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The Campaign to End Long-term Homelessness in Connecticut

Reaching Home is the campaign to build the political and civic support necessary to end long-term homelessness in Connecticut through the creation of 10,000 new units of permanent supportive housing over 10 years.

Reaching Home Leadership

Reaching Home is staffed by the Partnership for Strong Communities, the policy arm of the Melville Charitable Trust, and is led by a state-wide Steering Committee.

A Leadership Council of Connecticut’s leaders in health care, education, business, philanthropy and higher education from across the state provide guidance to the campaign. Over 100 organizations from across the state have signed on as Reaching Home Campaign Supporting Organizations.

Kate Kelly is the Reaching Home Campaign Manager. (contact information)

Learn More

To learn more, visit our Resources page to read Fact Sheets, the Reaching Home Progress Report, Supportive Housing Success Stories and more. Watch our Reaching Home Video to see how supportive housing is ending homelessness in Connecticut.

Also, visit LyceumCenter.org to learn more about homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, and community development.

What Is Supportive Housing? 

Supportive housing is permanent, independent and affordable housing combined with on-site or visiting case management and support and employment services.

In Connecticut, supportive housing has enjoyed both community and political support in the last decade. The Campaign seeks to broaden this base of support in order to achieve the ambitious goal of ending homelessness as we know it. Connecticut now has 4,400 units of supportive housing in existence or in the development pipeline.

But an estimated 5,600 additional units are needed in order to assure that individuals and families who are facing long-term homelessness now or in the future will have housing. The creation of these units will include developing new housing or rehabilitating housing and subsidizing new supportive units in existing private rental housing.