The Reaching Home Steering Committee is a broad-based coalition working across systems as well as sectors, such as health, education, job training, and food insecurity. The Reaching Home Steering Committee is the body through which consensus will be reached on policy changes. It will provide support in developing the necessary coalitions at the local, regional and state levels to further the agenda to end homelessness.
Bruce Alexander
Yale University
Evelyn Barnum
Community Health Center Association of CT
Ellen Blaschinski
CT State Deptartment of Public Health
Monica Brase
City of Hartford Public Schools
Commissioner Roderick Bremby
CT State Department of Social Services
Lydia Brewster
St. Vincent De Paul-Middletown
Rabbi Brockman
Mishkan Israel
Sharon Castelli
Chrysalis Center
Andrew Clark
Central CT State University
Carmen Colon
Alpha Home/Shore Area CDC
Paula Crombie
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Betsy Crum
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Kim McLaughlin
Alison Cunningham
Columbus House, Inc.
Anne Carr
Kellyann Day
New Haven Home Recovery, Inc.
Karen Du-Bois Walton
New Haven Housing Authority
Julie Fagan
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, CT Field Office
Jim Finley
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
Anne Foley
CT State Office of Policy and Management
Sarah Gallagher
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Deputy Commissioner Janice Gruendel
CT State Department of Children and Families
Kim Somaroo-Rodriguez
Rosanne Haggerty
Community Solutions
Peter Hance
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Aimee Hendrigan
Melville Charitable Trust
Thomas Hyland
Thames River Family Program
Karen Jarmoc
Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Dara Kovel
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
Shawn Lang
Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition
Mike Lawlor
CT State Office of Policy and Management
Commissioner Glenn Marshall
CT State Department of Labor
Mark Masseli
Community Health Center Inc.
Kate Mattias
National Alliance on Mental Illness, CT
Preston Maynard
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs CT Healthcare System
Joe McGee
Business Council of Fairfield County
Larry McHugh
Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce
Yvette Melendez
Hartford Hospital
Executive Vice President Michael Meotti
CT Board of Regents for Higher Education
John Merz
Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition
Matt Morgan
Journey Home
Seila Mosquera-Bruno
NeighborWorks New Horizons
Susan Murphy
Liberty Bank Foundation
Mark Nolan
Non Profit Rental Housing Corporation
Peter Nucci
The Connection, Inc.
Beth Hogan
Nancy O'Brien
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
Diane Paige-Blondet
My Sisters' Place
Michael Peloso
CT Court Support Services Division
Rick Porth
United Way of Connecticut
Dr. Alice Pritchard
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
Commissioner Stefan Pryor
CT State Department of Education
John Rathgeber
Connecticut Business and Industry Association
Commissioner Patricia Rehmer
CT State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Steve DiLella
Barbara Geller
David Rich
supportive housing WORKS
Howard Rifkin
Partnership For Strong Communities
John Rowland
Hartford Housing Authority
Mayor Pedro Segarra
City Of Hartford
Jason Shaplen
St. Luke's LifeWorks
Commissioner Catherine Smith
CT State Department of Economic and Community Development
Vincent Tufo
Charter Oak Communities
Alfreda Turner
Charter Oak Health Centers
Jan Van Tassel
Connecticut Legal Rights Project
Stacey Violante Cote
Center for Children's Advocacy
Carol Walter
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
Lisa Sementilli
Mollye Wolahan
Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development
Alicia Woodsby
Partnership for Strong Communities
Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman
State of Connecticut
Cathy Zall
New London Homeless Hospitality Center
A small Coordinating Committee of key partners will help to coordinate the Reaching Home effort, provide guidance to work groups, and support the Steering Committee.
Alison Cunningham, Steering Committee Chair
Columbus House, Inc.
Betsy Crum, Affordable and Supportive Housing Working Group Chair,
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Sarah Gallagher, Health and Housing Stability Working Group Chair
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Dr. Alice Pritchard, Economic Security Working Group Chair
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
Carol Walter, Retooling the Crisis Response System Working Group Chair,
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
Anne Foley
CT State Office of Policy and Management
Aimee Hendrigan
Melville Charitable Trust
Kate Mattias
National Alliance on Mental Illness, CT
John Merz
Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition
Preston Maynard
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs CT Healthcare System
Howard Rifkin
Partnership For Strong Communities
Alicia Woodsby
Partnership for Strong Communities