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After shelter space peaked in 2010, the number of emergency beds and transitional housing units for Connecticut’s homeless has decreased by more than 34%, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual Housing Inventory Count Report.

Signs of increasing food insecurity are everywhere in Connecticut, with many reasons: fixed incomes, the rising cost of groceries; the price of utilities and gas, which eat into family budgets, especially in winter; the scaling back of COVID-era governmental assistance.

SoupFest fundraiser huge for Rockville's Cornerstone

COVID-19 protocols have been implemented in shelters and warming centers as well. Author: Rachel Piscitelli Updated: 10:12 PM EST January 27, 2021 MANCHESTER, Conn. — Bracing for the bitter cold; new temporary warming center to open in Manchester The Cornerstone Foundation out of Rockville has been providing a warm place and warm meals for those who need it for nearly 40 years.    Now Manchester officials have agreed to open a temporary warming center working...

The fire broke out on Union Street Sunday, displacing 30 people in total. Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61) Updated: 11:31 PM EST December 23, 2020 VERNON, Conn. — After 30 people were displaced due to a fire on Union Street, a local social services organization is helping those impacted.  On December 20, a fire broke out at the Fitch Block apartment building in the Rockville section of town. The Fire Marshal said the fire started due to unattended candles. In tota...