TVCCA is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency, incorporated in 1965. We are well recognized as a community leader and partner in advocating for and meeting the needs of the region’s economically and otherwise disadvantaged citizens. Services include: Housing: Assisting households facing eviction or homelessness. Housing Services can also help with the search and application process for senior housing options in New London County. Energy Assistance: Financial assistance toward a household’s energy bill; emergency assistance if a home’s service is shut-off or about to be, or out of fuel; other energy related services including heating system repair and replacement, budget counseling, and referrals for weatherization. Nutrition Assistance: WIC is a supplemental food/nutrition education program for eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, and infants/children to age 5. TVCCA’s Meals on Wheels delivers hot, nutritious meals to seniors, allowing them to remain independent in their home. Case Management: Accessing programs within TVCCA, the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services, and throughout the community like food banks, furniture banks, and housing applications. TVCCA also helps to prepare new DSS applicants for eligibility determination interviews. Financial Education: Supportive services designed to foster and develop positive household budgeting and credit management skills, and to assist households with overcoming their current hardships by taking command of their financial futures. Childcare and Preschool Programs (Early Head Start, Head Start, and Little Learners): TVCCA provides affordable, quality, comprehensive infant/toddler, pre-school & childcare programs that serve children from birth through age five. Employment & Training: TVCCA staffs the American Job Center – Eastern CT. Whether you are a job seeker, under-employed, or switching careers, we can assist you with your job search and career development.

Our Mission Harc provides support for a lifetime to individuals with intellectual and related disabilities and their families so they may enjoy lives of quality, inclusion, and dignity. About Us Harc was founded in 1951 by the visionary parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who knew that their children had worth and were of value to society. They became fierce advocates fighting against exclusion, isolation, discrimination, lack of opportunity, unemployment, and low expectations. Their grassroots efforts forged lasting partnerships with generous individuals, foundations, corporations, and community leaders to raise the funding and awareness necessary to create life-changing programs. Harc’s guiding principle is to ensure that people with intellectual disabilities enjoy lives of quality, inclusion, and dignity. We do this through advocacy efforts and by providing community-based services that guide the people we support along the path toward building great lives, and leading lives of inclusion and meaning. Harc’s services begin at birth and continue throughout the lifespan, with a range of supportive, enrichment, employment, and residential supports throughout Greater Hartford.

One of the oldest organizations of its kind in the country, CPA was founded nearly 150 years ago to champion criminal justice reform and advocate for preserving the dignity of those in and out of prison. Through our programs that include reentry and housing, youth initiatives, a nationally-recognized Prison Arts Program, and holistic alternatives to incarceration, we provide the long-term impact that positively transforms individuals and society at large. Annually serving nearly 7,000 individuals throughout Connecticut, our work is possible due to partnerships with and support from individuals, government, private funders, organizations, and businesses. Join us in our belief that people can change.

The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.

Reliance Health, Inc. (formerly Reliance House) has served Eastern Connecticut for over 40 years. What began as a single staffed, daytime drop-in center for mental health consumers residing in Norwich Hospital in the mid-1970’s, has developed into one of the most responsive and well respected providers of mental health and addiction services in the region. The mission of Reliance Health is to enhance health through mental wellness. This tethered with the values of respect, recovery, self-determination, growth, choice, and unity in diversity have guided the vision and allowed the organization to become a leader in the field. Reliance Health embraces concepts such as supportive housing, the Housing First model, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing to best serve the needs of its members in a person-centered, value-driven, and recovery-oriented way. Reliance Health has become a progressive agency at the forefront of person-centered services. Today, the organization serves over 1000 individuals annually and employs approximately 250 staff. An array of services are provided including, but not limited to: intake assessments, service coordination, peer support, supervised housing, supportive housing, employment services, supported education, adult education, supported living, social rehabilitation, shelter and homeless outreach, community outreach, respite, transitional living, young adult services, transportation, and individualized support programming. Services are primarily funded through the Connecticut Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental Services and aim to serve individuals aged 18 and older who lack the financial means and insurance coverage to access private supports.

The Arc Eastern Connecticut was founded in 1952 by families in northeastern and southeastern Connecticut who sought opportunities for their children who at the time were not welcome in the public school system. Today The Arc serves over 800 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. We offer day and residential supports, employment opportunities, in-home/family supports, life skills training, recreation, and person-centered, community based services. In partnership with national, state, and local chapters, we are a powerful advocacy force for full inclusion of people with IDD throughout Eastern Connecticut.

For 100 years, UJA-Federation has been a central force for communal planning and philanthropy in the New York Jewish community. Through UJA-Federation, close to 50,000 donors pool their resources to help people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities around the world — to address the issues that matter to us most as Jews and as New Yorkers. Working with more than 100 network beneficiary agencies, synagogues, and other Jewish organizations, our reach spans from New York to Israel to more than 60 other countries around the world, touching 4.5 million people each year. Because we do the most good when we do it together. For more information, visit UJA-Federation’s website at www.ujafedny.org.

We Are Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit www.girlscouts.org.

Founded in 1942, Boys & Girls Village serves children and families in at-risk situations by strengthening their ability to succeed in life. Through its four-pronged approach of behavioral health services, education and transitional training, permanency planning, and juvenile justice programs, BGV cares for the “whole child” to allow the youth’s development to progress in a positive direction. BGV offers in-home therapy, a special education day school for K to 12th grade, outpatient clinical services, therapeutic foster care, a residential program for youth with Problem Sexual Behavior, and multiple programs for court-involved youth. Clients come from 50 different communities throughout Connecticut, with the majority residing in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Children and adolescents who become part of the BGV family range in age from 3-18 years old often with histories of extensive abuse, neglect, or serious behavioral health disorders. Operating in four locations – Bridgeport, Norwalk, Milford, and Waterbury - Boys & Girls Village has highly skilled and dedicated staff to help Connecticut children and families heal, learn, and grow.