Michael Fishman Michael Fishman has spent most of his life in West Hartford. Over the past 35 years, Michael has worked as a computer programmer and analyst for several companies, including: The Hartford, Travelers, Citigroup, First Interstate Bank, Pension...

On Friday, February 8th, the CityPlace Atrium was once again transformed for our 4th Annual Home Is Where the Heart Is Gala. This year, the theme was DISCO, so guests were welcomed with strobe lights, fantastic 70s music, and tons of sequins. With help from our...

Back in November of 2018, Journey Home staff member, Lisa Quach, applied to be a member of the Collaborative for Race Equity created by The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH). The goal of this group is to build a co-designed framework that will address racial...

Over the course of the past year, HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS) housing programs across the capital region have been collaborating, and helping establish some national best practices for integrating HOPWA housing programs with homeless services....

There is a saying that “It takes a village to raise a child” but in our circumstances it takes a village to move a warehouse! It was quite the feat to move a little over a half mile. From our warehouse on Talcott Road where we began our partnership with A Hand Up, to...

On Saturday, August 25th, two 13-year-old girls from West Hartford embarked on a Journey Home makeover with our Making a House a Home program. Lucy Kabakoff and Marley Brown were working on their mitzvah project for their upcoming bat mitzvah celebrations. In a matter...

Community Partners in Action (CPA) was awarded a grant from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to develop and operate a Reentry Welcome Center. The Reentry Welcome Center is located on the ground floor of City Hall at 550 Main Street in Hartford. It will be open...

Over the past seven months, emergency shelters in the Greater Hartford area have been working together to improve our system of providing services, and ensure that all shelters are focused on quickly helping people return to housing. The area shelters have all spent...

Journey Home is thrilled to announce that we have received a $40,000 grant from the Melville Charitable Trust to further the efforts of the Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network (GH CAN). Two system service gaps have been identified by GH CAN membership over the...

On August 2nd, Watkinson School, through the leadership of Jenni French, we had a group of about 8 volunteers helping to deliver furniture and household goods to two clients in need in the South End of Hartford. We started out on Wyllys Street, helping bring items up...