2022 IMPACT FFC GRANTEES
New Reach
Grant Awarded: $100,000 Impact FFC Core Mission Grant
Bridgeport, CT
Mission: Inspire lasting independence for all people affected by homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing and support using the most innovative, progressive, equitable, and inclusive methods. Serving over 3,700 individuals annually via an integrated housing and service approach in New Haven and Fairfield counties, New Reach strives to make homelessness rare, brief, and one-time utilizing best practices in eviction prevention, crisis services, and a wide spectrum of housing.
Project Funded: New Reach will expand its eviction prevention services in the City of Bridgeport by hiring an additional case worker. By combining high-quality social work with leveraged legal services, New Reach expects to serve annually up to 25 additional households, which typically consist of single women of color with two or three children living in low-income housing. These families will avert eviction, obtain legal representation, gain access to entitled benefits, and receive necessary healthcare.
nOURish BRIDGEPORT
Grant Awarded: $100,000 Impact FFC Core Mission Grant
Bridgeport, CT
Mission: Reduce food insecurity in the City of Bridgeport by providing access to affordable, healthy food options in a city known as being a “Food Desert.” nOURish operates a Food Pantry serving 350 families each week, a Domestic Violence Food Pantry serving 200 survivors every year, a Hot Meal Program serving 250 people weekly, a Baby Center providing formula, diapers and food to 75 babies per week, and an ESL program offering over 50 families English, Citizenship and Financial Literacy instruction.
Project Funded: nOURish will expand its Indoor Hydroponic Urban Farm, currently a pilot project, located in a 5,000 ft² warehouse. With the purchase of ten growing rigs and three farm rigs, nOURish will have the ability to grow the equivalent of six acres of fresh vegetables continuously throughout the year. The produce will be distributed to 30 local food pantries and eight farmers markets via a new refrigerated truck. This indoor farm is an important step in combatting food insecurity and hunger across the City of Bridgeport.
