- WELCOME -
Welcome to Liberty Community Services, a supportive housing and services provider offering dignity, compassion and respect to Connecticut's residents confronting homelessness and disability. With administrative offices in New Haven and residential programs serving the entire region, Liberty's proven successful model of housing with support services helps change the lives of hundreds of people in need every year.
We invite you to contact us if you are in need of assistance or services. Please let us know if you would like to get involved or volunteer in Liberty's life-saving work. Or, please consider making a donation if you would like to support Liberty's mission to help those in need.
Message from the Executive Director
The topic of multi-tasking is back in the news as people try to figure out whether it is a good or bad strategy to get through a busy life. People who are homeless don't have an option to decide whether to multi-task. They have to. How can I find a bathroom? Where do I eat for Saturday lunch? Which of the items or documents in my backpack are essential for my survival today? How do I get to see a physician about a medical problem? Liberty's mission of providing supportive housing is essential to get people in our community back to living full lives where everyday is not a struggle for existence. Housing creates the building block to help put a life back together.
The good news is that due to the federal economic stimulus funds, Liberty was able to compete for and obtain two new federal grants which address the issue of homelessness in New Haven. The focus of the two grants is quite different in terms of the people served. The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program was passed by the Congress and signed by the President as a response to people who are recently homeless or on the verge of homelessness due to the country's economic situation. Liberty was one of four agencies chosen to administer this program for the City of New Haven. The money is for short-term interventions and for people who are able to get back on their feet after an economic downturn and rapid re-housing of individuals who don't have a home.
Our second grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is for the chronically homeless with substance abuse and mental illness. The assistance to these individuals is intense and often long-term. We are pleased to have secured new resources for New Haven to try to reach the hardest to serve. We are optimistic about the future and how these additional services will positively impact our community.
John Bradley
Executive Director
The Changing Faces of Those In Need
Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine's video premiere of "The Changing Faces of Those In Need" was held on May 4th at New Haven Lawn Club. The video included stories of people and agencies from Greater New Haven who have benefited from Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine funding.
