About Us
Our mission is to partner with community-based organizations across Connecticut to empower individuals in need to improve their lives.
By leveraging the potential of direct cash assistance and strategic collaborations, we efficiently address immediate crises and systemic injustices.
4-CT provides direct cash assistance to people who are experiencing a crisis or struggling to cover basic needs — like food, transportation, and housing.
Recipients, often survivors of violence, refugees, or people reentering their communities after incarceration, can use the funds however they deem appropriate and move forward on their own terms.
Because 4-CT is nimble, we can quickly establish and adjust partnerships with community organizations, hospitals, and state and local governments to reach people who need support at the moment they need it.
We partner with community-based organizations that share our enthusiasm for no-strings-attached cash assistance that places trust and autonomy in the hands of the recipient. These organizations, deeply embedded and trusted in their communities, are able to thoughtfully identify individuals who could benefit from cash assistance.
4-CT is an independent 501(c) organization
Our Objectives
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Give individuals the agency to make their own decisions and improve their own lives. No strings attached.
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Enhance the nonprofit sector’s ability to serve their communities when and how they need.
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Experimenting with direct cash aid programs to better support our most vulnerable populations.
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Leveraging the statewide network — including other organizations, health centers, philanthropists, and government officials — for collaboration, resource sharing, education, and advocacy.
Our Partners
