Connecticut - Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
Finance and Operations
CONTRIBUTIONS & GRANT DETAIL
January-December 2009
INCOME
January-December 2008
$180,000
Sources of Funds:
Contributions and Grants
Special Events
160,000
2009
2008
$ 638,340
$ 791,219
121,566
125,764
120,000
140,000
In-Kind Contributions
156,968
139,172
100,000
Transfers to Homeowners
428,700
522,678
80,000
Gains on Mortgages
86,172
200,426
60,000
Other Income
23,240
39,935
40,000
Total Income
$ 1,454,986
$ 1,819,194
20,000
Functional Uses of Funds:
Salaries and Benefits
Professional Fees & Tithe
Insurance
242,288
224,967
23,663
37,015
7,544
11,133
17,509
Occupancy
25,973
23,928
8,040
14,332
In-Kind Services and Materials
Interest, Amortization, Depreciation
Mortgage Discounts
Total Expense
64,117
65,442
113,650
120,199
23,235
21,358
222,507
234,741
$1,450,571
$ 1,632,438
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$110,545
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$135,598
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Program Services
$1,204,428
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USE OF FUNDS 2009
USE OF FUNDS 2008
Administrative & General
$113,013
7%
Fundraising
$178,161
11%
Program Services
$1,341,264
82%
2009 CONTRIBUTORS
$75,000 and Above
Annie E. Casey Foundation
M & L F Giving Back
Foundation and
One of a Kind Foundation
$25,000-74,999
Amity Cares
Madison Cares
Sleeping Giant Build
$10,000 - 24,999
Lindalea P. Ludwick Family
Foundation
NewAlliance Bank Foundation
I Duo Dickinson Architect
I Kohler
I Lane Construction
I Lowe’s Home Improvement
I Square D
I Suzio York Hill Companies
$5,000 - 9,999
Charles Gamper Fund
City Missionary Association
Francis R. Guyott, Jr.
Pfizer, Inc
I DiBlasi Associates, PC
I Dow Corning
I Lafarge Manufacturing
I Peter Berdon & Berdon, Young,
Margolis, PC
I Regional Water Authority
I Whirlpool
$2,500 - 4,999
Anonymous
The Al Byrnes Memorial Donation
Archdiocese of Hartford
Colony Hardware Supply
Community Foundation for
Greater New Haven
The Congregation Mishkan Israel
ESPN
First Church of Christ of
Woodbridge
First Congregational Church of
Madison
Home Depot USA
Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow &
Katz, PC
KBE Building Corporation
LaRosa Building Group LLC
Madison Rotary Foundation, Inc.
Manafort Brothers
Mike & Ellen Maguire*
New Haven Korean Church
North Madison Congregational
Church
Rotary Club of Orange
Foundation, Inc.
Spring Glen Church, UCC
St. Andrews Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. Rita’s Church
Stephens, Inc.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Trinity Church on the Green
Turner Construction Co.
United Iluminating Company
I Bilco
I Landon Lumber
I Lowe’s Home Improvement
I Valspar
I Yale Locks
$1,000 - 2,499
Anonymous
A&A Drywall and Acoustics, Inc.
ACT II Thrift Shop
Advanced Performance Glass, Inc.
Alcoa Howmet
Arcadis
John Bozzi & Catharine Arnold,
M.D.
Babbidge Facilities Construction
Company, Inc.
Barrett Outdoor Communication
Bilco Company
BL Companies
Blakeslee Prestress, Inc.
George Bussmann
Church of the Redeemer (UCC)
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Clear Channel Communication
William Curran*
DiBlasi Associates, P.C.
Dimeo Construction Company
Dunbar United Church of Christ
ED-MOR Electric Co.
Encon Heating & Air Conditioning
Fairfield Electric Inc.
Robert B. Fitch, Jr.
Frank Capasso & Sons, Inc.
Garcia & Milas, P.C.
Gilbane Building Company
Mary Jane Grillo
Guilford Savings Bank
Harry Grodsky & Co., Inc.
Ada Kennedy
Joseph King
Lane Construction
Langan Engineering &
Environmental Services
Stewart MacMillan
Macri Associates, Inc.
NewAlliance Bank
Rosemarie Paine
Pepe & Hazard LLP
Seth Powsner
Professional Electrical Contractors
of CT, Inc.
