Announcing the 2010 Supportive Housing Award Winners...

The Awards will be presented at the 5th Annual Supportive Housing Celebration Dinner
on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at the Crown Plaza in Cromwell.

Janice Elliott Supportive Housing Tenant Award

 Bruce Hickson
Cedar Hill Apartments
New Haven

Cat Parker
Bridgeport

The Reverend Richard Schuster Supportive Housing Advocacy Award

Brian Gibbons
Western Connecticut Mental Health Network
&
Rick Povilaitis
Brass City Harvest
Waterbury

Michael Van Vlaenderen
Reliance House
Norwich

Nancy Cannavo
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Torrington

The Supportive Housing Partner Award

The Rev. Dr. Peter Powell
retired Homes With Home (formerly Interfaith Housing Association)
Westport

Paul Bailey
Architect
New Haven

Read biographies of past years' winners here.

Award Qualifications

Janice Elliott Supportive Housing Tenant Award

Nominees should currently reside in a supportive housing program (either in a supportive housing development or a scattered site program) and show:

• A commitment to supportive housing advocacy,
• Leadership skills,
• An effort to make his/her community a better place.

The Janice Elliott Supportive Housing Tenant Award was established to recognize Janice Elliott, the first Director of the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s Southern New England Program, whose unique gifts, dedication and intelligence make her stand out as a leader in the supportive housing movement. 

Supportive Housing Partner Award

Nominees should serve in the public sector or work in the private sector and show:

• A commitment to creating new supportive housing and
• Leadership in representing his or her sector in the movement to end long-term homelessness.

The Rev. Richard Schuster Supportive Housing Advocacy Award

Nominees should be professionals or volunteers who show:

• A strong commitment to supportive housing advocacy and
• Dedication to raise awareness about the need for more supportive housing.

The Rev. Richard Schuster award was established to honor Dick Schuster, a true leader in advancing and advocating for supportive housing, who passed away in August 2009.  Dick made ending homelessness his life’s work for over forty years and he led St. Luke’s LifeWorks as Executive Director for twenty-two years.  A founder of the CT Coalition to End Homelessness and the CT AIDS Resource Coalition, Dick was also a founding member of the Reaching Home Steering Committee, which he chaired for three years.