With the support, collaboration and hard work of those we partner with to fight poverty —

municipal, state and federal government, individual and business donors, other nonprofits, faith communities and foundations —

Access has responded to the increased need of our customers and will continue to do so.

“The core of our work continued to be providing services geared toward helping people meet their everyday basic needs – primarily food and shelter. At the same time, we continued to nurture innovative, successful initiatives that help ensure that people living in poverty find their way to economic stability, and that those who are there do not slip back into poverty.”

-Tammy Miner-Peter DeBiasi

Results That Matter2012-2013

Meeting Basic Human Needs …

…women, infants, and children were provided with nutrition education, and

vouchers to purchase $1,507,162 worth of healthy food to promote their health and

the health of newborns.

29,424

… adults and children received supplemental food equivalent to 103,488 meals.

8,624

8,115

…households were able to stay warm last winter.

…nutritious meals and snacks were provided to 518

low-income children enrolled in 66 licensed home child care

settings.

220,885

…homeless individuals comprised of 187 single adults and 60 families with 101 children were safely housed in our Emergency Shelter.

354

64 families and 15 single chronically homeless individuals were able to maintain permanent housing because of the supportive services we provided. 21 households avoided eviction.

32 families moved from emergency or transitional housing to safe, stable housing.

…one-bedroom affordable apartments were provided for income eligible Seniors.

59

Building Capacity to Accumulate

Income and Assets…

… low income homes reduced heating costs because their homes were made more energy efficient through the Weatherization Assistance Program. Total estimated annual savings was over $266,000.

982

986…low-income homes lowered their

energy costs in partnership with CL&P through the HES-IE program.

…individuals found, and maintained or increased their employment.

79

104…individuals are more financially literate.

…individuals were more prepared to find and retain a job.

53

low-income adults and youth actively participated in a matched savings and financial literacy program.

16

of those…

Adults and…3

9 youth were able to purchase the qualifying asset for which they had saved.

Fostering Positive At-Risk-Youth Development …

divorcing parents of 197 children are better able to help their children deal with the difficulty of

divorce after completing the Parent Education Program.

138

…children or youth were able to remain or be reunited with their

biological parents.

50

…children were able to maintain positive relationships with their non-custodial parents.

74

…adolescents were supported in developing independent living skills at school, work, and volunteering while living in safe, nurturing group homes.

23

14…youth were supported through mentoring to improve their academic, athletic, and/or social skills for school success.

We thank all of our community partners,

our Board of Directors, our volunteers, and our staff.

Your support feeds our passion and fuels our action as we carry out

the community’s commitment to caring for those in need.

Here are just some of the faces of Access …

Third Thursday

Thank You!

Without you …

… our community partners,

… our generous donors,

… our tireless volunteers,

… our committed Board members,

… our dedicated staff, …

…we would not be able to keep our Promise …

The Promise of Community ActionCommunity Action changes people’s lives,

embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities

and makes America a better place to live.

We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people

help themselves and each other

Thank you!