The Cornerstone
Society
www.theconnectioninc.org
THE CORNERSTONE SOCIETY GIVING BROCHUREHISTORY
The mission of the Cornerstone Society is to ensure that the
focus of The Connection’s behavioral health services in
New Haven remains true to the letter and spirit of the original
mission of Cornerstone, Inc.: “To assist individuals with
psychiatric disabilities to live as independently as possible in
the community, and to enhance public understanding and
support for service to those who suffer from mental illness.”
Cornerstone was conceived in 1967–1968
when Joel Finkle, a New Haven businessman, and Dr. Thomas Detre, a psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine, gathered together a small group of community leaders to discuss the need for an intensive aftercare service for mentally ill men and women who had been discharged from public and private psychiatric hospitals. Cornerstone, Inc. was officially incorporated on July 17, 1968, and in August 1970, Cornerstone Halfway House opened its doors and began serving 15 adult men and women. Over the next two decades, Cornerstone, Inc. grew significantly, adding the Norton Court Supportive Independent Residences program, the Pendleton House dual-diagnosis program, and the Park Street Residence. In December 2001, after a four-year periodof affiliation and collaboration, Cornerstone merged with ALSO, Inc., bringing outpatient clinical services to the new agency: ALSO-Cornerstone, Inc.
In 2010, again after a period of affiliation and collaboration, ALSO-Cornerstone, Inc. merged with The Connection, Inc., a statewide agency with a similar history and mission, that allowed the
agency to add a strong community justice component to our existing behavioral health and supportive housing programs. The partnership between ALSO-Cornerstone and The Connection has been highly successful, resulting in the agency’s continued growth in the areas of behavioral health, supportive housing, and community justice in New Haven and beyond.
ELIGIBILITY
PURPOSE
CORNERSTONE SOCIETY PROGRAMS
The Cornerstone Society was established to honor the legacy
of the former Cornerstone and ALSO-Cornerstone and to build a fund that will support individual client and programmatic needs of The Connection’s New Haven-based behavioral health programs. Gifts to the Cornerstone Society honor the Cornerstone legacy and help to serve the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of our community.Programmatic eligibility for Cornerstone Society funding
is restricted to those New Haven-based programs that receive full or partial funding from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Individual clients or recent graduates in one of the programs named above who are diagnosed with a psychiatric condition, mental illness, or co-occurring disorder also fall under the purview of the Cornerstone Society.R E SIDENTI A L A ND SUPPORTI V E HOUSING PROGR A MS
Cornerstone (formerly Dwight House) CREST (Community Reporting Engagement Support and Training) program
Elm City Women and Children’s Center Norton Court
Outreach & Engagement Park Street Inn
Park Street Residence Pendleton House Recovery House
Robert T. Wolfe Supportive Housing Ruoppolo Manor Supportive Housing SIERRA Center
The Connection Lodge West Village
OUTPATIENT PROGR A MS The Bettor Choice
The Connection Counseling Center The Connection Prevention Services Michael J. Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention
Philanthropist
Lifetime or testamentary gifts of $10,000 and above– Name on Cornerstone Society Honor Roll – Special acknowledgment on website,
annual report, and newsletters – Naming Opportunities Available – Four guest tickets to The Connection
Conference or other special event
Humanitarian
Lifetime or testamentary gifts of $2,500 – $9,999– Name on Cornerstone Society Honor Roll – Special acknowledgment on website,
annual report, and newsletters – Four guest tickets to The Connection
Conference or other special event
Sponsor
Lifetime ortestamentary gifts of $500 – $2,499
– Name on Cornerstone Society Honor Roll – Special acknowledgment on website,
annual report, and newsletters – Two guest tickets to The Connection
Conference or other special event
Donor
Gifts of $100 – $499– Name on Cornerstone Society Honor Roll – Acknowledgment on website,
annual report, and newsletters – One guest ticket to The Connection
Conference or other special event
Member
Gifts of up to $99– Name on Cornerstone Society Honor Roll – Acknowledgment on website,
annual report, and newsletters
All gifts are 100% tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
GIVING LEVELS
PHIL A N T HROPIS T $10,000 and above HUM A NI TA RI A N $2,500 – $9,999 SPONSOR $500 – $2,499
DONOR $100 – $499 MEMBER up to $99
DONOR & GIFT INFORMATION
I/We would like to make a gift of
$ to the Cornerstone Society.
N A ME A D D R E S S C I T Y S TAT E ZIP PH O NE EM A IL Credit Card C A R D N U MB ER E X P. DAT E
Check Enclosed (Please make checks payable to “The Connection Fund” and include “Cornerstone Society” in the memo line.)
The Connection
Fund Development Office
100 Roscommon Drive, Suite 203 Middletown, CT 06457
If you would like to discuss options such as lifetime or testamentary gifts, please contact the
Fund Development Office at 860 343-5500 x1600
