Hartford, CT Assistance Programs

Our housing assistance programs include HUD, housing assistance, Section 8, subsidized housing programs in Hartford County.

Ed O’Neil House - House of Bread

107 Albany Avenue
Hartford, CT - 06120
(860) 549-4188
They offer twenty seven units of affordable housing. Residents are the working poor and families and/or individuals who are living in transitional housing and preparing to move into permanent housing. ..

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House of Bread

1453 Main Street
Hartford, CT - 06120
(860) 549-4188
Services: They   provide food, shelter, housing, and education with compassion, dignity, and respect. They offer more than just soup. Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ..

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Community Renewal Team

555 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT - 06120
(860) 560-5600
Services: CRT helps homeless men, women and children find safe accommodation, while case managers help them move towards successful independence. There are housing programs that focus on different groups - veterans, families, single adults and the elderly.  They also helps those who may lose their homes. Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm ..

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Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation

211 Wethersfield Avenue
Hartford, CT - 06114
(860) 724-7988
Mercy Supportive Housing Services combines a rental grant and support services for chronically homeless people with very low incomes, serious and sustainable conditions, including substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, mental illness or co-occurring disabilities. Case managers offers ongoing support and help clients with daily life tasks as well as goal setting and life skills. The purpose of supportive housing is to help customers be successful in permanent housing, and give them a place to call home. Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm ..

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My Sister's Place — Transitional Living Program

237 Hamilton Street Suite 203
Hartford, CT - 06120
(860) 549-1634
My Sisters Place is proud to provide a comprehensive array of outreach and services that is unmatched by any other organization in the Hartford, Connecticut region. From safe housing and education to employment and empowerment, our organization provides real, life-changing benefits to clients. Improved neighborhoods, attractive housing, working citizens these are the real benefits My Sisters Place brings to the community. My Sisters Place primarily serves women and children by providing housing, food, and other basic but vital needs. Our multiple facilities and wide-range of services are located in Hartfords North End, with the majority of our residents coming from the Greater Hartford region...

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South Park Inn Emergency Shelter

75 Main St
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860) 724-0071
The shelter houses up to 85 men, women and children per day, 365 days per year. The shelter is staffed 24 hours per day with Direct Care Counselors that provide guidance, support, supervision and security. Individual Service Coordinators meet with each client and arrange for support services, refer clients to appropriate programs, provide encouragement, and assist in finding housing. A number of services are available on site such as a health clinic for physical, dental and mental health screening. Several Alcoholics Anonymous and substance abuse support groups are held weekly and a variety of optional religious services, health presentations and other events are also presented. Clients are provided with access to transportation, personal hygiene supplies, and, when possible, items needed for successful relocation to their own housing...

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Marshall House Family Shelter Salvation Army

225 South Marshall St
Hartford, CT - 06105
(860) 543-8423
Family Shelter provides 27 beds to families and individual women 365 days per year. The families and women that reside in the family shelter are able to reside there until permanent housing is secured. Residents receive access to case management, laundry facilities, and 3 meals and a snack each day.***Cold Weather Shelter: During cold weather months, December through March, Marshall House offers emergency shelter triage services for any household seeking emergency shelter each night from 4:00pm- 7:00pm. A hot meal is provided for individuals and families while staff work to fill all shelter beds. When year round shelter beds are at capacity, families and individuals are then referred to either the Women and Family No Freeze Shelter, Warming Center, or a hotel...

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St. Elizabeth's Transitional Housing

118 Main St
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860) 808-2120
St. Elizabeth House Transitional Living Program is home to 46 homeless adults who live in single rooms for up to two years while they identify and face complex issues that caused them to become homeless. Working closely with case managers, individuals set and meet goals that will return them to self-sufficiency and independence. While living at St. Elizabeth House, in addition to providing intensive case management, individuals are served three meals a day. Mercy also works with clients to prepare them for employment and job placement, with a final goal of finding permanent housing...

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Catherine's Place Mercy Housing and Shelter

118 Main St
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860) 247-7464
Catherine's Place, Hartford - is a residential living program in downtown Hartford. Catherine's Place provides transitional housing to 15 single, homeless women for up to one year. Case managers work daily with residents to help set goals and gain the personal and vocational skills they need to obtain stable employment and permanent housing...

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Imma CareEmergency Shelter

560 Park St
Hartford, CT - 06126
(860) 724-4823
The Emergency Shelter is a year-round program, open daily, 24 hours a day. Most of the individuals served through this program are under-employed or unemployed, ineligible or not yet signed up for government benefits and lacking formal education. Many also have serious mental or physical health problems, issues with substance abuse and often are estranged from their families. The shelter provides a safe place to sleep, a healthy meal, and access to clothing, showers, laundry, and referrals for mental health and substance abuse counseling, medical services, transportation assistance, entitlement assistance, and comprehensive case management. In addition, groups that focus on personal growth will be offered, such as Job Training, Activities of Daily Living, Building Social Skills as well as groups focusing on substance-free socialization including dominoes, card games and other board games. ImmaCares shelter is intended to be a short-term, emergency intervention focused on assisting men to gain more permanent tenancy of some sort in non-shelter housing in our region...

