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Residents press Danbury Council for answers after Danbury Youth Services closed in April

Danbury City Council · May 5, 2026
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Summary

Public commenters told the council the nonprofit Danbury Youth Services abruptly closed in April, leaving families without counseling and asking the city to withhold next fiscal year's funding until councilors clarify what happened.

Several residents used the council's public comment period on May 5 to demand answers about the abrupt April closure of Danbury Youth Services and to ask whether the city should approve the agency's FY2026-27 allocation.

"That $89,000 is that in that budget right now? You're going to pass a budget, and you're going to give those guys another $89,000 for the next fiscal year, and you don't know what happened this current fiscal year,"…

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