In the Media
19 weeks 1 day ago
Published: Sunday, April 25, 2010 By Steve Higgins, Special to the Register
When a young woman in New Haven recently fled her apartment because her roommates were abusing drugs, she turned to New Haven Home Recovery, which operates two shelters for homeless women and children.
New Haven Home Recovery not only helped her find a new apartment and a new roommate, but also paid her first month...
23 weeks 1 day ago
Published: Sunday, March 28, 2010
By Steve Higgins, Special to the Register
When a 22-year-old woman with a newborn attempted to move into an apartment of her own, she was unable to have the electricity turned on because records showed that she owed $800 on past utility bills. Yet the young woman had been living in a homeless shelter, and before that had lived with her family. It turned out that...
24 weeks 1 day ago
Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010
By Steve Higgins, Special to the Register
When the mother in a middle-class family of four lost her job, the family began a downward spiral despite the fact that the father continued working. They recently sought help from the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven to stave off foreclosure and pay their bills, and now the woman is undergoing job retraining while...
24 weeks 2 days ago
Shoreline Times
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010
BRANFORD– Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine, a partnership of United Way of Greater New Haven and The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, have come together through Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine to celebrate the Community Dining Room’s 25th Anniversary and to raise funds for other programs serving shoreline residents by presenting...
26 weeks 1 day ago
March 7, 2010
New Haven Register Article
By Steve Higgins, Special to the Register
For the second annual Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine fund-raising drive, organizers are doing some things differently, based on lessons learned during the first drive held last winter.
One example is a $50,000 challenge grant established by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: If the drive’s Give/...
27 weeks 1 day ago
February 28, 2010
New Haven Register article
The economic crisis continues to take a grim toll on one of the most fundamental aspects of people’s lives — housing. Community service organizations throughout Greater New Haven are reporting an increase in requests for emergency housing aid this year in the wake of rising joblessness.
Many of the organizations that received funding from...
29 weeks 17 hours ago
This is the first in a weekly series of articles in the New Haven Register highlighting Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine, an emergency fund-raising program led by United Way of Greater New Haven and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven.
Sunday, February, 14, 2010.
When Susan Vass lost her job in February 2009, she turned to the Community Dining Room in Branford for help.
For the past year...
29 weeks 5 days ago
Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine is committed to helping the growing number of families and individuals who are finding themselves facing food and housing insecurity in this economic downturn.
According to a study released by Feeding America, one in eight Americans -- including 14 million children and nearly 3 million seniors -- receive emergency food each year through the nation’s network of...
30 weeks 1 day ago
Published: Saturday, February 6, 2010
By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff
NEW HAVEN — United Way of Greater New Haven and the Jewish Federation have launched their 2010 Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine fundraising drive, and hope area residents will dig deep into their imaginations to help raise funds.
Program leaders said there’s lots of ways to raise money and anyone out there with an...
30 weeks 1 day ago
Published: Sunday, February 7, 2010
By Amanda Pinto, Register Staff
Among the clients Maggie Walden serves at the Madison Community Services Inc. food pantry is a woman who, two years ago, owned her own business.
Across the town Green, Madison Social Services Coordinator Wendy Larson is helping unemployed clients, some of whom have master’s degrees, find ways to pay to light and heat their...
1 year 26 weeks ago
Andre Herbert lost his New Haven home in January through no fault of his own. His landlord was foreclosed on and so Herbert had to pack up his wife and their nine children and find another place to live.
1 year 27 weeks ago
A family with two children in which the wife is working but the husband lost his job.
A teacher barely making ends meet who can no longer keep up with her rising bills.
A single woman holding down three part-time jobs who still can’t pay the rent.
These are among the new clients of Jewish Family Service of New Haven, which has seen a surge in demand from working-class and middle-class...
1 year 28 weeks ago
The number of families qualifying and taking advantage of the federal government’s free and reduced-price school lunch program is increasing dramatically, a sure barometer of the state’s souring economy.
In Milford schools since October, there has been a 14 percent increase, or 140 new families, who have signed up for the assistance, officials said. The Amity Regional School District...
1 year 28 weeks ago
Every Wednesday at noon, student volunteers from Yale University serve free meals to the homeless and the working poor at the Soup Kitchen at Saint Thomas More at 268 Park St.
This winter, there are more hungry people crowding into the soup kitchen than ever, with a 30 percent jump over last year. In December of 2007, the soup kitchen served 1,436 meals to 700 people, and in December of 2008 the...
1 year 28 weeks ago
Mike Kierce has been homeless in New Haven for more than a year, and he is doing everything he can to land a steady job and become self-sufficient again.
“The biggest issue now is there are no jobs. Your hope dwindles,” said Kierce, 49, who was getting lunch and talking to an adviser last week at the day program at Liberty Safe Haven, which offers services to homeless people, from...
1 year 29 weeks ago
“A lot of soup kitchens are closed on Sunday, or they serve one meal later in the day,” said Barbara Vosburgh, director of organizational development for Liberty Community Services. “We want this to be a real Sunday brunch, with linens on the table and flowers. This is about dignity.”
Funding for the brunches comes from a grant from Neighbor-to-Neighbor Lifeline, a...
1 year 30 weeks ago
Social service agencies are working under an unprecedented strain this winter as a deep recession dries up resources while driving up needs.
1 year 32 weeks ago
The nation’s economic downturn is driving more people into soup kitchens and homeless shelters in Greater New Haven as the bone-chilling cold of a New England winter sets in....
1 year 34 weeks ago
A PSA letting people know that United Way of Greater New Haven and The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven have joined together to help the growing number of families and individuals who find themselves facing food and housing insecurity in this economic downturn. Our organizations share a commitment to improving lives and an ability to mobilize caring people in times of need. We believe...
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