The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries is an interfaith service that provides food and fellowship to those in need and educates our community on hunger and poverty.211 Connecticut: https://www.211ct.org/
UniteCT Rental Assistance Program:
The goal of UniteCT is to help stabilize Connecticut’s Rental Housing Market. This program will provide rental and utility payment assistance to qualified CT households financially impacted by COVID 19. Launch date Monday, March 15th – Please help your neighbors know about this important new program.
Download flyers here: English; Portuguese; Spanish; UniteCT Overview
Programs That Help People in Connecticut - 2012-2014 edition (Connecticut Light & Power)download here.
Meal Planning Assistance:
https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/nutrition-education/snap-ed-recipes
Ideas for cooking vegetables: Download here.
How to Eat on $4.00 a Day
http://www.leannebrown.ca/cookbooks/
Estuary Council of Seniors- Meals on Wheels
220 Main St,
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
(860)388-1611
ALICE information (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed)
Meet Alice
https://alice.ctunitedway.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-ALICE-Executive-Summary-10-28-18.pdf
Alice: A Study of Financial Hardship in Connecticut
https://alice.ctunitedway.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CT-United-Ways-2018-ALICE-Report-8.13.18_Hires.pdf
Food Safety Links:
Food Allergy Network: www.foodallergy.org
(This site provides common food allergy information, educational materials, and research information.)
Food Essentials: ultimatefoodessentials.com
(A food ingredient database that shows allergens, additives, and ingredients.)
Food Handler Inc.: www.foodhandler.com/
(Offers free downloads including useful temperature charts, a newsletter, and flash demos of basic food safety training and monitoring programs.)
Food Management: www.food-management.com/
(Provides easy to locate recipes, searchable material, an electronic newsletter, article archives, and upcoming events.)
Hand Washing for Life: www.handwashingforlife.com
(A wealth of information on the many elements of clean hands focused on the food industry including a variety of training tools.)
The Partnership for Food Safety Education: www.fightbac.org
(Provides food safety information on how to prevent spoilage and contamination of food products.)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov
(Information regarding public health, food safety, food supply, inspection, news, and special interests.)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): supplemental food nutrition program
1-866-974-SNAP (7627)
AARP is trying to spread the word that food aid is available for many people in need.
AARP Connecticut website:
Online Information on Key Low-Income Benefit Programs Available.
What States Provide Online With Respect to SNAP, TANF, Child Care Assistance, Medicaid, CHIP, and General Assistance
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1414
An SSKP tri-fold brochure for reference with important information regarding how to help, how to volunteer, how to make donations, meal sites and grocery distribution sites, resource information, and self-sufficiency facts - download here.
The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries is committed to ending hunger. In addition to visiting our pantries and meal sites, these resources may help.
To Our Connecticut Representatives: download here.
Connecticut State Assistance
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps)
CT Department of Social Services
CHAP: Winter Heating Assistance
HUSKY: Healthcare for Uninsured Children
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Care4Kids: Child Care Assistance
Rental Assistance Program (RAP)
New Haven Food Assistance English 2021
New Haven Food Assistance ESP 2021
New London County 2021 Site List Update
Faith Communities
First Church of Christ, Congregational, Clinton
United Church of Chester
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester
United Methodist Church, Clinton
First Congregational Church, Deep River
The First Baptist Church in Essex
St. John's Episcopal Church, Essex
Trinity Lutheran Church, Centerbrook
St John's Catholic Church Old Saybrook
Grace Episcopal Church, Old Saybrook
First Church of Christ in Saybrook (Congregational)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Niantic
Westbrook Congregational Church
First Congregational Church of Old Lyme
St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church, Westbrook
Gardens
Towns
Regional Statistics / Information
Regional Statistics/Information Connecticut Census
CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency
CT State Government
State Government Connecticut General Assembly
Governor's Office: - 860-566-4840