Service Projects

service projects

no closed doors

a walk-in case-management agency assisting clients with employment, housing, and public benefits

brings leftover bread products from dining halls to nearby halfway houses

hunger heroes

the undergraduate branch of new haven’s downtown evening soup kitchen

the yale hunger and homelessness action project

redirects leftover hot food from yale’s dining halls to local soup kitchens

a weekly drop-in center providing food and company for the homeless

service projects

our nine service projects strike at different aspects of homelessness, and allow students to interact one-on-one with the homeless community in new haven. click on a project to learn more.

other

“Toad’s, YHHAP Fight Homelessness,” Yale Daily News, 29 October 2009.

“YHHAP Plans to Fundraise by Scaling Mr. Kiliminjaro,” Yale Daily News, 20 April 2004.

“Climb Raises Funds for Homeless,” Yale Daily News, 28 January 2005.

“Homeless Speak Out on ‘True Life’ Panel, Yale Daily News, 19 April 2006.

runs a weekly soup kitchen during the summer in new haven, when other yhhap projects are not in session

wlssk

unity house

elm city echo

publishes a newspaper written and produced by new haven’s homeless and near-homeless population

provides free tax preparation services to low-income residents of new haven

bred

yale vita project

pep

tutors inmates at local prisons, helping them earn their GEDs or explore creative outlets

kitchen to kitchen

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YHHAP

P.O. Box 209008

New Haven, CT 06520

yhhapcoordinators@gmail.com

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