Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation

Our friends at the HARTFORD COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION INC presented us with a $1,500 donation to support the Friendship Center. Your gift will help the most vulnerable in our community access hot meals, showers, food and clothing pantries, and so much more. We are so #grateful for your belief in the work that we do! #MercyHousingCT #HartfordCountyBarFoundation

Understanding that housing is a huge step in the right direction toward combating opioid addictions, the State’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee chose to earmark funds to help the homeless battling addiction. Just how the settlement monies will be used was discussed during the Governor’s News Conference held at Mercy Housing’s St. Elizabeth House. The $58.6 million will be spread out over four years awarding vouchers to 500 individuals each of those four years, who are in need of supportive housing vouchers.?Click on the links below for more details: NBC-CT news story including interview with a graduating resident of Mercy Housing’s Women’s Respite Program:? https://lnkd.in/erpUNAsw WTNH Coverage: https://lnkd.in/edFnkc4S Connecticut Network – use the link below to VIEW ENTIRE news conference: https://lnkd.in/eCDVRGRm

Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation was honored to host a news conference for the Office of Governor Ned Lamont announcing a $58.6M allocation from the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee to create a new housing initiative for individuals experiencing homelessness and living with opioid use disorder. Joining the Governor in addressing the media were Attorney General William Tong, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner Nancy Navarretta, DOH Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno, and State Representative Cristin McCarthy Vahey, as well as Mercy CEO Kara Capone. Thank you, Governor, for your support of individuals and families experiencing homelessness and addiction! #MercyHousingCT #CTDMHAS #CTDOH #AGTong #CTGovernor

Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation CEO Kara Capone touts the importance of rapid rehousing for those experiencing homelessness and addiction in the Connecticut Mirror article linked below, which discusses the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee's decision to direct $58.6 million dollars towards a new housing initiative for individuals experiencing homelessness and living with opioid use disorder. #MercyHousingCT #CTMirror Click on Link to Read Article: https://lnkd.in/eGjuG5Xt

Mercy Housing CEO Kara Capone spoke with the media this morning during the CT Nonprofit Alliance news conference held at the Legislative Offices at the State Capitol in Hartford. Capone emphasized the significance of the Alliance's funding priorities as well as the impact underfunding has on CT residents who rely on services provided by nonprofits. Capone is in her first year of a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the CT Nonprofit Alliance.

We are grateful to Key Bank, Avangrid, and Eversource for their combined donation of $19,000 through the Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) Tax Credit Program. These funds will help support the installation of solar panels at 118 Main Street, Hartford, which houses Mercy Housing’s residential programs for women in recovery, adults experiencing mental health crisis and those living with HIV/AIDS, as well as the Friendship Center day shelter and soup kitchen/meals program. The NAA Tax Credit Program offers tax incentives to businesses that invest in qualifying community programs run by tax-exempt organizations.?

Thank you for believing in the work that both Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation and My Sisters' Place do to help some of the poorest of the poor in Greater Hartford and Middletown. Thanks to your support and dedication to championing our mission to end homelessness, in 2024 our teams were able to: -Serve close to 70,000 meals to those in need -Find housing for 345 homeless individuals and families -Prevent 970 people from becoming homeless -Provide housing for 171 individuals through residential programs -Give 73 formerly homeless children academic support and enrichment opportunities Along with our gratitude, we'd like to share this video with you to show how your support has helped some of those whom we serve: https://lnkd.in/e45BdwJN Thank you for partnering with us throughout the year as donors, volunteers, advocates and more. We so appreciate you! If you have not made a year-end gift and would like to do so, please click on a link below to make a secure credit card donation. https://lnkd.in/eeh5wUDN

There are just a few days left to vote for Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation in the Hearst Connecticut Media Group CT Gives contest! Click the link below or scan the QR code to cast your vote today. Voting runs until December 20! https://lnkd.in/eEruK8nk #MercyHousingCT #HearstCTMedia #CTGives2024

We want to extend a very special Thank You to the Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation for their very generous $30,000 donation to support Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation's Friendship Center. This support is critical in furthering our efforts to address food insecurity by not only helping individuals and households meet their immediate food needs, but also access the supportive services necessary to address some of barriers that prevent them from achieving more long term food security, such as case management services and benefits screenings. Thank you for believing in us JPOFF!

As we approach this holiday season and you take a moment to count your blessings, please remember those living in your community who may not have a safe warm place to lay their heads at night. When you plan your holiday giving we ask you to consider us and the many people we serve, offering them dignity, compassion, and respect as we help them find or keep their home as they work to regain stability and independence. Please donate to Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation using the secure link below: https://lnkd.in/eXy7GhTW