The on-site Distribution Center is a central part of Urban Alliance's outreach efforts. For over six years, in collaboration with World Vision, the Distribution Center has hosted the Teacher Resource Center (TRC), which has supported the academic success of thousands of students in the Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, and New Britain school districts
As we look forward to welcoming the fall season, UA is taking the time to celebrate three network partners that leveraged a community gardening toolkit to enhance their programming over the summer. UA’s community gardening toolkits are customized to the needs and goals of each program that receives one
International Gospel Fellowship will be offering a series of mental health workshops for their church and the Greater Hartford community. Urban Alliance is able to support these workshops with consultation, grant support, printed mental health resources and donated supplies. These workshops provide a valuable resource that will offer information, skills and connections to community programming that can help people who are struggling.
With stress at an all-time high, many people are battling burnout, a state of emotional, mental, physical, and often spiritual exhaustion brought on by prolonged stress. That’s why UA recently hosted a learning community meeting on practicing self-care and establishing healthy rhythms. Participants walked away with resources and information to help them protect their priorities, establish healthy boundaries, and make time for intentional rest.
Free Resource! Urban Alliance uses their 5-C Framework to strengthen nearly 120 programs in five distinct areas– one of which is Christian Witness. UA invited program leaders to participate in a training, “Pray Without Ceasing: Interceding for the People You Serve”, to help them strengthen their efforts in offering prayer to people served and the community-at-large.
Special Touch Ministry has made it their mission to respond to this question by helping those with special needs hear the good news of Jesus Christ, read Bible stories, and explore their faith – with the support of a Christian witness grant from Urban Alliance.
Unity and relationship in the body of Christ have been long-standing values of Urban Alliance. These values are expressed through the ongoing convening of leaders, which has occurred consistently over the last decade. UA has had the opportunity to engage with two local collaborative prayer movements, CT Prays and ARISE.
The UA Community Outreach Toolkit is a resource for UA Network partners that contains a CT services resource guide, flyers about the Summer Meals Program, tracts about God’s love, individually wrapped face masks to help programs reach out to their communities.
Over the last few years, a group of pastors and community leaders have worked collaboratively to develop an opportunity for churches to support returning citizens. Churches across the state are invited to become Second Chance Churches!
Urban Alliance recently offered the training, “Grant Writing Basics: Drafting a Strong Proposal, Securing Funds” and developed printed materials to support people through the grant writing process.
