Our Mission

The purpose of the corporation is to promote effective community responses to the housing and emergency shelter needs of low and middle income groups in the City of Bristol. This is accomplished through social planning, advocacy, negotiations, and action involving those bodies capable of addressing housing and emergency shelter needs and those groups or individuals in need of housing and emergency shelter. The purpose is also to provide housing for the homeless and to operate such housing as well as provide auxiliary services to aid the homeless to acquire housing and help them to improve their lives.

Contact Information

Bristol Homeless Shelter                                   (860) 589-0702
Women with Children Transitional Center           (860) 585-9673
Elms for Men Transitional Center                        (860) 583-8318

Office Telephone

(860) 589-9098

FAX (860) 589-4970

Postal address

P.O. Box 1922, Bristol, CT USA

Electronic mail

General Information: bksvdp@comcast.net
Executive Director: Phillip J. Lysiak
Director of Operations:  Wayne Hennessey

Program Supervisor: Paul Goodfield
Admin Assistant: Linda Kerr

Send mail to bksvdp@comast.net with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 05/13/07