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Recent reports show a 3% increase of people in shelters in Connecticut from 2009 to 2010. Of this population, more than half of all families and 40% of single adults in shelters report being homeless for first time And in these harsh winter months, even overflow homeless shelters are overflowing.
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness releases a new report today that provides a portrait of homelessness in Connecticut, the contributing factors, and the potential resources available to assist and house this growing population.
We’ll talk with the Executive Director of CCEH to hear about the report’s findings and about what the state is doing to reverse this trend. And we’ll hear from a formerly homeless Connecticut woman who is now a member of a coalition to empower this population and end homelessness.