Welcome to Beth-El Center

The Beth-El Center's mission is to extend dignity and respect to all individuals and families while connecting them to housing, food and services within their communities.  Our vision is to create a community where everyone is home and all are fed! ... [ more ]


Urgent Notice

We are in immediate need of No Freeze Shelter Overflow Program Volunteers. For more information, please visit our No Freeze Support Page!


Homeshare Feasability Study

Homesharing Feasibility Study

The Beth-El Center invites qualified consultants to submit proposals to conduct a home sharing feasibility study to determine the viability, sustainability, and projected impact of establishing a homesharing pilot program for the Town of Woodbridge, CT and City of Milford, CT. This study will assess the need, readiness, operational requirements, funding feasibility, and community impact of implementing a home sharing model. Please find the complete Request for Proposal here. Completed proposals are due on February 27th, 2026.

No Freeze

We can all feel the weather is becoming much colder... The Beth-El Center operates a warming center in our Community Kitchen for unsheltered individuals from November 24th through April 1st. This is crucial support and seen as a lifesaving program in the community. We not only offer a warm place to escape the cold, but we also offer food and hot beverages to our guests. This year, 45% more of our unhoused neighbors will need access to Warming Centers so they do not freeze overnight. Thank you for supporting this lifesaving program

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2025 Impact Report

For us at Beth-El Center, 2025 has been filled with joy, accomplishment, challenge, and steadfast leadership. For the fourth consecutive year, homelessness has risen across our state, leaving many living outdoors and waiting—sometimes desperately—for their call into shelter and a chance at stability. Yet through it all, our commitment does not waver. We'd love for you to read our 2025 Impact Report to see all the ways we've challenged ourselves to push even further this year. There is truly so much to celebrate.

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Download the Shopping Anyway App to Help Beth-El

Looking for a way to stay connected with the Beth-El Center?
The new Shopping Anyway app is now available for download (via the App Store) and you can use it to learn about many of our ongoing needs. [ more ]


Neighbor-to-Neighbor Guide

Check out our Neighbor-to-Neighbor Winter Guide which offers knowledge and resources on how you can best support our unhoused and housing unstable neighbors. View it online or download the PDF.

A Bountiful Way to Support Us

Donating stock to the Beth-El Center is one of the most discerning ways to give. Gifts of securities can work to your benefit when:
• Your stocks have appreciated greatly since your purchased them
• A surge in value of one of your holdings has thrown your portfolio off balance

The New Beth-El Center

For over 40 years, the Beth-El Center has delivered hope, compassion and lifesaving care to thousands of families, children, veterans and individuals in the Greater Milford area who were facing housing instability and food insecurity...



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