R&B Ceramic Tile & Floor Covering,
Inc.
Ralph Camputaro & Son
Excavating, Inc.
RCMS Controls, Inc.
William Reese
Robinson & Cole LLP
Schindler Elevator
Joseph Sepot
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Spiegel, Zamecnik & Shah
Subway International
Szeker Engineering, Inc.
The Stanley Works
Temple Beth Tikvah
Tucker Mechanical
URS Corporation
David & Susan Wakefield*
Walter D. Sullivan Mechanical
Contractors
Webster Bank
Werth Family Foundation
West Haven Lumber Company
Marian E. Whiteman
Yankee Sheet Metal, Inc.
I Carter Drywall
Thomas Burland
Kevin & Sandy Callinan
I Extreme Bathover
A. J. & Patricia Cardozo
I Frank Cochran, Esq*
Timothy & Barbara Carney
I GreenFiber
Richard Carson
I IKEA
Arnie Cary
I Kircaldie, Randall & McNab LLC
Eileen M. Cavanaugh
I KMK Insulation
Chapel Construction Co.
I Larson Manufacturing
Charles J. Cicarella
Heather Clifton
$500 - 999
Meredith Crawford
Anonymous (3)
D’Aniello’s Amity Bicycles, LLC
Neil Bauer
Robert & Ann Dahl
Richard & Nancy Beals*
Dalling Construction, Inc.
Benjamin and Sara Greenspan
Eleanor & Martin DeGrand
Fund, Inc.
Thomas and Anne Dembinski
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
Len & Marjorie Dorr
John R. Boyce
Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Jim & Carolyn Carroll
Bartlett Brainard Eacott
William Casey*
Simon & Jennifer Etzel
Community Health Charities
F & F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.
Richard D’Aquila*
Lisa Morris Fecke
Diastole Wealth Management
First Congregational Church of
Tom & Gabriella DiBlasi*
Guilford
David & Karen Donnelly*
Foxon Park Beverages
William & Laura Downes
Karen Freedman
R. Kemerer Edwards*
John Gallops
The First Church of Christ
Gateway Community College
First Church of Christ in New Haven Emile & Susan Geisenheimer
Susan Fox-Erlich
Jeffrey & Olena Geoghegan*
Gaffney Bennett & Associates, Inc. Charlotte Goldblatt
Peter Goldberg
John & Kathleen Gontero
Geoffrey & Donna Gregory
Peter Guarino*
Kathleen Hayes & Stephen
Barry and Elizabeth Haigis
Updegrove
Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Hospital of St. Raphael One for
Hamden Police Benevolent Assn.
All Fund
Justine Hastings
John & Loretta James
Jack M. Heflin
Charlotte Januska
Heller and Johnsen
David & Billie Ladd*
Leslie Higgins
Dwight & Maureen Lopes
Donald & Diane Jaffe
Lorimer & Ellis Fund
Steve & Natalie Judd*
Lorraine & Robert Martin*
Barbara Katz*
Michael Mignone*
Herbert & Ruth Kaufman*
Gary & Brenda Naegel
Jon & Nancy Leckerling
North Haven Congregational
Liberty Bank
Church
Henry Lord
Quinnipiac University
Lindalea Ludwick
David Zenisek & Jennifer Rook*
Madison Auto Body
John & Margretta Seashore
Madison Lions Foundation, Inc.
Lisa Sha
John
Mayes, II
Southern Connecticut State
Bruce & Renee McIntyre
University HFH CC
Rosemary McGovern*
Spath-Bjorklund Associates, Inc.
Ellen M. McNally*
Gregg M. Strott
Merrill Lynch
Francis Telesca
Midwood Electrical Service LLC
Yale CCC Habitat for Humanity
David & Laurie Miller
I Efficient Lighting Concepts
Helen Miller
I Greenfiber
Ron & Cathie Miller*
I James Storer, Esq
Marie Mollo
I Janet Milardo
Mt. Carmel Congregational Church
I Tile America
New Haven County Bar Assn.
I Ty Schlegel
Newman Architects, LLC
$250 - 499
North Haven Public Schools
Anonymous (4)
Orange Chamber of Commerce
The B & G Piping Company, Inc.
Page-Taft Real Estate, Inc
Carole Bass
Rosemarie Paine*
Joan & Arthur Baer
Petra Construction Corporation
Bismark Construction
John Ponthempilly
Company, Inc.