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Community Renewal Team — Supportive Housing Collaborative

8 Stonington St
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860) 560-5790
Supportive housing for homeless adults and families is offered on a temporary or permanent basis. All applicants must be homeless to qualify. Participants have access to CRT's full range of services and programs. A caseworker will help plan and access services. Get help with job training and placement. Help with life skills and budgeting is available. Survivors of domestic abuse find committed staff who can help with safety planning. Referrals as requested will be provided to help with mental illness or alcohol/drug abuse. Requirements and length of stay vary by program. A waiting list is maintained. Staff speaks English and Spanish. ***To Apply: Due to the new Coordinated Access Network, those in need of housing must call 211. ** When an opening becomes available the program informs the Coordinated Access Network and then an assessment will be conducted. If accepted, the resident must find an apartment that falls within program guidelines and passes inspection. Case worker will help resident to find an affordable apartment within allowed time frame...

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Stewart B. McKinney Shelter - Hartford Men's Shelter

34 Huyshope Ave
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860) 722-6922
Our 78-bed shelter offers overnight beds, dinner, breakfast, and showers. Preference may be given to Hartford residents. A single stay can last up to 90 days with the possibility of an extension. Medical screening and immunization provided. Case managers assist with employment and housing, and make referrals to other services. Staff speaks English and Spanish. A day program for men with medical needs operates at the shelter. Staff helps with housing, jobs, counseling, drug/alcohol use, mental illness, HIV/AIDS and other issues. Lunch is offered to day program participants.***Eligibility: To check on bed availability you must call 211. The shelter is open to men: 18 and older, or emancipated youth with proper documents. Who can walk independently, and is an able body. Who are willing to obey shelter rules. Bring a form of identification to the shelter with you...

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End Hunger Connecticut

65 Hungerford St.
Hartford, CT - 06106
860-560-2100
An anti-hunger organization that helps people in Connecticut get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly known as Food Stamps. SNAP provides monthly nutritional assistance to people who have low income and limited assets to pay for food. SNAP also provides nutritional education...

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Department of Social Services—ConneCT

55 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT - 06105
855-626-6632
The Department of Social Services' benefits assistance tool, called ConneCT, offers applicants, clients, and the public with multiple access points to federal and state programs administered by the Department of Social Services. These may include health care programs, food aid, long-term services and assistance, and cash assistance. Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ..

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The Friendship Center at St. Elizabeth House

118 Main St
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860) 808-2120
Hours of Operation: Tuesday thru Saturday 8:00am 4:00pm. Free Breakfast served 8:00am-9:00am. Free Lunch served 12:00pm-1:00pm. The Friendship Center is a day shelter that provides critical community resources to thousands of men, women and families each year who are homeless, or at risk of being homeless. In addition to serving breakfast and lunch, individuals have access to showers, laundry facilities, health care, an emergency food pantry, personal care items, case management support services, and homeless prevention services...

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YWCA Emergency Shelter Hartford

135 Broad St
Hartford, CT - 06105
(860) 727-8094
The emergency shelter for women provides temporary shelter for women experiencing homelessness. An array of services is available onsite and case managers collaborate with clients to address health issues, job readiness and daily living skills...

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Open Hearth Association Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing

437 Sheldon St
Hartford, CT - 06143
(860) 525-3447
Our Emergency Shelter is the oldest continuously operating facility of its kind on the east coast, founded in 1884. The Shelter operates from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. 365 days a year, with a capacity of 25 beds. Guests enjoy relief from the elements, shower facilities, and a hot, nutritious dinner and breakfast. Furthermore, shelter guests, many of whom enter our doors with psychiatric disabilities, have access to a Masters level Mental Health Counselor. They receive community referrals vital to placing them on the path towards recovery from homelessness and the dangers associated with the streets. In addition, they are eligible to enter our Transitional Living Program and many do so. Those who do not proceed to the TLP are referred to other agencies for substance abuse treatment or mental health services...

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Hispanic Senior Center

45 Wadsworth Street
Hartford, CT - 06106
(860)246-8942
The All-Day Senior Center program provides socialization, recreation, nutrition, and health research. Provides specialized and culturally competent mental health interventions, advocacy, companionship, and case management services to Hispanic seniors and their families. ..

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Interval House Shelter

P.O. Box 340207
Hartford, CT - 06134
(860) 527-0550
Interval House is Connecticuts largest domestic violence agency. We represent 24 towns and cities and our clients come from each and every one of those towns. Our 20-bed safe house is in confidential location where we provide services for abused women and children 24-hours-a-day, 365-days a year. Interval House has both an English and a Spanish-speaking staff. We also have a telephone translation service allowing staff to communicate with callers and clients in many languages. Our facility is wheelchair accessible...

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