Hospitals in Your Community
Housing
| Hospital/Health System | Program | Program Description |
| Backus/Windham Hospitals | TVCCA Shelter Donations | Donation of cots to TVCCA’s winter shelter. |
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | Housing Navigator Support for the Community | Expands coordinated access network housing navigator support for the highly vulnerable unsheltered individuals and families in the Northwest region of Connecticut as well as patient support. |
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | Housing Advocacy | Expand efforts addressing unsheltered and rural homelessness by increasing availability of permanent supportive housing, service engagement, and improving health outcomes for those served. |
| Connecticut Children’s | The Connecticut Children’s Healthy Homes Program | The Connecticut Children’s Healthy Homes Program improves the lives of children by making their homes healthier, safer and more energy efficient. |
| Danbury Hospital | Community Care Team | Community navigation teams focused on supporting high-risk residents with substance use disorders, mental health issues, chronic medical conditions and/or housing stability. |
| Griffin Health | Provide in-kind and financial support for organizations and initiatives committed to addressing social drivers of health | Assist local authorities in developing plans for affordable housing which will have an impact on resident health and well-being |
| The Hospital of Central Connecticut | Respite Stay Program | In collaboration with the Friendship Service Center. Hospitals occasionally require temporary housing for certain of its patients upon who are ready for discharge but require assistance with their transition out of Hospital’s care. FSC is a housing/shelter facility that provides a wide spectrum of services to the homeless population including meals, supervised medication pass, case management, supportive staffing models, transportation and transitional housing. |
| L+M Hospital | Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Connecticut Partnership | LMH is partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Connecticut as they work with the city of New London to transfer ownership of a corner lot located in New London. If approved, the land would be developed into two two-family homes, providing safe, affordable homeownership to four New London families. The project will start in 2026, pending approval. |
| Norwalk Hospital | Community Care Team | Community navigation teams focused on supporting high-risk residents with substance use disorders, mental health issues, chronic medical conditions and/or housing stability. |
| St. Vincent’s Medical Center | Community Support Services (CSS) | St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Services department offers permanent supportive housing and case management for adults who might otherwise be homeless. |
| Stamford Health | Support local homeless shelters | Provide monetary, health education and local board support for Inspirica and Pacific House. |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | Columbus House Medical Respite | Columbus House Medical Respite is a 12-bed unit housed in Columbus House shelter, to serve those patients who are healthy enough to be discharged home from YNHH but too sick to live in a homeless situation. |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | H.O.M.E. Program | The Home Ownership Made Easier (H.O.M.E.) program provides employees with up to $10,000 in forgivable five-year loans to purchase a home in New Haven, helping to stabilize neighborhoods in a community where less than 30 percent of residents own their home. |