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Meet Basic Needs


When you meet individuals’ basic needs, you lay the foundation for a stronger society. Unmet basic needs put our community at risk. Hungry children are more likely to miss school, affecting their academic progress. Lack of affordable housing forces people to live farther from their jobs, undermining their stability.

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End Homelessness

Prevent Foreclosure
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Support Local Food Sources

Reduce Child Poverty
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Area Congregations Together has expanded to help break the cycle of homelessness.

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This report by the CT Coalition to End Homelessness provides an overview of the state of homelessness in Connecticut as of Feb. 2011, focusing on understanding who is homeless today, the resources that are available to assist them and actions to be taken to increase the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and end homelessness. Read more...  

 

According to the CT Homeless Point in Time Count Brief (2011), the increase in unsheltered homelessness coincided with an eight percent (8%) growth in total homelessness between 2009 and 2011. Read more...

 

 

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