Links & Contact

Blake Field Drop-In Center- Consider volunteering your time, money, or old clothing to help homeless populations access showers, hot food, access to social services/housing, hygiene products, and clothing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Black and brown folks are disproportionately affected by economic inequality, homelessness, reduced access to healthcare, and risk for COVID-19.  They also have an Amazon wishlist for needed supplies.

New Haven Sunrise Cafe- New Haven's own free breakfast cafe distributing free breakfast to homeless/food insecure residents.

Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK)- another organization providing free food to homeless and food-insecure New Haven residents.

CT Bail Fund- an organization dedicated to "reduce the direct harms caused by criminalization, incarceration, and deportation while building power among the people and families in our community who are most impacted by these systems."

VITA tax initiative- to help low-income residents get their tax refund. The student-run chapter at Yale operates out of the New Haven public library during the first quarter of the year. After training and obtaining official IRS certification, members handle the tax filing for residents, all the way from the W2 slips and family information to optimizing their refund, thereby getting more money back in people’s hands.

Dwight Hall- the Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale. This is an independent, nonsectarian umbrella organization, and the largest campus-based student-run service organization in the country. They unite over 90 student-run member groups that engage 3,500 students each year in service and social justice activities. Many accept non-student volunteers from the Yale community as well.