March 8, 2010 - We need YOU to demonstrate the success and importance of Supportive Housing on March 12!

Join us THIS FRIDAY, March 12 at 10 a.m. at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford when the Public Health Committee will host a hearing on our supportive housing bill, SB 405.

The hearing will be held before the Public Health Committee in Room 1D of the Legislative Office Building. This public hearing is an opportunity for all those who care about supportive housing to come to the state Legislative Office Building (LOB) to show wide public support and to take the time to visit with your state representatives and senators. Our message: supportive housing effectively ends homelessness and provides better results for low income people with chronic illnesses than costly institutional and emergency services.

The bill, S.B. No. 405 An Act Concerning the Development of Cost Effective Supportive Housing for Frequent Users of Costly State Services can be found here.  Click here for talking points that you can use when talking to legislators and testifying.

Those wishing to testify should submit 50 copies of written testimony to Committee staff at the time of sign-up. Testimony submitted after sign-up may not be distributed until after the hearing. Sign-up for the hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the 1st Floor Atrium of the LOB. The first hour of the hearing is reserved for legislators, constitutional officers, agency heads and chief elected municipal officials. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes of testimony. Bills will be heard in the order listed in the Bulletin. This week's legislative bulletin is available here.

Free parking is available in the garage at the LOB. If that parking lot is full, free parking is also available at the Lyceum, 227 Lawrence Street.

For more information, contact Kate Kelly, Reaching Home Campaign Manager, at 860-244-0066 or .