The Connection
Donna Marie Schaeffer currently serves as a Residential Aide Supervisor at The Connection, Inc., a position held since January 2025. Previously, Donna worked as a per diem counselor at Concern Housing from July 2019 to December 2022 and has experience as an elections inspector with Government Jobs. Donna holds an Associate's degree in Social Work from The College of New Rochelle, earned between September 1996 and July 2010.
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The Connection
For 50 years, The Connection has been one of Connecticut's leading private, non-profit human service and community development agencies offering unique solutions to the problems of homelessness, mental illness, substance use and community justice rehabilitation. The Connection's mission: Building safe, healthy, caring communities and inspiring people to reach their full potential as productive and valued citizens. To accomplish this ambitious mission, our agency focuses our efforts in three key service areas: Family Support Services, Behavioral Health and Community Justice programs. The Connection's staff annually assists more than 13,000 people throughout the state of Connecticut who have experienced trauma in their lives and are struggling with substance abuse, mental illness, homelessness and community justice issues. The Connection maintains corporate offices in Middletown, and delivers services at 65 residential and outpatient sites to residents in an extensive number of communities in Connecticut, including New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, Groton, Norwich, New London, Bridgeport, Danbury, Torrington, Waterbury and many others.