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New Haven Register
New Haven area's unhoused population more than doubled this year, officials say
November 9, 2024
As the cold winds of winter approach, the city and surrounding area have made some progress in efforts to provide for people facing homelessness, but adding 75 shelter beds has been far outstripped by an increase in the number of unhoused individuals, officials and providers say.
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Fox 61
Connecticut girl uses birthdays to help others | Morning Bright Spot
November 1, 2024
A girl from Portland, Connecticut, is using her birthday to help others…
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New Haven Independent
Clinic-Pharmacy Hits The Road
July 10, 2024
A National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded mobile pharmacy van is taking to the streets of New Haven to provide clinical testing, prescriptions, and medical treatment to underserved communities — i.e. “healthcare for everyone.”
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CT Insider
Opinion: CT must address housing and homelessness
May 7, 2024
On April 24, more than 1,800 advocates made up of consumers, nonprofit employees, and state leaders joined forces to speak loudly about the critical need for resources to respond effectively to our growing housing and homelessness crisis.
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Fox 61
Penelope’s Lemonade Stand
April 2, 2024
8-year-old girl in Hamden hopes help the homeless.
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Joe Pajor for the Wallingford Magazine
The Wallingford Community “Paying It Forward”
March 28, 2024
Some people’s paradigms of individuals experiencing homelessness are the panhandlers seen seeking money on streets and intersections.
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New Haven Register
Columbus House gets OK to build new shelter in New Haven, allowing couples to stay together
February 26, 2024
Columbus House is about to change the shelter experience for people experiencing homelessness in the city, using lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic when it temporarily put its dormitory-style shelter on ice and housed people in motel rooms.
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Hartford Courant
David Fink: Good people in CT working to end homelessness
February 5, 2024
As I watched our group of 30 or so file into the dormitory, I wondered whether they were thinking the same thing I had the first time I’d visited a homeless shelter.
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NEWS 8 WTNH
Hamden opens warming center for Winter season
January 8, 2024
With winter weather on everyone’s mind, Hamden is looking out for its most vulnerable residents.
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