A plan to end chronic homelessness in CT

On Wednesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and others will speak at the Zero: 2016 CT Summit to kick off Connecticut’s strategic plan to end chronic homelessness by the end of 2016. Connecticut is one of only four states to participate in the national Zero: 2016 initiative organized by Community Solutions. At the summit, teams from Connecticut’s …

Connecticut has housed every veteran known to be chronically homeless

On Thursday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that Connecticut is the first state in the country to house every known veteran who is chronically homeless. That’s every last one of them, and Connecticut is the first in the nation to accomplish this goal, and here’s Stars & Stripes’ take on it. Of course there’s more work to …

Don’t bother me. I’m at the ATI

That’s Annual Training Institute, the annual meeting of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, where I’m on the board and learning something new every day. Here’s what I know: We can and will end homelessness as we know it. We can and will provide homes and supportive services to the Connecticut residents who need them. …

The be homeful campaign

Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (of which I am a board member) is hosting a series of library story-times around the story of Paddington Bear, who was, if you’ll remember, homeless. Tonight, there’s a story time at Willimantic’s library (and thanks, Annie!). . On Saturday, the story time is coming to my own library in …

A letter from a former Rapid Re-housing skeptic

You can read the background of the email below here. And thanks, Lou, for sharing this. Hi Kay, I was at your CCEH (Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness) sponsored Rapid Rehousing workshop last Tuesday in New Haven CT.  I was your “skeptic” for the day. Though I came prepared to leave the day thinking it …