Dear Friends, In this month’s newsletter, we share with you some of the preliminary results of a data match that CCEH conducted in partnership with CT’s Office of Policy and Management and the CT Department of Correction, in which we found that roughly one-fifth of our state’s sheltered homeless population are people who were discharged […]
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald announced the end of chronic homelessness for Connecticut’s veterans. This remarkable achievement marks a major milestone in the national and state goals to end Veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. Connecticut is the first state in the […]
CCEH Executive Director Lisa Tepper Bates and Dr. Anne Farrell, Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Connecticut and Director of the Center for Applied Research in Human Development, presented as a team on Thursday, July 3o, before the Connecticut Early Childhood Cabinet, co-chaired by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and […]
Statement of Lisa Tepper Bates, Executive Director Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 29, 2015 Concerning Connecticut Efforts to End Homelessness of Veterans Good afternoon Chairman Isakson, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and distinguished Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me here today to testify on Connecticut’s […]
On June 24 we celebrated more than 600 formerly homeless households now housed through the tremendous, hard work of providers across the state through 100-day challenges with the Rapid Results Institute! Our colleagues from New Haven, Hartford, Fairfield County, and South and Northeastern Connecticut took up the opportunity to re-think our systems, to break down walls, […]
More than 600 people have found stable and secure housing as a result of statewide Rapid Results 100-Day Challenges to End Homelessness in five regions across Connecticut. Four challenges launched on March 9, and involved teams from Greater Hartford, Fairfield County, southeastern Connecticut and northeastern Connecticut. These teams joined the effort started last year in […]
The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness on Thursday presented its yearly awards during its Annual Training Institute and meeting. Sister Patricia McKeon, former Executive Director of Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation in Hartford, received the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Social Justice Award. David Pascua, who is retiring from the Norwich-based Southeastern Mental Health Authority, […]
Welcome to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness’s new blog! We are delighted to have this forum for a more interactive conversation about trends in homelessness and opportunities to engage with our providers’ efforts to end homelessness in Connecticut. Our new website and blog come at an exciting time. On Thursday, 400 people involved in the fight […]
Mary Ann (Mimi) Haley will join the CCEH staff on May 18 as the agency’s first deputy director. Haley, originally from Indiana, has made Connecticut her home for over 25 years. As a senior non-profit administrator in youth-serving organizations for more than 20 years, she has created and implemented a variety of programs; conducted training for direct […]