Post Road Iron Works
Judy Bodner
Q1 Source, LLC
Mychal Boyd*
Quota International
Jeanne Breen
I Colony Hardware Supply
Charles Reese
Edward Riley
Elaine A. Romano
Richard & Tricia Royston
Robert & Kimberly Ryan
Roger Saulnier*
Howard & Denise Smith*
Richard & Kerala Snyder
Mark Spielman
Sara Spodick
Chris & Tammy Stemen
William Stempel
Tri-Star Building Corporation
Turner Logistics
Carleton S. Wastcoat
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Robyn Westerkamp
Christopher & Patricia Williams
Roger & Lynn Winer
WM MAC, LLC
The Woodbridge Running Co., LLC
David & Anne Wustrow
United Way of Greater New Haven
A Leaf Photography Studio
American Concrete Pumping
I A Leaf Photography Studio
I A-Plus Building Supply
I American Concrete Pumping
I Deb Zervas
I Jewish Community Center of
Greater New Haven
I Jon & Nancy Leckerling
I Maureen Lopes
I Long Wharf Theatre
$100 - 249
Anonymous (9)
R. Louis Abate
Robert K. Adair
Janet Adams
Philip & Linda Allen
Alphonse Aloi
Alta Moda Hair and Nail Design,
Inc.
Joseph Altonji
John Alvaro
Amity Motors, Inc.
American Criminal Justice
Association
Charles Andriole
Arthur Conroy, LLC
The Audubon Shop
Aunt Chilada’s
AT&T United Way Employee
Giving
Steven & Sharon Austin
Mrs. Blanche Baldwin
The Barn Sale
Beatrice Sturgis Bartlett
Pauline Bates
William & Donna Batsford
David & Kirsten Bechtel
The Beckerer Foundation, Inc.
Ellen Weber Bell
Carolyn Belt
John & Janice Biondi
John Bischof
Adam Blasavage*
William & Kathleen Bloss
Jon & Jean Blue
BMS EPAC PAC Match Program
Merinda Bobeck
Vincent Boccanfuso
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven extends its deep appreciation to the following individuals and institutions for their generous support in 2009.
Their contributions—monetary, in-kind goods and professional services—enable us to fulfill Habitat’s mission to eliminate poverty and substandard housing
through the creation of homeownership opportunities for low income, working families.
