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New Canaan subcommittee reviews focus-group findings, plans outreach and resource hub work
Summary
The New Canaan Human Services Commission subcommittee reviewed focus-group findings highlighting gaps in affordable, senior-friendly housing and behavioral-health supports, discussed leveraging a $50,000 Laurel House grant, and agreed to draft recommendations to present to the Behavioral Health Alliance.
John Knight, chair of the New Canaan Human Services Commission subcommittee, opened the meeting by summarizing focus-group findings that residents face “a lack of sufficient affordable senior friendly close to downtown housing,” that “social connection matters greatly,” and that mental health and well‑being are recurring concerns.
The subcommittee discussed recent philanthropy and local programs that could address those gaps. Knight described two Community Foundation requests for proposals and said one awarded a $50,000 systems‑level grant to Laurel House to support creation of a Lower Fairfield County Behavioral Health Network intended to improve care coordination and serve as a community resource…
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