The Circle of Caring campaign was launched in 2013 to generate funds for the Abilis Community Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to the charitable and educational purposes of helping people with developmental disabilities who work and live in lower Fairfield County. The Abilis Community Foundation provides funding to Abilis, Inc. and a limited number of select non-profit partners through a grant process.
July 26, 2017 | Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — Staff and supporters of a Greenwich-based social service agency that helps people with developmental disabilities spent the first of six state-mandated furlough days rallying against state budget cuts. Some 200 people connected with Abilis swarmed Town Hall Wednesday morning to criticize a budget impasse that has temporarily cut 10 percent of the nonprofit’s operating expenses for its day and residential programs until a state spending plan is reached. The loss of what agency officials said was between $400,000 and $500,000 has forced Abilis — and many other of the state’s social service agencies — to close down for six days to stay within their spending limits.
July 19, 2017 | Greenwich Free Press
June 26, 2017 | Greenwich Time
GREENWICH — The state has earmarked more than $360,000 for two Greenwich non-profit agencies to assist with one-time infrastructure improvements to upgrade efficiency and effectiveness.
The funding is part of $15.1 million in grants that will be distributed to 50 service organizations throughout Connecticut by the state Office of Policy and Management Nonprofit Grant Program. Abilis, a Greenwich non-profit dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities, will receive $241,802, which will fund the purchase new vehicles. Family Centers, which provides a wide array of human services local residents ranging from children to seniors, will get $126,996 to buy new IT equipment.
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