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Hartford renews HEART team contract but cuts hours and changes access; council seeks funding details
Summary
The city renewed its HEART team contract for Nov. 1, 2025–Oct. 31, 2026, but the health director said programming will be modified because of decreased funding, with CRT hours reduced and Wheeler Health reachable through 2-1-1.
Hartford’s health director told the committee on Nov. 4 that the city has renewed its contract with the HEART team for Nov. 1, 2025, through Oct. 31, 2026, but that the program will operate with modifications because of decreased funding. "Modifications of the programming have been made because of the decreased funding," Ebony Jackson Shahid said.
Shahid described specific operational changes: the Community Renewal Team (CRT) and Capital Region Mobile Crisis will remain partners under…
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