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NBC Connecticut
Hamden Schools Go Remote Friday in Preparation of Severe Cold Weather
January 28, 2021
There’s also help for those needing to escape the frigid conditions.“We will always try to find a warm, safe place for anybody who needs one,” said Margaret Middleton, the CEO of Columbus House.
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New Haven Independent
Coalition Calls For Closing Supermax Prison
January 20, 2021
New Haveners participating in Tuesday’s Zoom conference included State Sen. Gary Winfield, Leighton Johnson and Barbara Fair of Stop Solitary C, Columbus House CEO Margaret Middleton CEO, and Lisa Puglisi of Yale Transitions Clinic. The group includes members of ACLU, CT Coalition To End Homelessness, and SEIU 1199 New England.
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ShoreLine Times
Greek Olive restaurant offers ‘Bowls of Hope’
January 12, 2021
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, the restaurant delivered 235 meals to New Haven’s Columbus House, which provides shelter and housing to people who are homeless. The next week, they delivered another 235. By Feb. 2, they will have delivered 1,600 meals.
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FOX61
Homeless veteran and his dog given shelter, food after trespassing complaint turns into community backing the duo
November 19, 2020
Robert Chapin, a Vietnam Veteran, was without money, his car and a place to stay after falling victim to a scam that had him relocate to Connecticut from Texas.
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Guilford Patch
Guilford Business Hopes To Help Homeless Stay Warm In Winter
November 17, 2020
When Patch spoke to Cooper on Tuesday, he was in his family's Landons Way basement preparing orders. And he was getting ready for a delivery of 100 beanies to Columbus House in New Haven.
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Yale Daily News
School of Architecture partnership with Columbus House sees success despite pandemic
September 18, 2020
Three years after New Haven organization Columbus House first partnered with Yale School of Architecture students to create homes for the city’s homeless population, the project is completing the fourth of five homes.
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New Haven Register - NHRInsider
Many homeless being housed, but more taking their place on the street
September 12, 2020
Despite the state’s success in moving homeless people out of hotels, where they have stayed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and into permanent housing, the number of people sleeping outdoors has continued to increase, according to agencies devoted to assisting the homeless in Connecticut. (paywall)
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PIX 11
Hotel rooms for homeless during pandemic providing much more than a safe place to sleep
August 31, 2020
Kimberly Kinell is used to having a routine. She’s up at 7:30 every morning, makes her coffee, and starts folding up her bed inside the New Haven, Connecticut hotel she’s now living in.
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The Hour
New Haven’s work with CT, local partners puts 266 homeless people into housing
July 30, 2020
A total of 266 formerly homeless individuals who were in hotels as a safer place than shelters during the coronavirus pandemic now are in permanent housing, according to the mayor.
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New Haven Independent
Lions Shred Paper And Smash Computers
July 27, 2020
In the parking lot behind the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School, members of the New Haven Lions Club teamed up with Barnard Principal Bob McCain for a first-time “Shred Event” fundraiser.
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