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UI, SCG Announce Grant Funding to Help Columbus House Manage Energy Costs

UI An AVANGRID Company

UI, SCG Announce Grant Funding to Help Columbus House Manage Energy Costs

March 1, 2023

United Illuminating and Southern Connecticut Gas, subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), today announced the award of a $15,000 grant to Columbus House in New Haven to help the nonprofit manage rising energy costs in support of its vital mission to provide life-saving shelter, housing assistance, and critical services to those experiencing homelessness.

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New Haven officials eye $4.85M grant to address homelessness

New Haven Register

New Haven officials eye $4.85M grant to address homelessness

February 17, 2023

A plan to use a $4.85 million federal grant to address issues related to homelessness, including $4 million to build "deeply affordable" housing aimed at people without homes, advanced this week after a number of homeless residents and advocates said the way the city treats people experiencing homelessness needs to change.

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Competing Visions Emerge For Homelessness $

New Haven Independent

Competing Visions Emerge For Homelessness $

February 17, 2023

Should a nearly $5 million federal grant fund a couple dozen affordable housing units, or more humane infrastructure to help the city’s unsheltered residents survive the perils of living outdoors?

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Offering Recommendations & Demanding Action

Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

Offering Recommendations & Demanding Action

February 17, 2023

DESK’s recommendations were developed in coordination with the Greater New Haven Regional Alliance to End Homelessness, and our Executive Director, Steve Werlin, gave oral testimony alongside our partners from Columbus House, Liberty Community Services, and Fellowship Place. (Watch the testimonies below.) In addition, DESK worked with the Alliance’s Advocacy Committee to draft written testimony, copied-and-pasted below

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Farewell to John Brooks, Chief Development Officer

Columbus House

Farewell to John Brooks, Chief Development Officer

February 15, 2023

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Homeless advocates express concerns over governor’s budget proposal

WTNH NEWS 8

Homeless advocates express concerns over governor’s budget proposal

February 9, 2023

Advocates for the homeless are worried about Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s new budget proposal. They say their patchwork of nonprofit organizations has worked for too long with little to no help from the state.

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State Lands $18M Homelessness Lifeline

New Haven Independent

State Lands $18M Homelessness Lifeline

February 3, 2023

Oscar Britt has a plan to survive subfreezing temperatures this weekend thanks to a connection he made with outreach workers who found him a hard-to-secure shelter bed at Columbus House.

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Housing committee public hearing brings focus to homelessness

The CT Mirror

Housing committee public hearing brings focus to homelessness

February 2, 2023

Connecticut’s homelessness response system needs more money to address the need that has sprung up since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, service providers told legislators Thursday.

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At Wexler Grant, Student Actors Put Homelessness Crisis Center Stage

Arts Council Greater New Haven

At Wexler Grant, Student Actors Put Homelessness Crisis Center Stage

December 16, 2022

It was Christmas Eve on Foote Street, and the newsroom at WGTV was buzzing with activity. In the middle of it all, news anchors Wes Smokes and Karla Kaneski looked straight into the camera, rattling off reports of a missing person before going to the break.

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A look into the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network

FOX61

A look into the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network

December 13, 2022

Homelessness is an issue that is hitting the doorsteps of many people, and the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network (CAN) aims to efficiently help those facing it.

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