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Center for Addiction Treatment speakers urge council to restore city funding after proposed cuts
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Speakers who identified themselves as clients, staff and partners of the Center for Addiction Treatment urged council to reconsider reductions to the nonprofit’s leverage and human‑services funding during the city’s final public hearing on the manager’s recommended biennial budget.
Speakers who identified themselves as clients, staff and partners of the Center for Addiction Treatment urged council to reconsider reductions to the nonprofit’s leverage and human‑services funding during the city’s final public hearing on the manager’s recommended biennial budget.
Colleen Houston, CEO of the Center for Addiction Treatment, told the committee CAT served 1,140 individuals in its detox and short‑term residential inpatient facility last year; she said over 98 percent of those patients were living below the poverty level, 28 percent reported having a permanent residence…
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