Today, the organization has 23 separate programs and more than 50 mobile medical units in major metropolitan cities like Austin, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Subsidized by HUD and other sources, programs such as the Generations Project in Hartford have made available to grandfamilies 24 rental units of affordable housing, said Jason Natelle, communications specialist for Community Renewal Team Inc.

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