Stamford, CT – Laurel House was recently awarded a two-year Mobile Employment Services grant of $100,000 a year by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). The funding will be used to provide onsite employment services to individuals in recovery from opioid use disorders, living in recovery homes, halfway houses, and supported recovery […]
Stamford Advocate By: Erin Kayata January 21, 2019 STAMFORD, CT – Laurel House, Inc. was recently awarded a $2,000 grant from St. Francis Episcopal Church of Stamford, CT. St. Francis Episcopal Church’s outreach committee distributes more than $25,000 per year to organizations that help the most vulnerable members of society. The grant will be used to […]
Westfaironline.com By: Phil Hall January 7, 2019 STAMFORD, CT – In one of his last acts as governor, Dannel Malloy has allocated approximately $30.8 million in state grants to 92 nonprofit organizations to help cover costs related to one-time internal infrastructure improvements. The funding comes from the state’s Nonprofit Grant Program, which was created by Malloy […]
Connecticutplus.com By First County Bank Foundation November 17, 2018 STAMFORD, CT – First County Bank Foundation is pleased to announce that it recently awarded Stamford-based nonprofit groups a total of $310,750 in grants to support these organizations with their mission to provide needed services in our local communities. First County Bank Foundation has awarded individual […]
Darien News September 30, 2018 Laurel House, Inc. was awarded a grant of $14,000 by The Community Fund of Darien at the fund’s annual Grant Awards Breakfast held at the Darien Community Association in July. The Community Fund of Darien is an independent, results-oriented, volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that addresses health and human services needs in […]
Stamford Advocate September 7, 2018 On May 23, Laurel House Inc. was awarded a grant of $9,000 by the New Canaan Community Foundation at the foundation’s annual Grant Awards Coffee at the New Canaan Library. The grant will be used to help fund rtor.org’s Young Adult Resource Manager. The website is a privately funded, […]
Stamford Advocate September 5, 2018 By Erin Kayata STAMFORD — Laurel House, a Stamford-based nonprofit providing resources for people living with mental illness, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant by the Stamford Rotary Trust fund.The grant will be used to help fund www.rtor.org, a privately funded free online service meant to help families and individuals affected […]
Stamford Advocate Saturday June 16, 2018
The Herald Dispatch May 28, 2018 On the outside, you may not know someone is struggling with a mental health issue. Most of us mask our problems under comfortable facades. We’re quick to bottle our emotions, please others over ourselves and perpetuate the stigma. We don’t allow the world to see us for who we […]
Greenwich Time By Alma Rutgers April 9, 2018 The NRA uses mental illness as an excuse for mass shootings. It’s mental illness, not guns — especially not semi-automatic weapons such as the AR-15 rifle — that’s responsible for these killings, they say. “So far it’s been a good strategy,” Greenwich Commissioner of Human Services Alan […]
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