Community Solutions helps communities adopt the best problem solving tools from multiple sectors to end homelessness and the conditions that create it. Our cornerstone initiatives include Built for Zero, the Brownsville Partnership and the North Hartford Partnership. We also help communities with innovative real estate projects and strategies that increase access to housing and economic opportunity for our most vulnerable neighbors. Lastly, we maintain an iterative, action-based consulting practice with clients throughout the U.S. and in multiple countries worldwide.

High Watch was established in 1939 in Kent, Connecticut, as the world’s first 12-Step treatment center. Since then, we've led thousands of adolescents, adults and families from the grip of alcohol and drug addiction to the freedom of recovery. High Watch is a non-profit dedicated to healing those suffering from the chronic illness of drug and alcohol addiction. Each resident receives state-of-the-art, customized medical care while learning the lessons on how to stay sober through the spiritual teachings and practice of the 12 Step principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. High Watch has achieved the Gold Seal of Approval, which means we provide patient safety and emphasis on quality of care. #Wellness #AddictionRecovery #Addiction SETTING • A campus of more than 300 acres, set in the Connecticut's Litchfield Hills, two hours north of New York City. • Simple, cultivated grounds surrounded by rolling hills, flowers and natural beauty. • Meals are served in the large dining room. B&B style breakfast is made to order. Proper nutrition is an important part of High Watch’s program of healthy living. There’s a full salad bar and vegetarian and gluten-free diets are accommodated. FACILITIES • 24-Hour Helpline • Weekly House Meetings • Home-cooked Meals • Hands on Day / Night Staff • Laundry Facilities • Peaceful, Tranquil Environment • Admission Pick-Up Service ADMISSIONS • We accept residents daily from 8am - 5pm, provided they meet our admission requirements: (860) 927-3772.

Easterseals Massachusetts is one of the states oldest non-profits bringing over 75 years of commitment, experience, and leadership to effectively resolving the various and challenging unmet needs of children and adults with disabilities. Our Mission: To ensure that all people with disabilities are empowered to reach their full potential so that children and adults with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. Programs and Services: Our occupational, physical and speech therapists, assistive technology specialists, as well as our youth, employment, and transition teams are experts in their fields and provide services in a wide range of settings. Easter Seals Massachusetts provides a variety of programs and services for children and adults with disabilities or special needs. Services may be offered in an individual's home, in the community or at our facility.

Soldier On is a private nonprofit organization that has been committed to ending veteran homelessness since 1994. Soldier On’s mission is to help veterans reclaim their place in the community while returning meaning, dignity, and hope to their lives. Soldier On offers a continuum of ongoing care to veterans and their families that includes immediate and long-term housing with an array of support services delivered where they live. The goal is to provide homeless or at-risk homeless veterans with permanent, supportive, sustainable housing with services. Soldier On offers a variety of need-based housing solutions including emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing to effectively assist at-risk veterans. Soldier On provides direct supportive services and temporary financial assistance to veterans who are at-risk of homelessness in MA, NY, NJ, and PA through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. Soldier On has developed, constructed, and managed new and rehabbed permanent housing projects. The housing approach enables veterans to carry on healthy productive lives in homes of their own by integrating an array of support services delivered to them where they live. Soldier On has partnered with financial institutions to provide veterans and active duty service members the opportunity to gain free valuable resources for addressing credit and home issues to secure financial stability. Soldier On works with incarcerated and justice-involved veterans, operating multiple reintegration program.

RCAP Solutions is the go-to resource of sustained success for individuals, families, and the communities in which they live. Established in 1969 (as Rural Housing Improvement), RCAP Solutions has supported the power and potential of communities for over half a century as strategists of community-wide well-being. Dedicated to nurturing strength, resilience and confidence in those we serve, we engage communities in the realization of a collective vision, creating and implementing a plan to guide them to self-actualized and sustained success. As a dynamic and multi-faceted organization, our solutions coordinate services, resources, tools, technical assistance and education for communities to take ownership of their long term health and well-being from the ground up and the top down.

We are the food bank serving the people of Connecticut and a member of the Feeding America national network. We collaborate with community food pantries, meal programs, shelters, volunteers, and supporters to deliver an informed and equitable response to hunger.

