Our Partners

We support our partner agencies that receive funding through our grant-making process so they can continue providing comprehensive and coordinated services to reach those who need our support.

Beat the Street Community Center

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Haven (Formerly Ulbrich Boys & Girls Club)

Boys and Girls Club of Meriden

Community Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut

Girls Incorporated of Meriden

Kuhn Employment Opportunities

Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven

Master’s Manna

Meriden YMCA

New Opportunities of Greater Meriden

Senior Transportation Services Inc.

Salvation Army – Meriden

Spanish Community of Wallingford

TriCircle

Wallingford Family YMCA

Women and Families Center

Allocation FY 22-23 Breakdown

Community Partners

We support our community partners through in-kind support and volunteering to create an even greater impact across our communities.

United Way of CT 2-1-1
American Job Center
Coalition For a Better Wallingford
Columbus House/Wallingford Emergency Shelter
Community Health Center of Meriden
Fresh Start
GLOW Food Ministries
Hartford Healthcare
Meriden Adult Education

Meriden Soup Kitchen
Meriden-Wallingford Summer Campership Fund
Midstate Chamber of Commerce
Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce
Rushford Center
Shelter NOW
Wallingford Adult Education
WPAA
Workforce Alliance

EFSP Emergency Food and Shelter Program

United Way of Meriden & Wallingford coordinates the federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) locally and directed $52,663 to local agencies. This funding plays an important role in meeting the most basic and emergency needs for food and shelter for individuals and families. Last year hundreds of people were helped, and a number of them were able to improve their lives as a result of the timely support they received. Emergency Food and Shelter Program recipient agencies are: