Apartments that serve as a model for the country are sprouting up across Connecticut, and one local non-profit is more than happy to share the design.
Mike DelGuidice is set to take the stage at Simsbury Performing Arts Center on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in a benefit concert supporting Favarh, a local organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Prepare to be enchanted as The Favarh Players, a fully inclusive Theater group featuring people with and without disabilities, take center stage...
Nestled in the heart of Connecticut stands an organization that has been quietly transforming lives for 65 years.
The Arc of the Farmington Valley has received $1.5 million grant to help build a third supportive housing complex that will set aside units for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Project SEARCH, a partnership between The Arc of the Farmington Valley and UConn Health, has meant meaningful work for dozens of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
In the three years since 2020, Lauren and Scott Masson fell in love, married, and moved to a new apartment in Canton. But the couple has yet to perform in "Aladdin Jr.," a play they've been preparing for since pre-pandemic.
CT expanding supportive housing for adults with disabilities - State program offers another option for people with intellectual disabilities
Eighty-percent of the units will be designated as affordable housing under State Statute 8-30g, including 15 units reserved for Favarh clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Marcy speaks with representatives from Favarh, an organization that helps people with disabilities find jobs.
Bloomfield — Charlie Correll’s family didn’t plan on him ever living alone. Correll, 61, has lived in a couple of group homes but needs care that seemed to put independence out of reach. But in August, he moved into his own apartment at Bloomfield’s Lavender Fields, which is offering new supportive housing units for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults.
BLOOMFIELD — The anticipation of move-in day at Lavender Field apartments is on par with the first day in a new college dorm or a young adult’s first apartment. A single orange moving truck idled outside the side door, which was propped open. It’s the first of what will be many moving trucks to pull up to the complex of 38 new apartments.
A public-private partnership between New York-based developer Regan Development and Canton-based nonprofit Favarh has completed two supportive-housing complexes in Canton and Bloomfield for adults with disabilities.
People with disabilities have the courage and determination to achieve their goals in life.
The Friends of Canton Dog Park recently held a vesting ceremony for Favarh work crew, a group that comes to the park twice daily to help with maintenance and safety.
