Family Homelessness in CT is Higher Than Ever.
You can help!
Support our be homeful for the holidays campaign.
In 2015, the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) was honored to be selected as the official U.S. Charity of Paddington (TM) to support our work ending homelessness for families before it begins with flexible financial assistance and strategic case management. Thus, the be homeful project was created. Since it’s inception, we have prevented more than 1,000 families with over 2,000 children from ever having to experience the trauma of shelter.
Now we are pleased to announce our 9th Annual be homeful for the holidays campaign. For every $25 dollars donated from September to December, we will donate a Paddington plush to a child in shelter. Thanks to generous underwriting from our partners, the CT REALTORS Foundation, every dollar raised goes to our fund to end family homelessness before it begins.
You can also team up!
Bring together your family, friends, or colleagues to give back for the holidays.
Click here to create your team fundraising page.
the be homeful project
Every year families with children utilize emergency shelters in Connecticut. Given the high cost of housing across the state, these families face especially high obstacles. While shelters exist as a last resort for families like these, homeless providers agree that there is a dire, unmet need for homelessness prevention funding for case managers to use when assisting families at the front door of shelter. This will offer a critical intervention, as children who experience homelessness are shown to be more likely to experience it again later in life.
Through advocacy, education, and fundraising, the be homeful project, is a campaign of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness to end family homelessness before it begins. This funding is crucial to the difference between whether a family enters the shelter system or is able to remain housed through diversion. If the family has entered our homeless response system, funds can be used to rapidly exit the family.