Press Releases

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• 8/18/2020 Community Services Block Grant Allocation Plan – Federal Fiscal Year 2021 & Notice and Request for Comments on CSBG CARES Act Supplemental Award Amendment

• 5/28/2020 For latest news on the DSS Response to COVID-19, please visit www.ct.gov/dss/covid

• 5/27/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $82,500 False Claims Settlement With Brookfield Dentist

• 5/19/2020 Insurance Commissioner Reminds All Insureds Are Eligible for ‘No-Cost’ COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

• 5/12/2020 Governor Lamont Announces Appointment of Deidre Gifford as Acting Commissioner of Public Health

  Governor Lamont Announces Appointment of Deidre Gifford as Acting Commissioner of Public Health

• 5/4/2020 Attorney General Tong, U.S. Attorney Durham, DSS Commissioner Gifford announce settlement with Connecticut Counseling Centers over Drug Testing Overpayments

• 4/20/2020 Governor Lamont Expands Financial Aid for Connecticut’s Nursing Homes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Announces Nursing Home Site Visits to Extend Additional Support From State

  Governor Lamont Expands Financial Aid for Connecticut’s Nursing Homes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Announces Nursing Home Site Visits to Extend Additional Support From State

• 4/3/2020 Governor Lamont Announces Extensive Measures to Support Connecticut’s Long-Term Care Facilities, Staff and Residents

  Governor Lamont Announces Extensive Measures to Support Connecticut’s Long-Term Care Facilities, Staff and Residents

• 3/31/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Settlement with Optician Your Eyes of New Britain

  Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Settlement with Optician Your Eyes of New Britain

• 3/5/2020 Department of Social Services & Fatherhood Institute of CT Selected for Aspen Institute Fatherhood Learning & Action Community; Joining Fathers, Ten Other Organizations Working Toward Innovations to More Effectively Engage Fathers for Family Prosperity

• 3/2/2020 Connecticut Announces $4.9 Million State/Federal False Claims Act Settlement with Middletown Doctor Couple

• 2/25/2020 Federal Agency Awards up to $16 Million to Clifford Beers for Developing Model of Integrated Care Across Physical, Mental and Social Health

• 2/19/2020 Presentation to the Appropriations Committee: Governor’s SFY 2021 Midterm Budget Adjustments for the Department of Social Services (Feb. 19, 2020)

• 2/10/2020 Audio: ‘Being a Dad in 2020’--Connecticut Public Radio’s ‘Where We Live’ talk and call-in program includes DSS’s Tony Judkins, program manager for the Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative

  Audio: ‘Being a Dad in 2020’--Connecticut Public Radio’s ‘Where We Live’ talk and call-in program includes DSS’s Tony Judkins, program manager for the Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative

• 2/3/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $118 Million Agreement with Practice Fusion; Agreement Settles Allegations of Improper Use of Clinical Decision Support Arrangements with Pharmaceutical Companies