Founded in 1980 by the Catholic Diocese of Norwich and two Sisters of Mercy, St. Vincent de Paul Middletown, Inc. (SVDM) opened at 617 Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut.

SVDM’s mission is to meet basic needs and offer hope by providing food, shelter, and supportive services to those experiencing food insecurity, housing instability, and poverty. Our programs offer a means of holistic support to place some of the most vulnerable individuals in our community on the path to a better life. These include our founding Soup Kitchen program, the Amazing Grace Free Community Market (AGFCM)—the largest client-choice food pantry in the state of Connecticut—and our supportive housing and shelter program.

We also respond to emerging needs. As the opioid crisis has taken hold in our community, we have expanded our programs to include a model of recovery services. Wrapped around our core Soup Kitchen model is a variety of micro programs that provide non-clinical, practical programming to begin the recovery process and reduce isolation and loneliness. Recovery can take shape in many ways and forms, and our micro programs are showing great progress among our guests and clients.