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New Haven Register
New Haven’s Columbus House overflow shelter moving
February 12, 2019
The homeless men staying in Columbus House’s overflow shelter will be sleeping in a new location beginning Wednesday night.
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The Middletown Press
Warming centers, diversion programs part of addressing homelessness in state
February 6, 2019
Cuts in state aid have stretched budgets thin for agencies that help find shelter for individuals and families without a place to stay, but a coalition of agencies has found success in mostly reversing the tide of chronic homelessness.
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Guilford Patch
Needy Fed To Honor Tragic Anniversary of Ethan Song's Death
February 1, 2019
To mark the tragic one year anniversary of the death of Ethan Song from a gun shot, friends of the Song family Thursday served dinner to 100 guests at the Columbus House shelter in New Haven
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WTNH
Orange church youth group to sleep outside to raise money for homelessness
January 26, 2019
The Orange Congregational Church will be raising money and awareness for homelessness on Friday.
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New Haven Independent
Deep Freeze Puts New Center To Test
January 22, 2019
If it weren’t for the warming center in the basement of Grace and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Evelyn doesn’t know where she would have been Monday. Except out in the deadly cold.
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New Haven Independent
Hill Scrutinizes Columbus House Plans
January 21, 2019
A local homeless shelter nonprofit and Yale’s architecture school have teamed up to build five homes in five years for formerly homeless tenants.
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NEWS 8 WTNH
Hamden Warming Centers extend their hours through Tuesday
January 19, 2019
Keeping those in need stay safe is why the Hamden Warming Center is extending their hours.
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NBC Connecticut
Hamden Offering Overnight Warming Centers
January 9, 2019
Hamden is making sure the most vulnerable don’t have to spend the night outside during the coldest time of the year.
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New Haven Independent
Hamden Prepares To “Warm” Homeless
January 7, 2019
Thick socks, individual packages with cereal, peanut butter, and tissues. Protein bars, jars of instant coffee, and lots of warmth and goodwill.
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New Haven Register
Knights of Columbus give $75,000 to New Haven-area charities
December 27, 2018
NEW HAVEN — The Knights of Columbus sent $75,000 in contributions to more than 20 area charities this month in the spirit of giving back to the community.
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