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Columbus House
Our COVID-19 Response
October 29, 2021
Your support has resulted in hundreds of people moving into a place of their own this year.
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New Haven Register Insider
Motel purchase among New Haven's plans for pandemic relief funds
October 10, 2021
The city plans to use $500,000 of its $122.1 million in federal pandemic recovery funds to help Columbus House buy the New Haven Village Suites extended-stay motel at 3 Long Wharf Drive to continue providing COVID-safe shelter for people experiencing homelessness. (paywall)
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Yale School of Medicine
Beginning the Journey in Medicine
September 24, 2021
A student shared that he was able to teach something to an attending; after learning, during iPro, about Columbus House—a non-profit that addresses the housing needs of individuals who are homeless in New Haven—he was able to share that information with the attending, who referred people to Columbus House, but had limited knowledge of its operations.
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Yale Daily News
Community Foundation launches program to train future nonprofit leaders of color
September 14, 2021
After noticing an increased retirement rate among local nonprofit executives, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven launched an initiative to equip a diverse new generation of professionals with the tools they need to take the helm.
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WTNH News 8
Homeless shelters bracing for several disasters striking all at once over the next several months
September 1, 2021
Homeless shelters are bracing for several disasters to strike all at once in the next few months. The weather will get colder, the economy could stay stagnant, the pandemic continues, and soon, the eviction moratorium could end.
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Columbus House
Your Advocacy Makes an Impact on Homelessness
June 24, 2021
The 2021 Connecticut legislative session ended this month and the biennial 2022-23 Fiscal Year (FY) budget was approved. While the impact of the budget on Columbus House is unclear, two new funding lines and three signed bills offer hope.
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New Haven Register
Quinnipiac University students donate 6 tons of food to those in need
May 21, 2021
Quinnipiac University students donated six tons of food to those in need throughout the area, according to the school.
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The Middletown Press
Middlesex County homeless families benefit from Chocolate to Rescue
May 19, 2021
Organizers are pleased to report that a total of $12,000 was raised during last weekend’s Columbus House Chocolate to the Rescue events.
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Yale Daily News
‘It changed what we had to do overnight’: How nonprofits and community organizations kept New Haveners fed during a pandemic
May 6, 2021
Amid the challenges of the pandemic, food banks, soup kitchens, churches and homeless shelters have collaborated and reinvented their service models to address food insecurity in the Elm City.
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The CT Mirror
Hotel housing for homeless teaches an important lesson for future
May 5, 2021
In March of 2020, the United States issued an executive order enabling funds from FEMA’s Public Assistance program to be used to cover 75% of costs related to non-congregate sheltering for individuals experiencing homelessness. In New Haven, this enabled the city to contract with two hotels…to house individuals residing in congregate shelters or experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
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