Homeless/At-Risk
Below is a list of programs and services that support homeless veterans or those at risk of becoming homeless. Information is also avaliable regarding a variety of housing services.
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The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, in partnership with members and communities throughout the state, creates change through leadership, advocacy, and building the capacity of members and the field to respond to environmental challenges. Our collective mission is to prevent and end homelessness in Connecticut.
Why CCEH?
Connecticut has the 6th highest housing cost in the nation. Many low-income households hover on the brink of homelessness. More than 4,500 people are homeless on any given night in Connecticut– nearly 1 in 5 are children. Connecticut’s emergency shelters are full beyond capacity, and yet many people experiencing homelessness must live on the streets or in places not fit for habitation. Homelessness is expensive: it costs our public systems (emergency services, hospitals, and schools) more to leave our neighbors homeless than it does to help them secure housing and provide them the supports to keep it.
VA CT Homeless Services
There are about 360,000 Veterans living in Connecticut, of which 52,000 receive services through the VA CT Healthcare System (VA CT). In the State of Connecticut, many resources have been dedicated to reaching functional zero for Veteran homelessness. However, some Veterans are at risk of homelessness and others fall into homelessness; reside in shelters, or in dismal living conditions or in overcrowded or substandard housing. Some of these Veterans may struggle with mental illness, substance use disorders, or economic hardship. Many Veterans and their families are facing eviction and foreclosure resulting in further vulnerability to becoming homeless.
MISSION
Final Salute Inc. (FSI) 's mission is to provide homeless women Veterans and their children with safe and suitable housing.
The federal government estimates there are currently 55,000 homeless women Veterans in the United States on any given day. For the sacrifices they and their families made, this is an unacceptable state. Final Salute Inc. believes in paying women Veterans with the proper respect due to them for the service they have provided to our country. Final Salute also works with the Veteran in establishing her plan towards independence.Veteran Homelessness White Paper V2.pdf
FSI was established to identify and meet the unique needs of homeless women Veterans and their children.
Mission Statement
To help the needy find shelter and assistance. This nation is going through tough times and providing a helping hand can help make the world a better place.
Connecticut List of housing resources we have uncovered: Homeless Shelters, Supportive Housing, Halfway Housing, Transitional Housing, Day Shelters, Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers.
Veterans Support Foundation offers a transitional living program for formerly homeless veterans who are enrolled in the Connecticut Veterans Administration Healthcare System. These veterans reside in one of three transitional homes—two in West Haven and one in Manchester, Connecticut—while they undergo treatment and work on putting their lives back in order. VSF provides them with shelter, transportation and support in achieving their health, educational, vocational and independent living goals. Our six-bedroom permanent residence on Elm Street in West Haven is for veterans whose disabilities keep them from living fully independent lives. These veterans have round-theclock supervision and assistance with their needs, and they can stay at VSF as long as they need housing.
The Homes for the Brave Veterans’ Service Center is open to any homeless Veteran. At the Center, a dedicated staff member will meet with you to discuss a variety of services. The Center is located at 655 Park Avenue in Bridgeport and is open for drop-in appointments, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
SERVICES INCLUDE:
Immediate basic needs assistance
Referrals to emergency and permanent housing, vocational services and training, entitlements, and supportive services
For more information on referrals to any of our programs, please contact Sarah McDonald at smcdonald@homesforthebrave.org or toll free at (855) 249-8394.
Homeless veterans get help with housing, jobs, and health care at CRT’s Veterans Crossing facility in East Hartford.
Veterans Crossing is a 12-room handicapped accessible, bridge housing for homeless male veterans located in East Hartford. We help residents look for work, save for an apartment and connect with support services. Vets are linked with all VA services (medical, mental health and substance abuse). Help with money management, life skills, counseling, and referrals are available.Huts for Vets is designed to promote an enlarged sense of self through an intensified belonging to the natural world. This larger belonging can provide security, identity and psychological strength, all derived from the realization that we are part of something bigger, older and more complex than anything we know. There is nothing like a starry night sky to enhance this awareness.
