Since 1983, Naugatuck Valley Project (NVP) has pursued social justice through campaigns initiated, organized, and led by low-income communities, working families, immigrants, and people of color. The group—which counts faith [...]
Spring 2020 delivered all of us to a new world where a cough could engender panic and a trip to the grocery store felt like a high-risk expedition. We learned [...]
Telehealth provides a lifeline at Wellmore Behavioral Health When the pandemic hit, Paul’s life began to unravel. He had to close his business. He began to self-medicate with alcohol [...]
In Their Own Words: Mental Health Connecticut Mental Health Connecticut is a recovery resource center that provides services to adults with mental health conditions. We provide daily outreach calls, counseling, [...]
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, nonprofit organizations shifted into high gear, adapting to meet the needs of the people they serve in a landscape that had changed overnight. [...]
In Their Own Words: Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries GWIM provides a 7-day-a-week soup kitchen and an emergency food pantry but our congregate seating stopped during the pandemic. We also could [...]
In Their Own Words: Brass City Harvest Brass City Harvest is a fresh food access organization, handling all of the farmer’s markets in Waterbury. We are the only [...]
In Their Own Words: Community Services Council of Woodbury The Community Services Council of Woodbury is best known for managing the Woodbury Food Bank, serving residents on a weekly basis, [...]
In Their Own Words: New Opportunities New Opportunities offers a variety of services including fuel assistance, housing assistance, early childhood education, training for foster parents, work experience programs, senior assurance [...]
TEAM, Inc.: Child Care is Changing And Will Need To Stay Sustainable For Our Communities To Thrive. COVID-19 has exposed the critical value of child care for our families and [...]
