The state’s $1.2 million request for proposals on a new STTAR home went out in March.
Hann said she thinks Harwinton was the “sacrificial lamb” in a needed discussion about mental health care for children. The Bridge’s homes have served as a place for many children to stabilize before their next placement, she said.
But the Simsbury mother said her daughter needed intensive therapeutic services, not just the minimal, intermittent services Harwinton offered.