Brian S. Borgerson
Bradley & Wall Gourmet Foods
John & Mary Brady
Roberta Isleib & John Brady
Joseph Braen
Joseph & Kathleen Brandt
Betty Brosius
Kim Brown
Guido & Anne Calabresi
Orlando Capezzone
Scott & Laurie Caraway
Kathy Carmody
Richard Carney
Justin A Cerritelli
Lisa Cervin
W. Knox & Caroline Chandler
Scott & Robin Chasse
Child and Adult Orthodontics
CHS Fuel Co., LLC
Carol & Stephen Clark
Alison Clark-Talburtt
Raymond Classen
Samuel & Christina Cochrane
Thora Colburn
Thomas Colville
Ms. Susan R. Compton
George & Alexis Connolly
James & Charlene Connolly
George & Joanne Contopoulos
David & Joan Cooney
Peter & Diana Cooper
Core Technologies, LLC
John & Katha Cox
Martin Craemer
Craig Crews
David & Victoria Crompton
Edward & Alice Cugell
Anne Marie Cunningham
CUNO/3M
Geraldine Cutler
The CYRE Committee of the
Unitarian Society of New Haven
D. Brake Marine, Inc.
Margit Dahl
Barbara Dalrymple
Suzanne Dankers
David & Martha Dauwalder
Nicholas & Jill Davidge
George & Susan Davis
Claudia Buzzi & Pietro DeCamilli
John & Gail DeGrand
Donald & Beatrice Deloge
Thomas M. Delp
Robert & Wendy DeLucca
Alison DeMaio
Tyler Dennett, lll
Lucylle DeWitt
Peter & Anne Diamantini
George & Elizabeth Dickinson*
Fred & Constance Digioia
James & Mary Dinneen
Dixwell Avenue United Church
of Christ
Edwin & Carol Doernberger
Donna Richo Real Estate
William F. Dow, III
E.J. & Christine Dowling
Andrew Drabkin
Eli Drazen
Arthur & Roberdeau DuBois
Michel & Mary Alyce J. Duchesne
Edwin A Dudley
Evelyn & David Duffner
Edwin & Karen Duval
Debra Edwards
Stanley & Dana Angluin Eisenstat
David & Cordalie Eliscu
Ronald Cohen and Barbara
Ellinghaus
Emmett Shutts Landscaping
Barbara Esposito
Fairhaven Furniture, LLC
James & Shelly Farmer
Farrell Financial Group LLC
Alise Ferency
Donald Filer
Catherine Finlay
First Congregational Church of
West Haven
The Fish Tale
Frank Cochran & Stephanie
Fitzgerald
Rev. Eric Fjeldal*
Matthew Fogarty
Michael & Margaret Fortuin
Debbie & Bill Friedman
Monique Furgalack
Mary Lee Gaffney
Thomas & Cathleen Gallbronner
Mark Gallops
Dave & Kathryn Garner
Lynn P. Gehr
Mark Gentry
Joseph Gilbert
David Gillich
Robert & Maryann Gorry
Green Acres Elementary School
Neal Green
Douglas & Diana Gregory
Lisa C. Gresham
Elizabeth Haas
The Halsey Themper Co.
Hamden Professional Fire Fighters,
Local 2687
Pamela Hamilton
Claire J. Hanson
Kenneth & Betty Hanson
Richard & Alison Harris
Irving Harrison
Linda Harvey
Nicholas & Kimberly Hastings
Rose F Havron
Paul Hayslett
Headhunters Hair Studio, LLC
Peter & Althea Higgins
Jon & Mary-Michelle Hirschoff
Twig Holland
Holy Transfiguration Orthodox
Church
Catharine Hopkins
Howard Paving Co., Inc
David Howell
Richard & Donna Johansen
Keith & Joan Jones
Edward & Mary Jordan
Frank Juliano
Edward & Barbara Kaechele
Jill Kahrimanis
Richard & Laurie Kaletsky
Jerry & Barbara Katz*
Kearney Insurance Agency, LLC
Michael Keenan
David & Barbara Keiser
Keith May Builders, LLC
Deborah Kelly
Terry & Sandra Kensler
Kiely Family Foundation
Mr and Mrs Edwin and Joy
Kilbourne
Sharon W. Knies
Knight,Conway & Cerritelli, LLC
Daniel & Noreen Kokoruda
Paul Kosowsky
Susan Kowalsky
Mark & Wendy Kravitz
Michael Lasala
Hannah H. Leckman
Karen Burris Lennon
Steven Levine
Julia C. Levy
Whitney Lewendon
Lewyn Li
Ellen Lieberman
Limpiex Cleaning Service, INC
Matthew & Catherine Lincoln
Michael B. Lipman*
Gilbert Litalien
Wiliam & Vicki Littell
Living Word Ministries
Michael & Kay Loewenthal
David & Sylvia Loomis
James & Susan Lorusso
Scott D. Lucker
Frederick & Margaret Lyle
M.A.S. Inc.
Madison Oil Company
William & Janet Maley
Malone’s Restaurant
Marisa’s Hair Salon
William Massa, Jr.
Lena Masterson
Jacqueline Masulli
James & Diane Matteson
Frank & Claudia Matthews
Jill Mauro-Sweet
D. E. & Margaret McCarthy
Elizabeth McCoy
William McGee
Lyn McHugh
Robert McLean
Christopher & Elaine McLeod
Dr. Kevin McMahon
Maureen McNamara
M. F. Hill
Michael Horton Associates, Inc.
Pamela Moan
Dena Morris
Bret & Gina Morrow
Katherine Krauss Murphy*
John & Robbin Nassif
Ferris Nelson
Jane P. R. Nettleton
Barbara C. Nies
Norman & Margery Andrews
North Haven Congregational
Church
David Nowak
Harry O’Connell
Frank & Christine Paine
Toni Paine
Mark Paine, Jr.
