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ST VINCENT DEPAUL PLACE MIDDLETOWN INC

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut

St. Vincent de Paul Middletown (SVDM) founded in 1980. SVDM's mission is "to provide food, shelter and basic human services to poor and homeless individuals regardless of race, creed, natural origin, criminal history or recidivism." We are basically a four-pronged mission. Our Soup Kitchen serves about 85,000 meals annually. Our Community Assistance Program connects 500 people to community support services and emergency funds. People can apply for assistance that may include security deposits, rental assistance, clothing, transportation and identification. Amazing Grace Food Pantry currently provides groceries to about 1,000 families . Our backpack program supplies weekend meals to 975 students at the city's public elementary schools, middle school and high school. Our Supportive Housing Program allows 128 formerly, chronically homeless people with disabilities and addiction to live successfully in their own apartments.

In 1980, two Sisters of Mercy, Sister Carol Beaudoin, RSM and Sister Patricia McKeon, RSM were concerned that during the downsizing of the Connecticut Valley Hospital many discharged people with mental illness were becoming homeless. With the help of the Diocese, St. Vincent de Paul Place was opened at 617 Main Street, Middletown, offering shelter, food and access to community services. SVDM's mission then and now is "to provide food, shelter and basic human services to poor and homeless ... Read More

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