ST VINCENT DEPAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY INC

Each person seeking help from the Mission is met with dignity as their specific needs are addressed with a single goal: to assist them in recovering their full sense of self worth and rightful place in the community. And to end the root causes that lead to homelessness and hunger.

As an entry point within Connecticut's Emergency Response System, our shelter is a safe harbor for individuals and families to receive the critical services (sheltering; food; clothing; advocacy; case management and referrals; after-school tutoring; veteran's case management services; assessment and counseling services; and health screenings) they need to stabilize, recover, and overcome their housing crises.

Our Soup Kitchen serves a nutritionally balanced, hot noon-time meal seven days a week to individuals and families experiencing poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Our Food Pantry, which also operates in the same location, distributed weekly groceries to the area's poor at no charge.

Our Casa De Rosa Mental Health Residential Living Center, and our Cornerstone Mental Health Supervised Apartment Program both provide assistance with essential services critical to success, e.g., supervised housing and medication management; access and linkages to clinical, substance abuse, and medical services; coordination of care; and training in social cognition, recovery, and independent living skills.

Our Thrift Store, in the center of Waterbury, provides relief to families and individuals living with the challenges of poverty, and offers them access to basic items and furnishings that are not affordable to them through conventional outlets.

The Mission has established internal systems and controls to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness. These systems and controls include:
At the Shelter, clients receive Case Management services which includes assisting with finding housing and rental assistance and for people with diagnosed mental illness or addiction assistance in finding an appropriate program. A Thrift Store which gives clothing , furniture and household goods to people moving into their permanent residence
A Soup Kitchen where homeless people receive a free hot lunch 7 days a week
A Food Pantry where former homeless people can receive 4 days (12 meals) of groceries once a week per family member
Provide residential mental health programs for those experiencing mental health issues.

St. Vincent DePaul Mission is a financially healthy and stable organization, deriving its revenue from numerous funding sources throughout the region. However, like most nonprofits, the Mission must continuously seek out additional funding sources to maintain the high quality programs it provides to the community. To this end, the Mission has established a network of programs that are designed to address each cause contributing to or allowing a person or family to become homeless. However, this can only be accomplished with the cooperation of other service providers, corporate supporters, charitable foundations, and government funding.

Vincent DePaul Mission has not eliminated the causes that lead to homelessness and hunger fostered by poor economic environment conditions. However, each person seeking help from the Mission is met with dignity as their specific needs are addressed with a single goal: to assist them in recovering their full sense of self worth and rightful place in the community.

Our Homeless Shelter served 654 unduplicated individuals, including 54 families with 109 children in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the Soup Kitchen served 204,810 cooked meals. This averages to over 560 meals per day. The Food Pantry distributed an equivalent of 94,141 meals in bagged groceries to the poor in the community.

The Thrift Store provided 1,357 people with clothing and 267 families with furniture and home goods who were experiencing poverty in our community. This amounts to a total of $154,681 of goods to the community free of charge in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

Our Casa De Rosa Group Home served over 10 unduplicated clients in fiscal year ending June 30th 2018.

Our Cornerstone Supervised Apartment Program served over 20 unduplicated clients in the fiscal year ending June 30th 2018.