Emergency Shelter Services

Meriden-based Shelter Now offers multiple forms of emergency shelter on site. Managed by New Opportunities, this location provides refuge for three categories of homeless people: single men, single women and women with children.

Services are directed toward those who would be otherwise be either out on the street or forced to live in at-risk environments such as a home where there is domestic violence. The program is supported by the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) who counsel and make help available to these residents in various ways.

Different categories of residents occupy different floors in the structure. Currently there are 26 beds for single males; dormitory-style facilities for 12 single females; and eight rooms to house eight different mothers with their children.

Shelter Now is located at 43 Saint Casimir Drive, Meriden, CT. For more information, call Shelter Now at (203) 634-1734 or email Info [at] NewOpportunitiesInc [dot] org.