Housing Services

TVCCA Shelter for the Homeless

Director: Lisa Shippee
Uncas-on-Thames
401 West Thames Street, Unit 201
Norwich, CT 06360-7155
Phone: 860/889-1365 EXT 6545
Fax: 860/885-2738

The TVCCA Shelter provides emergency housing and three meals a day for up to 45 residents at any one time. There is a Client Service Coordinator on staff to assist residents with any concerns, from the search for permanent housing to registering their children in school. Residents are assisted with housing searches, obtaining furniture, enrolling children in Head Start and signing up for WIC. There is a group of Foster Grandparents who visit the shelter each day to provide role models for young mothers and anybody else looking for a bit of advice or a sympathetic ear.

Our primary objective is the provision of food and shelter on a 24 hour-per-day basis. Shelter users primarily come from towns in New London and Windham Counties. Personal health items are provided, as well as necessary clothing, to enable clients to maintain basic personal hygiene. The shelter is completely handicapped accessible.