200
Total number of women served by Mercy Housing
Mercy serves 163 women (a majority of them mothers) in all of its programs, excluding the meals porgram. Another 65 women take breakfast and lunch, six days a week, at the Friendship Center.
Programs for women
- The Family Program, Friendship Center, Hartford
The Family Program provides a separate room for mothers (and fathers) to have meals with their children. There are books, toys and a television in that room so that if homeless families need to stay all day (until 5 p.m. when the shelters open), they may do so. The program also provides showers, toiletries, clothing, diaper bank, use of telephone, a food pantry, access to a medical clinic on the same floor as the family room, referrals and counseling (including parenting skills)
- Catherine’s Place, Hartford
Mercy’s short-term residential facility in Hartford for women only. Beds for 16 women, two beds per room, who have a history of substance abuse and homelessness. Mercy provides food, clothing, case management, help with employment, permanent housing and other services, in partnership with St. Joseph College and members of the St. Patrick – St. Anthony Church and the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry communities.
- St. Elizabeth House, Hartford
Transitional living 66 single rooms for single men and women for up to 2 years. Meals, clothing, medical care, case management, job assistance, job placement, permanent housing assistance provided.
Respite program 10 single short- term rooms for single men and women with mental health issues. Some have been discharged from hospitals or other treatment facilities and have no home. Meals, clothing, intensive case management, placement in long-term housing provided.
- Shepherd Home, Middletown
Transitional Housing: 70 single rooms for single men and women for up to 2 years. Meals, clothing, medical care, case management, job assistance, job placement, permanent housing assistance provided.
- The Residence, West Hartford
12 permanent apartments and intensive case management for homeless men and women with psychiatric disabilities.
9 single rooms for men and women, intensive counseling and case management for adults with several disabilities provided. Staff provides residents health services, education and recreation.
- Supportive Housing, Hartford, Middlesex and Tolland counties
129 permanent apartments in for adults and families. Mercy provides help with rent, deposit, furniture, household goods, personal stability, education and substance abuse and mental health treatment.
9 permanent housing units for single adults. Mercy provides help with rent, deposit, furniture, household goods, personal stability, education and substance abuse and mental health treatment.
More Stats
A statewide Point-In-Time count of homeless residents in Connecticut on Jan. 30, 2008 shows a 13% increase in homeless families across the state, with a shortage of affordable housing and skyrocketing rent prices partly to blame.
However, there was a drop in the number of chronically homeless residents and families and single adults living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings and other locations not meant for human habitation. Transitional housing, such as that offered by Mercy Housing and Shelter, is part of the reason for the decrease in homelessness.
The total number of Connecticut families found to be living in sheltered situations Jan. 30, 2008 rose to 474 from 392 a year earlier. But the number of single adults found living in locations not meant for human habitation fell on Jan. 30, 2008 to 590 from 707 the previous year
The number of families found living in locations not meant for human habitation on Jan. 30, 2008 fell to 8 from 38 in 2007.*
Source: Statewide Point-in-Time count Jan. 30, 2008
For more information on Connecticut’s efforts to end homelessness, visit the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness at www. cceh.org. Mercy Housing and Shelter is a member of that coalition. |
