Funds will be used for facilities upgrades at 48 Howe Street, New Haven, and upgrades to telephone and IT systems at agency locations throughout the state.

The State of Connecticut has awarded The Connection $908,851 in funding from the Governor’s Nonprofit Grant Program. These funds will be used to support upgrades to The Connection’s 48 Howe Street, New Haven, property and to upgrade telephone and Information Technology systems at agency program and administrative sites throughout the state.

The five-floor, 90,000-square-foot 48 Howe Street property, built in 1929 by the YWCA, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to eight Connection programs that provide transitional housing and case management services to hundreds of adults and 20 children each year. The $460,391 Howe Street renovations project will allow the agency to install 11 commercial grade stainless steel showers to replace current showers and tubs and restore 173 individual window sections that are original to the building. Installation of water-tight energy efficient screened replacements will improve air quality and reduce utility costs by at least 20 percent.