Always Home Receives Major Grant to Prevent Family Homelessness

Always Home Board of Directors and staff are thrilled to share that the Nordson Corporation Foundation has awarded the nonprofit a generous grant of $30,000 in support of its mission ‘Preventing Family Homelessness’. Always Home is one of nine grant recipients in the State of Connecticut who received grants totaling $225,000.

"We are deeply grateful to Nordson Corporation for their meaningful support and commitment to the community during these challenging times,” said Tricia Cunningham, Always Home’s Executive Director. “This generous grant strengthens our capacity to help families overcome a period of housing insecurity and build better housing stability. By  doing so, we can reduce the number of children experiencing the trauma of evictions, homelessness or time spent in emergency shelter.”

“Since 1998, Always Home has focused on keeping families with minor children housed in Eastern Connecticut, providing stability and resiliency for so many in need. This grant is a well-deserved recognition of their dedication and contributions to our local community. Congratulations from Nordson EFD. We look forward to seeing what next-level accomplishments this organization can achieve with our support,” stated Francheska Cordero-Vera, HR Business partner at Nordson EFD.

Always Home is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit social service agency dedicated to addressing the emergency housing needs of Eastern Connecticut's low-income families. As the only nonprofit in the region providing emergency housing support specifically for families with minor children, Always Home places the welfare of each child at the heart of their mission. Their programs are specialized and focus on providing targeted, timely assistance to help families navigate their immediate crisis and regain housing stability. The agency is also a designated Family HUB for the 211/Homelessness Response System in Eastern Connecticut, providing services to New London County and Windham County families who are homeless or within 14 days of homelessness. In the past fiscal year, Always Home responded to 479 families in housing crisis (1,597 family members including 894 children under the age of 18).

Nordson EFD works in collaboration with the Nordson Corporation Foundation to support non-profit organizations offering programs that improve quality of life and build workforce skills in U.S. regions where Nordson has a strong community presence. Nordson EFD’s engineered fluid dispensing systems are manufactured at its facilities in Norwich, CT and its headquarters in East Providence, RI. Nordson EFD technologies are utilized for precision assembly production of a wide range of products from medical devices to electronics. The company partners with Fortune 500 companies and start-ups to solve evolving assembly challenges with their specialized fluid process expertise and broad range of dispensing technologies.