day — the average amount a food stamp recipient gets — they might be moved to act and think differently when it comes to issues of poverty. The second annual Food Stamp Project is now set to begin. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_030208.asp
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Hartford's plan to end homelessness by 2015, like 300 other plans launched across the country, has at its core one fundamental solution: the construction of 2,133 units of supportive housing for the chronically homeless. More than half of those units would be situated in the suburban towns that surround the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_102207.asp
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Steve and Kathy Arnold are Salvation Army troubleshooters, experienced urban missionaries known as "envoys" in the iconic, faith-based charity's military-like organization. They have come from the West to revive the moribund thrift stores in Bloomfield, Brooklyn, Bristol, Manchester, Mansfield, New Britain, Rockville, Torrington and West Hartford, and save the woefully underused drug and alcohol rehab center on Hartford's Homestead Avenue that the stores support. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_041209_1.asp
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An update from the Hartford Commission to End Homelessness on their progress in implementing the plan put forth in "Journey Home." (PDF document, 1 pages) Published by
Hartford Commission to End Homelessness, Office of the Mayor, City of Hartford
; Publication Date: February 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Homelessness/JourneyHomeUpdate.pdf
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Carol Walter, the executive director of Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, was remembered by her friends recently as a quick-witted, energetic leader and unwavering advocate for the homeless. Walter, 53, died December 27, 2012 after a short battle with lung cancer, friends said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 28, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_122812.asp
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The earned income tax credit provides tax refunds, for those who qualify, of up to $5,891 for households with three or more qualifying children. For several years, an initiative called VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) has offered help to taxpayers. VITA, which offers free tax help to households with an annual income of less than $50,000, is no small enterprise. Last year, more than 9,400 taxpayers in central and northeastern Connecticut received a total of more than $20 million in refunds and credits, including $6.5 million in earned income tax credits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 14, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_011413_1.asp
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It can be hard to make time for charititable work between your regular job, driving kids to soccer practice and spending time with friends and family. But Hands on Hartford and one of its programs, Manna Community Meals, have a solution: volunteering during your lunch break. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_042211.asp
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According to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, state shelters served almost 15,000 people in 2005 but had to turn away people almost 35,000 times because there were no beds available. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 31, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Housing/htfd_courant_123106.asp
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A no-freeze shelter run by the Salvation Army in Hartford closed for the season recently. They'd been providing for a little more than 50 people during the worst of winter. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_041707.asp
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The YMCA's plan to sell their Hartford building at the corner of Jewell and Pearl streets leaves many who live at their facility looking for housing alternatives. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 20, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_102005.asp
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Looked at objectively, a wintertime "no freeze" homeless shelter in the annex of Center Church in downtown Hartford should not pose much of a problem. It would be fully used on the coldest days, when most people are indoors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 28, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_courant_112809_1.asp
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For 16 years, Bridget de Moura Castro has put out a call for volunteer musicians for a Handel's "Messiah" concert to benefit Hartford's Immaculate Conception Shelter & Housing Corp. And every year - this year it's at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 - a sufficient number of musicians miraculously gather at Hartford's Our Lady of Sorrows Church an hour beforehand to warm up before they launch into Handel's glorious (and best-known) oratorio. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Homelessness/htfd_courant_112906.asp
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