Programs & Services

Transitional Services

 

Program for Internships, Vocational Opportunities and Training (PIVOT)

PIVOT is one of CCA’s newest programs.  It is designed to provide people of low income (in particular, people living in our Hillside Family Shelter or participating in our Stepping Stone Transitional Housing  Program) with preparation / training, paid internships with area businesses and ultimately, good jobs that pay living wages and offer opportunities for advancement and growth.  Since it was created in late 2004, PIVOT has been able to help more than 100 persons in their efforts to become self sufficient.

 

PIVOT is based on research that showed that many of the people CCA serves have vocational skills and some actual work experience which, with help, could be developed  so that they could become independent and self supporting.  This is what PIVOT seeks to do.

 

Employers interested in becoming a part of PIVOT should contact us at (203)777.7848 or by e-mail at cca@ccahelping.org. 

 

Stepping Stone Transitional Housing Program

Stepping Stone is a comprehensive transitional housing program, accommodating 18 families in a single site housing complex. Residents may stay for up to 24 months in an apartment that fits their family size. Families throughout the Greater New Haven, Connecticut area who are homeless or at risk of homelessness are eligible for the Stepping Stone program. This includes two parent, one parent, male or female headed households. 

 

The goal of the program is to offer families case management services in a safe, supportive environment that will foster the growth and increase the self-sufficiency of each family member.

 

While at Stepping Stone, family move through phases of increased commitments, responsibility and self-sufficiency. Each resident works with a case manager to develop a comprehensive, Family Service Plan. The Family Service Plan will be the road map to ensure resident’s success as they  focus on individual and family goals. Throughout their time living at Stepping Stone, residents take part in many supportive services offered to them. These promote personal responsibility, commitment and increased autonomy in the decision-making process.

 

Such services are:

o        Job oriented life skill training

o        Parenting education

o        Income/budget training

o        Computer training

o        Self actualization workshops\

o        Childcare for workshops

o        After school programs

o        Family activiities

 

For more information on this program, contact Judith Rich at (203) 777-7167 or jrich@ccahelping.org