Elder Services is a non-profit organization providing a wide variety of services to the elders of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and their families. The mission of Elder Services of Berkshire County, Inc. is to provide Berkshire elders, caregivers, and individuals with disabilities the opportunity to live with dignity, independence, and self-determination, and to achieve the highest possible quality of life. Philosophy of Elder Autonomy: Elder Services recognizes and respects an older person's right to autonomy and strives to adhere to the principles of self-determination in all Agency activity. The organization is committed to encouraging each elder to control his/her own life, and will give the information needed for each one to make informed decisions. All consumers have the right to determine, within societal and resource constraints, their desire for services and the scope of services utilized. Elder Services supports every older person's right to make his/her own choices. Current Job Listings: http://www.esbci.org/employment/index.html

18 Degrees is where the sun stands just below the horizon at daybreak. It’s more dark than light in that moment, and hard to see the way forward. At 18 Degrees - formerly Berkshire Children and Families - it’s our mission and privilege to meet people at that point, with the promise that for them, for all of us, the light will grow from the start of each new day. 18 Degrees promotes the well-being of children and the strength of families to build better communities in Western Massachusetts. We provide education, parenting skills and support, prevention and intervention, advocacy, and life skills across a spectrum of program serving young people, adults, and families in four areas: early education and care; foster care and adoption; child and family well-being; youth and community development.

Worcester Community Action Council's (WCAC) mission is helping people move to economic self-sufficiency through programs, partnerships, and advocacy. WCAC was started in 1965 under President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty."​ It is the federally designated "community action agency"​ for Central MA. Today, the agency serves the City of Worcester and 43 surrounding towns through 18 emergency and social service programs.

Mission & Vision Mission Community Health & Wellness (CHWC) is committed to keeping communities healthy. In a compassionate, high-quality and patient-centered environment, services are accessible and provided without discrimination, with cultural competence, and where all people matter regardless of ability to pay. Through coalitions, advocacy and sound fiscal management, these services will be sustained over time. Our Vision CHWC will offer and continue to develop a range of healthcare services for the underserved throughout northwest Connecticut. It will achieve the reputation of provider of choice for affordable, high quality services that achieve positive patient outcomes. A welcoming and caring environment will be experienced by all patients and their families. ​An organizational culture will exist that attracts and retains skilled, dedicated employees. Sound fiscal management practices will ensure long-term viability. CHWC will collaborate and advocate with other organizations to increase the region’s capacity to meet health and wellness needs.

CMHA operates an array of programs ranging from homelessness prevention to affordable homeownership and services for elder homeowners. CMHA plays a pivotal role in providing leadership and serving as the primary convener in efforts to strengthen our community's homeless service delivery system and to increase and preserve the supply of affordable housing.

Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation partners people who are blind with German Shepherd guide dogs, providing all clients with increased independence to improve their lives and the world around them. Fidelco is inspired every day by our clients. They climb Mt. Everest, win gold medals as world class athletes, serve America in the military and sacrifice on the battlefield. They educate, create documentary films, work in business and government, raise families, and advocate for those who are visually impaired. About Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Fidelco is an internationally accredited guide dog organization and respected expert throughout the world. For over five decades, Fidelco has bred the German Shepherd working dog. Since 1981, Fidelco has trained and placed more than 1,450 German Shepherd guide dogs across North America. Each Fidelco German Shepherd guide dog takes two years, 15,000 hours, and $65,000 to breed, train, and place. Thanks solely to the compassionate generosity of its donors, and the dedicated work of its staff and volunteers, all Fidelco guide dogs are given to clients at no cost. Fidelco pioneered In-Community Placement in the United States and trains all clients in the communities where they live and work. Fidelco provides 24/7 client support for the entire working life of its guide dogs – typically 10 years. Fidelco has also placed hundreds of its German Shepherd Dogs with law enforcement agencies, first responders, search and rescue, and missing child recovery organizations to help protect our fellow citizens and keep our communities safe. Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with offices in Bloomfield and Wilton, CT. For more information, or to apply for a guide dog, please visit www.fidelco.org