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Thursday, July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020 - With summer in full swing, many families are still feeling the lasting effects of COVID-19 and will for some time to come. At United Way of Greater New Haven, we want to do all that we can to support community members as they recover and rebuild.
One way we can give our neighbors a…
Thursday, July 2, 2020
NEW HAVEN (July 2, 2020) – United Way of Greater New Haven welcomes six new members to the organization’s Board of Directors – Heather Calabrese, Jillian Jackson, Patrick O’Brien-Sevilla, Jason Price, Vinay Sawant, and Dominic Woolfrey.
“Our newest board members bring energy, expertise, and fresh…
Thursday, June 18, 2020
New Haven, CT (June 18, 2020) – United Way of Greater New Haven (United Way) and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (The Foundation) are pleased to announce that more than $1.4 million has been awarded to 80 organizations from the Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund (The Fund).…
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
An estimated 1,000 community members are awaiting permanent housing or are temporarily in hotels across the State.
June 16, 2020 - It’s hard to “stay safe, stay home” when you are homeless. When COVID-19 hit Greater New Haven, our Coordinated Access Network (CAN) team recognized that the pandemic…
Thursday, June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
This is a painful time in our country and in our community. As United Way staff, we have spent the last week in conversation with one another, sharing the impact of what has been happening, sharing our emotions and questions, and contemplating our collective role going forward. Just as…
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
June 2, 2020 - No one in our community should go hungry, and yet we hear every day about the need for more food as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why we have focused on increasing access to food as one of the priorities of our response. One of the ways that we have done this is by…
Friday, May 22, 2020
New Haven, CT (May 22, 2020) – Around 220 families were served at a Neighborhood Pop-up Pantry on Friday. The drive-thru and walk-up food distribution event at the Truman School in the Hill neighborhood of New Haven was made possible through a partnership between United Way of Greater New Haven (…
Monday, May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 - With the increased needs in our community as a result of the impact of the coronavirus, we are fortunate to have so many people in our community who are stepping up to help others. We see it every day – people who go above and beyond to make our community a better place. We call them…
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
ROCKY HILL, CT (May 13, 2020) - The Connecticut United Ways COVID-19 Response Fund has announced that more than 1,000 households across the state have now benefited from the Fund. The Fund is a unique joint effort launched by all 15 United Ways in Connecticut to help those who lost jobs, wages, or…
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Rocky Hill, Conn. (May 12, 2020) - Connecticut United Ways’ ALICE Saves* program has partnered with Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, a nonprofit social enterprise and national leader in financial coaching, to offer a free financial coaching program available online and by phone.
Known as…