Social Services

Our Services: 

• Provide case management to special populations, such as: young mothers, persons with disabilities, veterans, seniors, and their families.
• Assist families facing housing-related hardship to regain stability by providing emergency rental and/or utility assistance.
• Provide emergency relocation services for city residents whose residences have been deemed unfit or unhealthy for human habitation. Referrals are accepted from health and fire departments.
• Work in collaboration with Opening Doors of Fairfield County to assess and link homeless residents to services.
•  Host East Side Farmers Market, every Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm, from mid July to late October.
• Administer state and federal programs that target economically and socially disadvantaged city residents and assist in special initiatives of a social nature as assigned by the city’s administration.
  

Homeowner Assistance:
The goal of MyHomeCT is to cure mortgage delinquencies and defaults and prevent foreclosures among eligible homeowners that experienced a hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program also includes assistance for qualified non-mortgage expenses including, but not limited to, non-escrowed real estate taxes and insurance as well as condominium or homeowners’ association fees. If you are a homeowner you can apply at www.chfa.org/MyHomeCT or if you need help with the application, we are available at the Resource Center (203-610-8580) .

For more information, please call us:

• Information: (203) 576-7416
• Administration: (203) 576-8088
• Relocation Code Enforcement & Housing Hardship Cases: (203) 332-3028
• Elderly Hispanic Outreach Services: (203) 576-8204