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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 with the Cornerstone Foundation at the Community Y in the North End. "We’re hoping to open fairly...

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 total 26 adults and four children were displaced due to the fire.  The Cornerstone Foundation and the R...