The Alpha Community Services YMCA, a Bridgeport area pioneer in providing services dedicated to the homeless, has been a branch of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA since 1992. The Alpha Community Services Y has grown and expanded its services, striving to provide not just temporary shelter but also a path to a better life for those experiencing homelessness – managing the largest family emergency shelter in Connecticut and providing supportive services to over 400 clients each year.
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22nd WALK TO END HOMELESSNESSWhen: Saturday, May 20, 2023 • Registration 8:30AM • Walk: 9:30AM
What: 4 Mile Walk • Rain or Shine
Where: Captains Cove Seaport, 1 Bostwick Avenue, Bridgeport CT
Join us! Invite your family and friends, too. Walk with us from Captain’s Cove through the beautiful views of St Mary’s by the Sea for a 4-mile walk – rain or shine. We promise to provide an inspirational and motivating morning to help raise awareness and donations so that everyone in the community can help end homelessness.
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Please donate! With your help, we hope to raise $86,000 at our event. Please consider an on-line donation.
Interested in being a Sponsor! Learn more here: Walk Sponsor Opportunities 2023. As a leader in our community, we know you understand the power of change and that your business is a driving force behind it. We invite you to join us as a 2023 Sponsor of the Alpha Community Services YMCA Walk to End Homelessness. Submit your sponsorship on-line: Click Here
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For information about Alpha Community Services YMCA programs and services please take a look at our recent newsletters:
Alpha Community Services YMCA offers services to clients referred by Connecticut’s statewide system for addressing chronic homelessness, the Coordinated Access Network (CAN). Through CAN referrals, Alpha Community Services Y provides Family Navigation; Emergency Shelter focused on families; Permanent Supportive Housing; Supportive Services to Veteran Families and also has been instrumental in creating and sustaining the Bridgeport Housing First Collaborative. All services include Case Management enriched through partnerships with a variety of community organizations. Also provided are specialized services to clients facing housing insecurity, as such, complies with all applicable privacy and confidentiality standards, including but not limited to, those of HUD, DOH, DMHAS, and HMIS.
Alpha Community Services YMCA provides case management services to all its clients. Case Managers provide support and crisis intervention for the clients. They link residents, both adult and youth, to mental health, substance abuse, employment, medical resources, educational opportunities and other services in the community. Case Managers assist families in the path of self-sufficiency.
In addition to offering support services through the case management model, the Y has developed its own programs for its clients: Workshops for Effective Parenting Skills, STD/HIV prevention, Dental Hygiene, Health and Wellness, Job Readiness, Eviction Prevention, and Financial Planning, among others.
Some of the activities for children include Summer Camp, Safety Around Water, swimming at the Y, arts and crafts activities, educational workshops, Read Across America day, Homework Assistance and Mentoring Programs.
The Bridgeport South End Community Center on 650 Park Avenue serves as the Alpha Community Services YMCA Administrative Office. Case management and client group sessions supported by grants and the Y Annual Campaign are also conducted at this site.
