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WATERBURY - Wellmore Behavioral Health CEO Gary Steck told state lawmakers Tuesday not to talk to him about budget caps limiting funding for nonprofit social services. Steck said the savings from contracted services provided to 500,000 Connecticut residents through the state's network of nonprofi
Four new Urgent Crisis Centers in Connecticut aim to get children in crisis connected quickly with care and avoid long waiting lists.
Children's mental health providers say proposed state budgets essentially undo parts of the sweeping mental health bills the legislature passed last year.
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Kids thrive on routine, and school tends to be a big part of that routine. When it’s disrupted, it can be distressing, said Jason Lang, chief program officer at the Child Health and Development Institute, a Farmington-based nonprofit research organization that helps train other pediatric and mental health providers in Connecticut.
Since early pandemic-era protections against eviction expired, the number of filings has spiked as rents rise, inflation impacts budgets and families continue to struggle to recover financially from the pandemic.