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This lookbook features details and images of five successful affordable housing developments which the Southeastern Connecticut Housing Alliance highlighted during their 2024 bus tour of the region: the Greenville Homes in Norwich; Oxoboxo Lofts in Montville; and the Bayonet Street Apartments, Gorton Street Home, and Friendship Street Duplexes in New London.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

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VeteransGuide.org and the 2025 Veterans Affairs Disability Calculator, an initiative by the Disability Advocate Group, LLC, is dedicated to helping U.S. armed forces veterans understand and secure the VA disability compensation they deserve.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Veterans
Audience Residents
Region CT; USA

Advocacy

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This toolkit provides examples of messages you can use to build more public support for affordable housing in Eastern Connecticut, and guidance about how to deliver those messages in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Eastern CT

Training

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Learn more about what affordable housing is, who needs it, your commission’s obligations under the Fair Housing Act, and other resources you may need to address housing needs in your town.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning
Audience Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Policy

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness; Diversion
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Research

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Urban Institute and Fairfield County's Community Foundation describe the potential economic benefits of closing Black and Latino racial gaps in income, education, and housing in Fairfield County.

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

Training

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Outreach; Homelessness; Crisis Intervention
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Advocacy

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Housing and economic develop experts will discuss how housing can be an economic driver for Fairfield County and the state as a whole during this brown bag lunch, part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Policy

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Advocacy

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We explore the difference between workforce housing and affordable housing and which jobs in the Litchfield County region require affordable housing.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Workforce
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Research

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See the new online Housing Needs Assessment tool for Litchfield County. Learn about the housing, demographic, and affordability data that is available for your town. See examples of how this tool can be used to support housing efforts in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Policy

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Learn how short-term rentals like those on AirBnB and VRBO are affecting housing availability and affordability in our region, and how communities can address challenges around these units.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Research

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Isabel Almeida of United Way discusses the growing number of ALICE (“Asset Constrained, Income Limited, Employed”) households in Fairfield County, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Research

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A panel of housing experts and policymakers to discuss the findings of a new report from the State of Connecticut on segregation and housing, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Land Use; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region CT

Advocacy

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Housing and community development practitioners discuss how we can make our communities more sustainable, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Advocacy

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See examples of how organizations in both conservation and housing are working together in the region, as part of the 2023 Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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Learn about our new playbook designed to help you change the conversation on affordable housing, as part of the Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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Leaders from education and youth development talk with elected officials about the relationship of housing and education, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Youth
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Training

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This webinar covers how to engage residents in an ongoing way to support the affordable housing work happening in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Policy

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This session covers topics including CGS 8-30g, Connecticut’s Zoning Enabling Act (PA 21-29), and other municipal zoning issues, as part of the 2022 Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Zoning
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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National systems change expert, Dr. Tiffany Manuel, PhD, President and CEO of TheCaseMade, will review the results of in-depth research into the challenges to building public support for affordable housing in Fairfield County.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Research

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and employment.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and healthcare.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Research

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This research outlines how greater progress can be made if nonprofits, government agencies, businesses and the public come together around a common agenda to create collective impact.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Collective Impact
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region USA

Training

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In this facilitated webinar, presenters will provide a descriptive and demographic overview of the intersections of families, funds, and services between TANF and child welfare systems, and discuss specific initiatives that state or local programs have undertaken to increase collaboration between TANF and child welfare systems.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Youth
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Video
Region USA

Training

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This self-paced training is the first part of our supportive housing onboarding series. This short self-paced module introduces supportive housing models, approaches, and components of quality supportive housing.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Supportive Housing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to react to scenarios and case studies, explore sample conversation starters, and reflect on the information provided to identify key takeaways that you will use in your practice.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Supportive Housing; Outreach; Education
Audience Residents
Media Website
Region USA

Training

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This self-paced training discusses the Olmstead Decision, defines quality supportive housing, and describes the different models of integrated supportive housing.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Supportive Housing
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Media Website
Region USA

Training

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The NN4Y hosted a webinar to discuss the complexity of federal definitions of homelessness. Watch this webinar to learn how the lack of a cohesive definition of homelessness impacts youth and young adults.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness; Youth
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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The Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (RHYTPA) of 2022 has been reintroduced. This legislation will comprehensively update and reauthorize the vital Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA). This webinar will provide an overview of the vital RHYA program and what key updates would be made to this program by RHYTPA. You will also learn about our strategy to get this bill to become a law before the end of 2022. Watch the webinar today and share with your network!

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Youth
Audience Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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This toolkit is intended to give you all of the information you need to know about the policymaking process and effective advocacy strategies. In addition, this toolkit will teach you how to effectively build relationships with policymakers and influence their support of your policy recommendations. Finally, this guide also talks about strategies for sharing your personal experiences while ensuring that you choose what and how you share.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Youth; Outreach
Audience Officials; Residents
Media Video
Region USA

Training

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Through this video, viewers will learn about domestic violence with a special focus on victims and survivors ages 18-24 years old.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Youth; Crisis Intervention
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Video
Region CT

Training

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In this USICH webinar about All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, presenters covered the following: The current state of homelessness; The public-input process for developing All In; An overview of All In 's strategies; How USICH will implement All In ; How USICH will measure progress; How communities and partners can use All In.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness; Collective Impact; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Employment
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Media Webinar
Region USA

Data

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Research

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Collective Impact
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region USA

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and economic development

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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This fact sheet illustrates progress made in ending homelessness both state-wide and in Fairfield County in particular. Also, it reflects the work left to do and resources needed to end chronic homelessness.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more public support for affordable housing by improving the way they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Outreach
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

Research

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This statewide database tracks supply and demand for affordable and accessible housing in real time for the benefit of officials, citizens, developers, and advocates alike.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Research

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FCCHO partnered with Regional Plan Association to analyze the potential and conditions for accessory dwelling units (ADU) and single-family home conversions in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region Fairfield County, CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO details the investments communities can make with their share of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to improve and diversify their housing stock.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Supportive Housing; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and economic mobility.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Data

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These town-level housing data profiles, produced by Partnership for Strong Communities, are intended to help Connecticut residents, officials and developers make data-informed decisions about housing.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Advocacy

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CHEO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more public support for affordable housing by improving the way they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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LCCHO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more support for affordable housing by changing how they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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This toolkit provides examples of messages you can use to build more public support for affordable housing in Litchfield County, and guidance about how to deliver those messages in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and education.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Training

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The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act provides for the delivery of services that remove barriers to the enrollment and retention of homeless children and youth in schools. This session will be beneficial and provide information to assist school staff in the liaison role.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Youth; Education; Homelessness
Audience Residents; Community Organizations
Media Video
Region CT

Scorecards

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