Journey Home

Goals:

Increase Supportive and Affordable Housing
Increase Access to Services
Move Crisis Households into Housing ASAP and Provide Housing to the Chronic Homeless
Increase Incomes of the Capitol Region’s Homeless and At-Risk Households
Provide Assistance to Prevent Family and Individual Homelessness
Create Community Awareness and a Coordinated Response

Mission:

Journey Home is committed to fostering a caring community that ensures a home for all. We give life to this mission through:

Encouraging collaboration
Facilitating innovation
Advocating for justice

Journey Home releases Vulnerability Index Findings Report

Key Journey Home is the non-profit agency spearheading the implementation of the Capitol Region's Ten Year Plan to End Homeless. In ending homelessness Journey Home will utilize city, town and state government, community based service organizations, local businessess, the faith based community, academia, advocates and individuals who themselves have experienced or are at risk of homelessness.

The Plan

Working together to implement solutions to end homelessness in our region.

Read the 10 Year Plan

Current State

Every year more than 4,000 of our neighbors spend at least one night in a shelter.

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We need your help in order to succeed. There are many ways you can participate.

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On the night of January 28, 2009, in Hartford there were approximately 917 people experiencing homelessness. This number includes:

743 households
663 single adults
83 families
171 children in families

[1] Connecticut Counts 2009. Point in Time Homeless Count, Final rpt. August 2009 CT Coalition to End Homelessness, Corp. for Supportive Housing & Reaching Home Campaign