About us
Taking a Stand for Our Region's Most Vulnerable
HFHS Homeless Services combines shelter and housing services with a community outreach approach. We are committed to street outreach, case management, providing shelter, and basic needs to help individuals address their unique challenges and build a better future for themselves and their families. We must also look at why our guests end up on the streets and in poverty and address those challenges. We recognize that there are gaps in the system. HFHS is working to identify solutions to a complex social problem.Â
GOOD CAUSES
We Are Human
We Have Challenges
We Can Solve Them Together
We Have Challenges
We Can Solve Them Together
One Community
From Homeless to Home
HFHS Homeless Services recognizes the high recidivism rate for homeless individuals. More than a shelter, HFHS provides services that will help address the factors that cause people to cycle in and out of homelessness. We are finding solutions to provide every individual with the tools needed to be independent.
The Process
In our community, the needs of those struggling are varied and often profound. The poorest and most vulnerable are often caught in a vicious cycle as they try to meet their basic needs in the face of poverty, family crisis, health issues and more.
The Vision
"Most homeless people don't get the respect and attention needed as a human being, so letting them know they are worthy of, and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect is what my main purpose is here."
Often times individuals are missed during the point-in-time count and many more who stay with friends or family are not counted but are still considered unsheltered.
Good Causes
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Good Causes
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552,830 Americans are homeless and needlessly suffering tonight.
1 IN EVERY 588 AMERICANS IS HOMELESS
194,467 PEOPLE WILL SLEEP ON STREET ACROSS THE USA TONIGHT (HUD 2018)
18% ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS (HUD 2018)
7% ARE UNACCOMPAINED YOUTH UNDER 25
(HUD 2018)
7% ARE VETERANS (HUD 2018)
16.9% of Wichitans Live Below the Federal Poverty Line
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Poverty often impedes children’s ability to learn and contributes to social, emotional, health and behavioral problems.
Active Campaing
Some Good Causes
“Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It’s time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success."
WILI Radio Session
I had the pleasure of discussing our vision with WILI Radio on two occasions. Thank you to Ernest Eldridge Wayne Norman, Bill Correll, and Colin Rice for inviting me to the studio. The interviews are available by clicking on the links below:
- Wayne Norman, Ryan Fitzgibbons, Bill Correll - https://www.mixcloud.com/wili1400/71522-holy-family-home-and-shelter-in-willimantic/
- Ernest Eldridge & Ryan Fitzgibbons https://drive.google.com/file//1HZbqsz502Qyv-jlpD2GjHIZaRM0lmEV-/view?usp=sharing
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88 Jackson St.
Willimantic, CT 06226
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