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As people die in the cold, chorus of advocates says Connecticut's homeless services system is buckling under demand

With Connecticut officials speculating more than a dozen people have died out in the cold in the past two months, advocates are calling for more resources to help the rising number of unhoused in the ...

State giving $5M to support homelessness prevention in Connecticut

The state plans to release $5 million to support homelessness prevention services in the face of recent federal policy ...
Shelterforce

In the Shadow of Grants Pass, Some Communities Reject Homeless Crackdowns

Following Grants Pass, bills to criminalize homelessness and ban encampments have popped up. Here are some places that are ...
AOL

Gov. Lamont to announce state funding for 211 call capacity, support for unhoused

WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — On Monday, Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to announce more than $2.5 million of new funding for call capacity at 211- the number that connects people in need to programs that ...
Hartford Courant

With no home and no child care, CT homeless parents have no way out. That could change.

Connecticut is putting more money into case management and expanding a program that offers families child care and housing, officials announced this week. The Office of Early Childhood is spending ...
Next City

Two Years After Grants Pass Ruling, Some States Are Pushing To Decriminalize Public Homelessness

A first-of-its-kind hostile architecture ban, model legislation to protect unsheltered people from arrest, and more: How ...