Press Releases

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• 10/13/2021 Public Can Check Nursing Home Vaccination Rates Online (CT DSS/DPH news release)

• 9/8/2021 Governor Lamont Announces Public-Private Initiative to Address Homelessness and Chronic Health Problems

• 9/3/2021 Community Services Block Grant Allocation Plan – Federal Fiscal Year 2022 & Social Services Block Grant – Federal Fiscal Year 2022

• 8/18/2021 Appropriations, Human Services and Energy and Technology Committees virtual public hearing Friday, August 20, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. on the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program allocation plan

  Appropriations, Human Services and Energy and Technology Committees virtual public hearing Friday, August 20, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. on the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program allocation plan

• 8/12/2021 DSS Home Health and Waiver Rate Increases as Provided under the Biennial Budget and American Rescue Plan Act Home- and Community-Based Services Reinvestment Plan

  DSS Home Health and Waiver Rate Increases as Provided under the Biennial Budget and American Rescue Plan Act Home- and Community-Based Services Reinvestment Plan

• 8/9/2021 Kate McEvoy, DSS Medicaid and Health Services Director, to Join Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer for State Leadership and Healthy Aging; William Halsey Appointed Interim Director

• 7/28/2021 Notice of Intent to Renew the Acquired Brain Injury Medicaid Waiver (ABI I)

  Notice of Intent to Renew the Acquired Brain Injury Medicaid Waiver (ABI I)

• 7/28/2021 Notice of Intent to Renew the Katie Beckett Medicaid Waiver

  Notice of Intent to Renew the Katie Beckett Medicaid Waiver

• 7/15/2021 State of Connecticut Home- and Community-Based Services Spending Plan under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

• 4/30/2021 Governor Lamont Announces Deadline for Winter Home Heating Assistance Program Extended to June 15

• 4/8/2021 Notice of Intent to Amend the Medicaid Waivers for Individual and Family Support and Comprehensive Supports

  Notice of Intent to Amend the Medicaid Waivers for Individual and Family Support and Comprehensive Supports.

• 4/13/2021 Working Group on Diabetes and High Deductible Health Plans to meet on Thursday, April 15th from 11:00am – 12:30pm

• 2/23/2021 Notice for Public Review and Comment – Proposed Revision to FFY 2021 LIHEAP Block Grant Allocation Plan

• 2/1/2021 Substance Use Disorder Demonstration Waiver—Public Comment & Hearings

• 1/11/2021 The Department of Social Services will convene the first meeting of the Advisory Board for Transparency on Medicaid Cost and Quality on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.