Susan Papa
M. Matt Parthasarthy
Norman Pattis
Bruce Peabody
Jon & Kristin Pedersen
Judy Peregrim
James Graham & Melissa Perkal*
Frank Pfieffer
Pfizer Foundation Matching
Jacqueline Ward
Gifts Program
Mark Warren
Roberta S. Pilette
William Watkins
L. Henry Platt, Jr.
Debra & Mark Watson*
Robert & Jacqueline Podeswa
Nicholas & Katharine Weber
Robert Preston
Richard & Leighann Pain Weber
Prudential Company Realty
Howard & Ellen Weiss
R. Quinn Builders, Inc.
Walter & Elizabeth Welsh
Maricel Ramos-Valcarcel*
Jeanne Wendschuh
Nancy Ramseyer
Douglas Werth
Bob & Susan Ransom
John & Charlotte Westerfield
Jamilah & Abdul R. Rasheed*
Orlene Allen Weyland
Joseph & Elizabeth Regan
Wheelers Auto Service, Inc.
William & Laurie Renda
Thomas Whitaker
Rick’s Auto Center, LLC
Paul & Diane Wishnafski
Riverview Realty and
Withers Bergman, LLP
Development Corp.
Steven Wolfson
Scott & Janine Robertson
Scott H. Woodford, D.M.D.
Christine Robinson
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Wormser
H. Thomas Robinson
Marc Wortman
Claire Rusowicz
Mr. Richard T. Wright
Sandra Ruzicka
John & Eileen E. Wygmans
Thomas Ryan, Jr.
George Wynus
Ellen Ryerson
Barbara Yaeger
Richard & Angela Santello
Christopher Young
Lynn Sasso
Kenneth Young, Jr.
Robert Schaefer
Joseph & Sue Ann Zaccagnino
Marion & Stephen Schile
Robert Zapor
T. Paul & Judith Schultz
Peg Zawryt
F. James & Penny Seaman
Bette & Ronald Zollshan
Jon Zonderman & Laurel Shader
I American Diamond Exchange,
James & Carol Shanbrom
Inc.
Shoreline Aesthetic Care
I Amity Motors, Inc
Shoreline Pediatrics & Adolescent I A-Plus Building Supply, LLC
Medicine, P.C.
I Bell Nurseries, Inc.
Christopher & Susannah Beals
I Derek Simpson, Goldsmith
Simon
I Home Depot
Eileen L. Smith
I Infoshred
Micah Smith
I Richard Penna Salon, Inc.
Woodruff & Claudia Smith
I Scoozzi Trattoria & Wine Bar
Howard & Marian Spiro
I Scott Zeink
Dr. David Stagg &
I Stacy Cohen, Photographer
Dr. Suzanne Lagarde
Star Auto Repairs & Tires
*Carpenter Club Members
I In-Kind Donations
Michael Stehney
Peter & Susan S. Stevens
Diane M Stewart
We also thank our
Glenn & Martha Stewart
numerous generous
Maggie Stokes
donors of under $100. Your
Louis & Susan Stone
donations contributed
Structural Graphics, LLC
substantially to our work.
Cheryl Szczarba
Thank you!
Charlotte Tafaro
Lynn Taff
Ms. Joan Tenedine
Kevin Thomas
Habitat’s Volunteers
Liz Tiano
Special thanks to our
Time Out, LLC
regular volunteers whose
ongoing commitment
Brian Tolle
of time and hard work
Tracy Tolson
is the backbone of our
Alexandra Tretter
organization.
Tudor House Furniture Co., Inc.
Henry & Jane Turner
Philip & Barbara Turner
UBS Financial Services Inc.
The 2009 Master
United Way of Milford
Builder Award
Frances S. Vadney
was given to:
John Valeri
The Reverend Eric Fjeldal
Jo Ann Veillette
Rosemarie Paine, Esq
Craig Wachs
Yale-New Haven Hospital
& its Medical Staff
Richard Walser
Robin Walsh
Philip & Susan Walton
Construction Projects In 2009
GREEN BUILDING
37 Union Street
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 785-0794
www.habitatgnh.org
WHO WE ARE
Habitat for Humanity of Greater
New Haven is an affiliate of Habitat
International, an ecumenical Christian
housing ministry based in Americus,
Georgia. Habitat International’s
mission is to eliminate poverty
housing around the world and to
make adequate housing a matter
of conscience and action. Habitat
welcomes to the table partners from
any faith, or no faith, who are willing
to pick up a hammer and help improve
the lives of families in need.
