Christian Community Action Inc

Specialties

Our mission is to provide «Help, Housing and Hope» to families that are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. We operate a 17-​apartment emergency shelter where families stay an average of 60 – 90 days, an 18-​apartment transitional housing complex where families can stay for up to two years while working on the issues that caused their homelessness, a food pantry that serves an average 700 people month and advocacy and educational groups and programs, design to teach people who are poor leadership skills and the tools they need to influence public policy.

History

Established in 1967.

Started by a group of progressive Catholics and Protestants, CCA initially focused on providing short-​term emergency housing to families that were homeless. Over the years, the mission has expanded to working with families, via education, workforce preparation and other services, in their own efforts to regain and maintain their independence. Our food pantry opened in the early 1970s, followed by Stepping Stone Transitional Housing Program in 1998. We are now working to develop a new program, called ARISE, which which, in collaboration with other agencies, will help famililes, formerly homeless, from becoming homeless once again.

Meet the Business Owner

Rev. Bonita Grubbs G.

Business Owner

Rev. Bonita Grubbs has been Executive Director of Christian Community Action since 1988.

She has served as a board member of the Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, The Hospital of Saint Raphael, Connecticut Voices for Children, the Connecticut Housing Coalition, Dwight Hall at Yale University, Mercy Center in Madison, Quinnipiac Bank and Trust and the CT Center for School Change.

She has been president of the CT Coalition to End Homelessness and Co-​chair, Steering Committee of New Haven’s Fighting Back Project.

Rev. Grubbs is a graduate of Smith College and holds a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Public Health. from Yale She is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church.