Community providers warn against budget cuts

HARTFORD, Conn. – Nonprofit human service providers worry that budget cuts, like the $25 million one to mental health and substance abuse grants, will be carried forward in the 2016 budget.

“In these challenging times, we all know the budget is a huge issue for us in this state, but we can’t do it on the backs of the people who are less fortunate,” state Rep. Cathy Abercrombie, co-chairwoman of the legislature’s Human Services committee, said Wednesday.

Abercrombie, a Democratic lawmaker from Meriden, said human services is always an easy target for budget cuts, “but I believe there are some things we can do to hold our providers harmless.”

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