Below are 26 shelters for homeless in Fairfield, CT County.

Shelter for the Homeless has grown into a premier social services and human development agency that both serves and advocates for the homeless in our area. It is the only regional shelter in the four-town area with overnight emergency beds for men and a drop-in day program for men and women

Sick at heart, alone and often suffering the devastating effects of drug use, men and women come to Bridgeport Rescue Mission looking for help, hope and a chance to start their lives over again. They find all three in our New Life Discipleship Program.

Sick at heart, alone and often suffering the devastating effects of drug use, men and women come to Bridgeport Rescue Mission looking for help, hope and a chance to start their lives over again. They find all three in our New Life Discipleship Program.

Women and Children’s Halfway Houses (Norwalk & Waterbury):Providing twelve and twenty-three bed, long term community correctional halfway houses for sentenced female offenders from Niantic Prison and for their children between the ages of zero and five. The program emphasis is on reunification and re-bonding with their children, parenting skills, and self-sufficiency

Men’s Halfway House (Norwalk):A community justice residential program that offers an alternative to incarceration for non-violent offenders. Residents are given counseling, substance abuse counseling and education, assistance locating employment and general assistance getting their lives together. Two meals per day are provided. Residents are monitored for program compliance. Ninety six percent (96%) do not return to the criminal justice system and become positive contributing members to society.

The Urban Model Program offers both transitional and supporting housing opportunities for individuals who are homeless and living with both psychiatric and substance use disorders. The “transitional” housing component of the program operates out of Prospect House shelter. In collaboration with CASA, Urban Model program participants are provided with comprehensive substance abuse assessment and treatment principles of Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Prospect House provides emergency shelter to adults on a daily basis. Prospect House provides comprehensive case management services to meet the varied and complex needs of individuals who are homeless. The case management program at Prospect House includes assessment, transportation, life skills training, individual, group and family work.

The Pacific House mission is to prevent and end homelessness in Fairfield County. We operate an emergency shelter in Stamford, CT, and utilize a housing-first philosophy in an area where affordable housing is scarce. We've developed 14 permanent supportive affordable homes in Stamford and Norwalk, CT, which provides housing for 140 formerly homeless men, women and families. 

LifeWorks Family Program is the only program of its kind in the area providing both emergency and transitional living programs for families for up to two years. Comprised primarily of single mothers with young children, the program also serves single fathers and two-parent families. The program is located at our Center for Children and their Families where the people we serve have access to over a dozen services through other social services agencies located on site. The Family Program is structured similar to dormitory style living with a shared kitchen, bathrooms and living room with private bedrooms.

Women’s Housing Program:LifeWorks Women’s Program is located at 8 Woodland Place on our Woodland Campus in Stamford’s South End. The program provides services to approximately 80 single women a year by providing both emergency and transitional housing as well as access to all Program Services. The Women’s Housing Program is structured as a boarding house with bedrooms upstairs and breakfast and dinner provided in the auditorium of an historic building.

McKinney Stamford provides transitional living (up to two years) and supportive housing for single men and women, and families living with HIV/AIDS who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Participants work through their personalized life plan while they are in the program so they are equipped to move into a home of their own and live independently.

McKinney Stamford provides transitional living (up to two years) and supportive housing for single men and women, and families living with HIV/AIDS who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Participants work through their personalized life plan while they are in the program so they are equipped to move into a home of their own and live independently.

Bread & Roses Georgetown and McKinney Fairfield provide supported housing (with staff support just a phone call away) for families in which one or more members are living with HIV/AIDS.

Huntington House is a psychiatric, residential rehabilitation facilities for men and women living with psychiatric and substance use disorders.   Each program provides residential and rehabilitative services to individuals who meet the requirements of ‘medical necessity’, as required for this level of residential care.  Individuals admitted to the program benefit from skill building in the areas of (1) self-care (2) daily living skills and (3) increasing independent living skills.  The individual and group services provided are based on dignity and respect for each person served.  The program draws heavily on evidence based practices, which are both person centered and strength based.  Iranistan House provides staff supervision 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Iranistan House is a psychiatric, residential rehabilitation facilities for men and women living with psychiatric and substance use disorders.   Each program provides residential and rehabilitative services to individuals who meet the requirements of ‘medical necessity’, as required for this level of residential care.  Individuals admitted to the program benefit from skill building in the areas of (1) self-care (2) daily living skills and (3) increasing independent living skills.  The individual and group services provided are based on dignity and respect for each person served.  The program draws heavily on evidence based practices, which are both person centered and strength based.  Iranistan House provides staff supervision 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Supervised Apartment Program provides residential supervised housing services to individuals who have psychiatric disabilities and are involved in the mental health service system. The program offers case management and community support services that assist and encourage the individual in achieving or regaining the skills necessary to live more independently in the community. Case Managers assist in locating safe, affordable housing and developing a plan of care to achieve independence. They coordinate and facilitate referrals among other community service providers as necessary in order to link the individual with needed support.

The Seaview Apartment Program provides permanent, supportive housing for individuals who are chronically homeless at the time of admission and who are also living with psychiatric disorders, substance use disorders and/or HIV/AIDS.

The Urban Model Program offers both transitional and supporting housing opportunities for individuals who are homeless and living with both psychiatric and substance use disorders. The “transitional” housing component of the program operates out of Prospect House shelter. In collaboration with CASA, Urban Model program participants are provided with comprehensive substance abuse assessment and treatment principles of Motivational Enhancement Therapy.

Prospect House provides emergency shelter to adults on a daily basis. Prospect House provides comprehensive case management services to meet the varied and complex needs of individuals who are homeless. The case management program at Prospect House includes assessment, transportation, life skills training, individual, group and family work.

In June of l996, construction began on The Colony Apartments that opened in May of 1997.  The 29-unit apartment building is designed to provide permanent, affordable supportive housing for individuals with low income as set by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.  Rents are calculated at 30% of gross income rather than fair market rental rates.

The Atlantic Park Apartments began as two separate multi-family buildings that were listed on the National Historic Registry as “contributing” to the South Stamford Historical District.  Suffering from years of abuse and neglect, the plan was to gut, reconfigure, and join the two buildings to create the Atlantic Park Apartments that would consist of 27 furnished studio apartments for single adults.

In 2002, the agency undertook the management of Metcalf House, a property owned by the Unitarian Universalist Society in Stamford.  This property provides 10 single rooms for individual adults who are coming out of homelessness.