COMPASS Gets Another Year

by Laura Glesby and photo by Nora Grace-Flood, New Haven Independent │ February 5, 2025

(Updated) Social workers and supportive peers plan to continue to respond to New Haven-based 911 calls related to addiction, homelessness, and mental illness through June 2026 — now that the Board of Alders has approved a no-cost yearlong extension of the pilot contract for the city’s COMPASS crisis response team and its associated programs.

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