Branching Out
2020 ACT Annual Report
Advancing CT Together
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Welcome to ACT's 2020 Annual Report. This past year included many changes to our organization, including the creation of Advancing CT Together as parent company to AIDS Connecticut, The CT Association for Human Services, and The Connecticut Center for Harm Reduction. Upon completion of the creation of Advancing Connecticut Together, the board of directors and I immediately focused our attention on our continuing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).
Please scroll down to review the outcomes we achieved in each of our divisions for 2020.
AIDS Connecticut
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Despite difficult circumstances due to COVID-19, AIDS Connecticut continued to provide care services including medical case management, housing support, medical nutrition therapy, and psychosocial support for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Hartford community. Statewide services included financial assistance, rapid re-housing fiduciary services, quality assurance & technical assistance, training for service providers, and systems integration.
| Program: | # Served |
| Care Services | 0 |
| Case Management Training Institute | 0 |
Sonia's Story
Sonia became involved with ACT at a very difficult time in her life when faced with an interpersonal violence situation, substance use, mental health struggles, and homelessness. She entered a Ryan White-funded emergency housing program. ACT staff "collaborated for greater impact" with the her community case manager to coordinate a homelessness assessment as well as a HOPWA application and representative-payee services. Using this multidisciplinary approach, we were able to "make measurable progress" as the client was housed with a transitional housing program and subsequently, Sonia was placed in an independent apartment where she now lives. She has obtained mental health support, discontinued using substances, and according to her case manager is the healthiest she has been in years. This is just one story of how working collaboratively with the community, housing organizations, and using internal resources helps us "lead through innovation" in the HIV community.
CT Association for Human Services
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CAHS programs thrived in 2020, helping hundreds of people move closer to reaching their financial goals. Our Bank On, CT Money School, Financial Coaching, New Haven Financial Empowerment Center, and VITA programs continued to provide vital support to individuals and families throughout the state. We also added a new program, Hartford Financial Navigators, designed to help people manage the financial impact of COVID-19 through one-on-one telephone assistance.
| Program: | # Served |
| CT Money School | 0 |
| Financial Empowerment Center | 0 |
| Volunteer Income Tax Assistance | 0 |
CAHS Statement of Activities
| Grants | $188,140 |
| Contributions | 961,215 |
| Investment/Interest Income | 4,443 |
| Miscellaneous income | 21,660 |
| Net assets released from restrictions | 166,191 |
| Total Support and Revenue | 1,341,649 |
| CAHS Program | 1,060,845 |
| Early Childhood Development | 167,662 |
| Keep the Promise | 49,654 |
| Advocacy | 13,910 |
| Management and general | 222,081 |
| Fundraising | 6,001 |
| Total Expenses | 1,520,153 |
| Without donor restrictions | (178,504) |
| With donor restrictions | 19,560 |
| Change in net assets | (158,944) |
| Net assets, beginning of year | 858,509 |
| Net assets, end of year | 699,565 |
CT Center for Harm Reduction
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2020 provided many challenges for our harm reduction services. Staff worked tirelessly to make sure our clients' needs were met while adhering to pandemic-related restrictions. Syringe services continued to be provided in Hartford, Middletown, and New Britain. We added at-home testing to our sexual health services and virtual training on overdose prevention. The Connecticut Community Distribution Center Program (CCDCP) continued to provide safer sex educational materials and prophylactics to communities statewide.
| Program: | # Served |
| Prevention & Testing | 0 |
| Syringe Services | 0 |
| OD Kits Distributed | 0 |
ACT Financials
2020 Financial StatementsDevelopment
In 2020, our events, appeals, and community campaigns generated over $140,000 to support our mission. We sincerely thank all of our corporate and community sponsors, in-kind donors, event attendees, volunteers, and everyone else who gave from their hearts to support ACT.
| Event: | Net Profit |
| Red Carpet Experience | $0 |
| Art for AIDS | $0 |
| AIDS Walk | $0 |
ACT Statement of Activities
| Grants | $8,324,386 |
| Contributions | 207,688 |
| Investment/Interest Income | 3,870 |
| Unrealized gains on investments | 15,496 |
| Miscellaneous income | 47,085 |
| Net assets released from restrictions | 20,150 |
| Total Support and Revenue | $8,618,675 |
| HIV Services | 2,179,599 |
| Financial assistance and training | 5,736,023 |
| Advocacy | 15,750 |
| Management and general | 451,397 |
| Fundraising | 64,532 |
| Total Expenses | 8,447,301 |
| Without donor restrictions | 171,374 |
| With donor restrictions | 7,679 |
| Change in net assets | 179,053 |
| Net assets, beginning of year | 1,444,939 |
| Net assets, end of year | 1,623,992 |