With three full days in the mountains the effects of wilderness are, on their own, therapeutic. The static of the outside world becomes muted and the senses grow more acute. A calming remove from the tumult of the world is quickly achieved as there is no cell or internet reception. Focus on the ideas explored in the seminar becomes more pronounced while immersion in nature is unfiltered.
Founded in 1982, South Park Inn is a continuum of programs and people serving the greater Hartford community. We work closely with our partners in health and human services to help people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our services are flexible, diverse, and creative. We partner with our participants to link each person with a housing solution customized to her or his unique needs.
The Patriots’ Landing houses are located on West St. in Rocky Hill. There are five separate single family three (3) bedroom homes that can accommodate Veterans, their spouses and children. All houses are completely furnished; equipped with kitchen supplies, bedding, furniture, washers & dryers, and full kitchens. All houses are smoke free and pets are not permitted*.
Housing will be provided on a month to month basis, not to exceed twelve (12) months. Unless extended by the DVA for not more than two six month periods based on specified extenuating circumstances.
Participants are expected to pay a monthly housing Program Fee.
Participants are expected to comply with all terms and conditions listed in the Patriots’ Landing Temporary Housing Program Agreement, which will be provided upon admission.
Supportive Services
Through a collaborative effort between the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and Chrysalis Center Inc., a case manager will be assigned to assist couples and families with individual recovery plans to return them to independent living in the community. Case managers will also offer career and educational assistance as well as resume writing, networking and interviewing skills.
*Exception may be considered for verified service animals
Supportive Services for Veteran Families
SSVF provides up to 90-days of services for Veterans and their families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless in New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties. SSVF offers financial assistance, rapid re-housing, and benefit & employment services. The program is managed by a former serviceman.
RCSH joined the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) and Reaching Home at the Connecticut state capitol on Tuesday to demand that policy makers do not leave homelessness out of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) negotiations.
Providers and advocates highlighted that while the State of Connecticut is slated to receive more than $2B in ARPA funding, neither Governor Ned Lamont, nor leaders of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee, has included resources for homelessness in their allocation plans. Advocates warn that if homelessness is left out of the ARPA negotiations, homelessness in communities across the state will drastically increase.ivers of Recovery provides wounded veterans a unique rehabilitative treatment utilizing techniques that are both enjoyable and effective for our participants.
Rivers of Recovery specializes in the rehabilitation of combat veterans suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), minor Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), stress, anxiety and depression.
Our program, which combines outdoor recreational activities with instruction on the self-treatment of symptoms of stress, depression and anxiety, empowers veterans to live a life that is no longer restricted by psychological or physical disabilities.CSH joined the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) and Reaching Home at the Connecticut state capitol on Tuesday to demand that policy makers do not leave homelessness out of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) negotiations.
Providers and advocates highlighted that while the State of Connecticut is slated to receive more than $2B in ARPA funding, neither Governor Ned Lamont, nor leaders of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee, has included resources for homelessness in their allocation plans. Advocates warn that if homelessness is left out of the ARPA negotiations, homelessness in communities across the state will drastically increase.
Since 2009, CVLC has co-located and collaborated with the VA CT’s Errera Community Care Center to create the country’s first VA medical-legal partnership. This partnership is the essential component to CVLC’s success in helping to serve Connecticut’s most vulnerable veterans. The warmth of the Errera Center, the richness and depth of the attorney relationships with the client groups and clinicians on site, and the seamless integration of attorneys as part of the mental health care available to veterans at Errera allow CVLC to be truly accessible to veterans.
The medical-legal partnership model allows CVLC staff and volunteers to serve marginalized clients, many of whom are homeless and many of whom have serious mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar and major depression. This co-location means easy access to free legal assistance, without any transportation or scheduling barriers. This also creates unique opportunities for multi-disciplinary teamwork between VA social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, peer specialists and CVLC staff and volunteer lawyers, paralegals and law students.
Because of the success of this model, in 2014, CVLC added the VA CT's Newington campus as a second VA medical-legal partnership location for on-site services. In 2017, CVLC added CT's Department of Veterans Affairs in Rocky Hill as its third site.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is committed to ending veteran homelessness nationwide. We honor the sacrifice and dignity of the American Service Member by ensuring that no veteran is left out on the streets of the country they volunteered to defend.
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