THE PROBLEM:

Rents have increased 75% in recent years, outpacing wage growth by a wide margin.

Connecticut is short more than 85,000 affordable housing units for low-income families.

Families are often forced to choose between rent
and groceries.

Children make up 25–30% of people experiencing homelessness in Connecticut.

New Reach helps families across Connecticut overcome homelessness, housing instability, and food insecurity through prevention, crisis services, and long-term housing solutions.

For more than 30 years, we’ve provided shelter, support, and pathways to stability with compassion and proven impact.

Learn What We Do…

Learn how YOU can Get Involved…

Donation options for New Reach with amounts of $20, $30, $50, $100, $150, and an 'Other' option, with an option to choose monthly giving, and a message to multiply impact by making it monthly.

Support New Reach’s Mission

Our Comprehensive Response to Homelessness and Hunger

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Prevention

Successfully keeping families
in their homes.

  • Through partnerships, landlord mediation, legal services, employment and education referrals, and government program linkages, we offer the resources families need to stay housed.

  • New Reach helps families seeking shelter find immediate alternatives.

2844 Clients Served Last Year

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Crisis Services

Providing shelter and critical support to help individuals and families regain stability.

  • New Reach operates two clean, safe, and supportive shelters in the City of New Haven. These shelters have the capacity to serve 18 individual women and 23 women with children every day as they work toward reestablishing permanent housing and long-term independence. 

  • FISH volunteers deliver nutritious groceries each month to homebound residents across Greater New Haven who are unable to access food pantries or stores due to age, illness, or disability.

2585 Clients Served Last Year

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Housing

Offering safe, stable, affordable housing with the support needed to build brighter futures.

  • Long-term services and financial assistance support for families, individuals and youth living with disabilities including mental health diagnoses and chronic health conditions to support long term housing stability.​

  • Short-term rental assistance coupled with supportive services to quickly reestablish permanent housing and regain lasting independence.

806 Clients Served Last Year

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Impact By the Numbers

5835

Clients served
last year

183

People moved into
housing

1867

People diverted
from shelters

99%

Families prevented
from eviction

Upcoming Events

Events
Gift-A-Family
Dec 1
Gift-A-Family

Each year, generous donors like you help ensure that families experiencing housing insecurity have meaningful gifts to open during the holidays.  

This year we newly launched our Gift-A-Family Webpage/App. Check it out today:

  • Sign up for families to sponsor

  • Build a team and share a team picture!

  • View your family wish lists with ease, once matched!

Build Bikes for New Reach Kids!
Dec 13
Build Bikes for New Reach Kids!

Join other New Reach supporters in building bicycles for our kids! 

For years, Roots 4 Relief, during their Wishing Wheels event, has donated dozens of brand-new bicycles and helmets to New Reach families. We invite you to help us PUT THEM TOGETHER! 

DATE:  Saturday, December 13th

WHEN:  Between 9am and 2pm (for as long as you can come)

WHERE:  Guilford Fairgrounds

No bike-building experience necessary!

Parents, bring your children to show how they can make a difference in their community.

No-Tools needed - but IF YOU HAVE THEM, bring a 6 mm Allen wrench, a 15 mm combination wrench, and a 10 mm combination wrench.

This is an outdoor event, please dress accordingly.

The Great Give
May 5
The Great Give

The Great Give is a 36-hour online giving event that brings our community together to support the nonprofits creating real change in Greater New Haven. When you give to New Reach during The Great Give, your donation goes even further—thanks to matching funds, prizes, and community momentum that amplify every gift.

New Reach Auction
Jun 3
New Reach Auction

Enjoy an unforgettable evening filled with meaningful stories, exciting auction items, and a shared purpose: opening doors to brighter futures across our community.