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Waterbury vacant church to be repurposed as homeless facility
“It’s heartbreaking, it’s frustrating, it is not unique to Waterbury, it’s a problem that is going all over,” Waterbury Mayor Paul Pernerewski said. There are plans underway to transform the former Sacred Heart Parish property into a multi-purpose campus that will offer resources to people re-entering the community after being incarcerated and those experiencing homelessness. “We can not just...
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Former motel becomes home to homeless in New Haven
What was once a Days Inn motel in New Haven is now home to several people who were living without one.
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Annual memorial service Thursday to honor CT homeless
Community Health Center Inc. is holding their annual memorial service to remember the lives of homeless people in our state who died while living on the streets. The event also serves as a call to advocacy for a problem that often goes unnoticed.
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Barbers, hair stylists give free haircuts to homeless in Hartford
A local barber had several people in his chair except he wasn’t at his shop, he was in a church alongside dozens of stylists.