• Public Policy Development - HHS identifies and analyzes emerging long-term services and supports issues in the areas of financing, service delivery, and types of care.  The Division emphasizes the importance of shifting the balance between public and private resources and institutional and community-based care. 

• Partnership for Long-Term Care – HHS administers Connecticut's Partnership for Long-Term Care, the State's partnership with the insurance industry that educates Connecticut's residents about the importance of planning ahead for future long-term services and supports needs and provides high-quality private long-term care insurance to help with those planning efforts. 

• Long-Term Care Planning Committee – HHS staff Chair and provide staff support for the Planning Committee, which is responsible for issuing a State long-term services and supports plan every three years.

• Assisted Living Projects - HHS also coordinates several assisted living projects involving various State agencies.

• Long-Term Services and Supports Website – HHS helped develop the state's first long-term services and supports website.  This website has now been replaced by the My Place CT website.

• Annual Nursing Home Census – HHS staff surveys Connecticut nursing facilities annually on September 30th of each year and provides aggregate information on the status of nursing facilities and their residents.

• Block Grants – HHS coordinates the development and legislative submission of eight allocation plans for over $165 million in federal block grants pursuant to C.G.S. Section 4-28b. This involves initiating the formal planning process, providing technical assistance to state agencies, coordinating the review and analysis of plans, coordinating submission to the legislature, facilitating legislative approval of the plans, and following up on outstanding issues raised at the public hearing.
•  Non-Profit Collaboration Incentive Grant – HHS coordinates the Non-Profit Collaboration Incentive Grant Program (NCIP) established in Section 25 of Public Act 09-2. Activities include drafting guidelines, issuing a Request for Application (RFA), evaluating responses and recommending grant recipients to the Secretary of OPM.  Click here for a list of NCIP Grant Awardees for 2015.

• Licensure and Certification Workgroup - formed pursuant to Special Act 17-21.  The Act requires OPM to convene a workgroup to conduct a review of the certification and licensure processes of certain nonprofit community providers, and study potential efficiencies.

• Tobacco and Health Trust Fund – HHS Chairs and provides staff support to the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund, including disbursement of up to $6 million annually in accordance with C.G.S. Section 4-28f.

Amistad License Plate Grant - Statutory Authority – C.G.S 14-21j.

Starting in 1999, the CT DMV began issuing Amistad commemorative number plates to enhance public awareness of The Amistad Incident of 1839.The DMV transfers the money accumulated from the sale of these plates into a commemorative account within OPM. Funds in the account may be granted out to qualifying entities annually depending on the balance of available funds from the license plate sales.  The funds in the account and the accompanying grants are to be designated for: (1) Innovative community programs to further the goal of informing the public of the 1839 uprising against the crew of the Spanish slave schooner, The Amistad, and the United States Supreme Court case that arose from such uprising. (2) Allocation of grants to agencies, institutions, or persons to conduct research, provide public education, establish outreach programs and enhance public awareness of the Amistad uprising and its place in Connecticut’s history.

There is currently no active solicitation for this grant program. 

United We Stand License Plate Grant – Statutory Authority C.G.S 14-21p

University of Connecticut (UConn) the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) are required by law to provide tuition waivers to survivors of 911 victims.  The United We Stand License Plate grant program reimburses UCONN and CSCU for these tuition waivers, up to the amount available from the purchase of the United We Stand license plates each year.

There is currently no active solicitation for this grant program. 

Keep Kids Safe License Plate Grant – Statutory Authority C.G.S 14-21f and 14-21g

The purpose of the Keep Kids Safe Grant Program is to support coordinated innovative community programs that protect children under the age of 14 years from unintentional injuries; conduct research; and support public education and outreach programs to enhance public awareness of children’s safety issues.

There is currently no active solicitation for this grant program. 

• The PCA Workforce Council was established in 2012 to represent the interests of the state and PCA employers. The Council, and OPM's Office of Labor Relations, negotiates and administers the PCA collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents PCAs, 1199 SEIU-NE. Members of the Council are appointed by the Governor, the Commissioners of the Departments of Social Services and Developmental Services, the State Healthcare Advocate, and leaders in the Connecticut General Assembly (legislature). The PCA Workforce Council receives administrative support from OPM.

• Child Poverty and Prevention Council- In June 2015 the State's Child Poverty and Prevention Council statutorily sunsetted.  HHS had Chaired and provided staff support to the Council, assisting in the development of various reports.

• Prevention Services Funding - Through the biennium budget that ended June 30, 2011, OPM developed a Prevention Services Budget every two years in conjunction with the Governor's Biennial Budget.  In 2014, Connecticut's General Assembly removed from the statutes the requirement that OPM produce a Prevention Service Budget.

• Interagency Council on Affordable Housing -Authorized by Section 8-37nnn of the Connecticut General Statutes to advise and assist the Commissioner of the Department of Housing in the planning and implementation of the department.  HHS had Chaired and provided staff support to the Council.

• Certificate of Need Task Force - Per Governor Malloy's Executive Order 51A, the Certificate of Need (CON) Task Force was established to undertake a review and analysis of the state's CON process and programs and determine if changes are necessary to ensure quality of care and access for all state residents and the preservation of an open and competitive health care market.  The Task Force convened from April 12, 2016 - January 9, 2017 and submitted a final report of recommendations to Governor Malloy on January 15, 2017.  Click here to access the CON Task Force final report.  

Senior Policy Advisor

State of Connecticut

Office of Policy and Management

450 Capitol Avenue - MS#52ASP

Hartford, CT 06106-1379

Phone: (860) 418-6268
Fax: (860) 418-6496

Email: claudio.gualtieri@ct.gov