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On February 17, 2009, new resources for homelessness prevention and re-housing became available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the "stimulus bill"). Of the $1.5 billion special allocation of funding to be made through the HUD Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program, close to $17 million in total came to the State of Connecticut and five entitlement communities (Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, and Waterbury).
Stated simply, CT has a one-time opportunity to address an escalating crisis as more families turn to an already overcrowded shelter system. We can create lasting change by implementing a housing based, not shelter based, intervention for those facing catastrophic housing and economic crisis in CT.
We will continue to update this page as we develop and learn more about the Homelessness Prevention Fund.
For questions and information please contact: cdipietro@cceh.org.
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