WHAT WE DO
Habitat affiliates build and renovate
houses in partnership with people in
need, and then sell the homes to the
homeowner partners. Homeowners
are selected based on their need for
housing, ability to repay a 25-year, 0%
interest mortgage and willingness
to partner with Habitat. Because of
Habitat’s no-profit loans and because
the houses are principally built with
volunteer labor, mortgage payments
are affordable for low-income families.
2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Debra Watson, President
Barbara Katz, Vice President
Rosemary McGovern, Treasurer
Katie Murphy, Secretary
Richard D’Aquila
Ron Denny
Duo Dickinson
Billie Ladd
Michael Maguire
Tami McGee
Donald Moses
Maricel Ramos-Valcarcel
Roger Saulnier
Howard Smith
Sara Spodick
Louis Stone
2009 STAFF MEMBERS
William Casey, Executive Director
Adam Blasavage,
Construction Manager
Jennifer Rook, Director of
Development & Volunteer Services
Olena Geoghegan, Director of Finance
Ellen McNally, Volunteer Coordinator
Steven Tarasiewicz,
Construction Supervisor
Quinn Sutter, Construction Supervisor
(Habitat for Humanity of Greater New
Haven is an independently incorporated
501(c) (3) non-profit volunteer
organization supported primarily by
donations from the local community.
Our homes, designed by nationally acclaimed
architect and Habitat Board member Duo
Dickinson, are Energy Star-certified. The
energy-saving features include Energy
Star-rated
appliances,
light fixtures
and bulbs;
energy
conserving
windows; water
saving fixtures;
and high
efficiency hot
water heaters
and furnaces.
Habitat
continues to
expand its efforts to create
homes that are environmentally
responsible. Reducing energy
demand also reduces energy
costs, which benefits our families
as well as the planet.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
In 2009, Habitat for Humanity
of Greater New Haven (HfHGNH)
completed and dedicated
four new construction homes
and began work on a fifth in
Hamden, our
second building
project in that
community.
2009 saw the
completion of
our 72nd home
built since our
founding in
1986.
K 15 Wilson
Street, New
Haven, home
of Eliezer
Trinidad, Evelyn Matos and
their three children, was sponsored by YaleNew Haven Hospital and its Medical Staff.
K 23 Wilson Street, New Haven, home of
Pedro Castro, Ginette Quiñones and their
three children, was sponsored by Madison
Cares, one of Habitat’s community-based
house sponsors. It was the fifth Habitat home
sponsored by the group since its founding in
2003.
K 34 Dewitt Street, New Haven, home of
Marisol Morales and her three daughters, was
primarily sponsored by The Annie E. Casey
Foundation. Participants in the Skills for Life
program, a pilot project in partnership with
Youth Continuum, helped to build the house.
K 42 Dewitt Street, New Haven, home of
Pedro Candelario-Cuevas and Arrelis Vazquez
and their three children, was sponsored by
Amity Cares, another community-based
house sponsor. It was the third Habitat project
completed by the group
since 2004.
K 40 Edgecomb Street,
Hamden, home of Robert
Henderson and his
children, was sponsored
by Sleeping Giant Build,
also a regular Habitat
house sponsor. SGB
has built two homes for
Habitat families since
their founding in 2007.
REHAB
Habitat completed one
moderate rehab in 2009.
Because of the foreclosure
crisis, we expect to acquire
more property from the
City of New Haven for
complete gutting and
rehabbing.
K 129 Rosette Street,
New Haven, home of
Shimyka Johnson and
her family
SKILLS FOR LIFE
PROGRAM
In 2009, The Annie
E. Casey Foundation
jointly awarded Habitat
for Humanity of Greater
New Haven and Youth
Continuum a grant for
$150,000 to collaborate
on a two-year pilot
program to provide
construction skills training
and life and workplace
skills for young adults
preparing to transition
from homelessness or
Connecticut’s foster care system to selfsufficiency.
YOUTH CONTINUUM PARTICIPANTS
HELPED BUILD 34 DEWITT STREET
They were involved in all stages of
construction, including framing, sheetrocking,
taping, insulating, siding, painting, tiling
and much more. As the house took shape,
the participants’ growing self-confidence
in their new skills became perceptible. By
dedication time, they had learned to work as
a team with a common goal. Several of the
participants plan to pursue additional training
or apprenticeships in the construction field.