Gavin's Update - Dec 2024 / Jan 2025

During these frigid months of winter, it becomes much more challenging to assist every individual with their specific needs. We are beginning to see a rise in the amount of people who are living outside in the Greater Waterbury Area. Fortunately, thanks to our amazing donors, we received a bunch of resource bags from Entrepreneur's Source in Southbury and also from the folks at Liberty Bank in Naugatuck. With these resource bags, we are able to hand out a bag to each of our clients to carry their belongings in and to utilize the materials that are given to them in each bag. Each bag consisted of items such as hand warmers, hats/gloves, a small blanket, various snack items, and more. 



As of January 11, we have 13 individuals who are document ready and waiting on a housing voucher. Unfortunately, we are seeing a decrease in the amount of housing vouchers that are available for our clients. This means that our folks are having to stay outside much longer than in previous years. In the past 2 months, we were able to assist 8 individuals get into stable housing or into a long term treatment program. We are hopeful to increase those numbers during the 2025 year.