Last updated Dec 19, 2023 1 Comment 1

Shelter NOW

Address
43 St. Casimir Dr
Meriden, CT - 06450

Shelter NOW in Meriden 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 families.
Services are directed toward those who do not have safe shelter they are literally homeless. The program is supported by the Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH).

Different categories of residents occupy each floor in the building. There are 26 beds for single males, dormitory-style facilities for 10 single females, eight rooms for family units, and 8 transitional living (TLP) single rooms for women.

Shelter NOW is located at 43 Saint Casimir Drive, Meriden, CT.

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Wallingford Emergency Shelter

Last Updated Ago Added Jul 30, 2014

Wallingford, CT, 06492

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If you have stayed in this shelter, how was your stay?

User Answers

  1. I was at their door last night and they refused to let me in although the nights are below freezing with ice.I got their address from the police in Wallingford. They told me I could come back today to use their phone to call 211. I have valid ID.

    Answer posted on Nov 30, 2021 0

Is this a safe shelter to stay in?

User Answers

  1. Yes

    Answer posted on Jan 19, 2023 0

Do they accept pets at this shelter?

User Answers

  1. No

    Answer posted on Nov 30, 2022 0
  2. No

    Answer posted on Jan 19, 2023 0

Do you have any advice for those wanting to stay at this shelter?

User Answers

  1. Keep your head up and wake up on time, stay to yourself.

    Answer posted on Sep 10, 2023 0

How long can you stay here?

1 Comment

  1. Cam
    Cam
    Nov 30, 2021Reply
    They turned me away last night, but told me I could come back today to use their phone. Apparently freezing weather, no sleeping bag, valid I.D. and getting their address from the Wallingford police doesn't count as an emergency.

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