DESK Blog
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro Announces $1.4 million in Funding for DESK!
“We’re going to continue to do what we’ve always done: provide basic needs,” said Werlin. “We’re [also] going to have next-level and specialized services offered on site … We will encourage and welcome and affirm all individuals, regardless of whatever hardships they’re bringing into the space when they come.”
Donation Guide
The people I work with will tell you that -- for better or worse -- I hate to say "no" to good intentions. Whenever someone comes to me with a good idea, a bold, new strategy, or a helpful resource, I often can't resist. In fact, I find that balancing our resources...
NHR & NHI on U-ACT & Tent City
Unhoused people were in the local news this week in two separates articles. Yesterday, Mark Zaretsky wrote in the New Haven Register about U-ACT (the Unhoused Activists Community Team). U-ACT is an advocacy group composed primarily of people with lived experience. ...
In memoriam: Robyn Smith
Yesterday, our staff said goodbye to Robyn Smith. Robyn was, by any measure, an incredible person. By day, she was a public defender, representing many of DESK's clients over the years. By night, she was a volunteer at DESK, right around the corner from her office...
The Homelessness & Mental Health Crisis in NYC
This is a very well-done, bite-sized piece on the mental health and homelessness crisis facing New York right now, and on the controversy surrounding Mayor Eric Adams' call to expand involuntary hospitalization: NYC's mayor faces backlash for planning to involuntarily...
DESK Receives $1.4 million in Federal Appropriations Funding
Thanks to the efforts of our incredible representative, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, DESK will receive more than $1.4 million in federal appropriations funding to support the renovations of our Drop-in & Resource Center at 266 State Street in Downtown New Haven. ...
Cold Weather Press Conference 2022
Last Friday, DESK hosted a press conference at our Drop-in & Resource Center on behalf of the Greater New Haven Regional Alliance to End Homelessness and as part of a statewide coordinated day of advocacy with the CT...
Provide Some Winter Warmth
They say it’s best to avoid politics and religion in polite conversation. But here’s another thorny topic that threatens to divide us: Winter—do you love it or hate it? At DESK, our opinion of winter has swung back and forth over the years. Not too long ago, we...