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• Contracts - (HUO) Husky Outreach

  A listing of contracts associated with Husky Outreach.

• Food Assistance - Farmers' Markets, Farms and Farm Stands

  Many Farmers' Markets and Farm Stands throughout Connecticut now can accept EBT/SNAP (Formerly known as Food Stamps). This means you will once again be able to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables that arrive more quickly and fresher than those transported long distances from other states and countries.

• The Emergency Food Assistance Program

  Nutrition Assistance programs provide food and cash equivalents to various populations DSS serves. Their goal is to promote adequate nutrition among the target populations.

• Community First Choice

  Are you or a loved one living in the community and need assistance to remain there? The Affordable Care Act created an optional State Plan service which will allow eligible individuals to access Personal Attendant Care (PCA) and other services and supports through self-direction.

• (BHP) Behavioral Health Program - Contracts

  A listing of contracts associated with the Behavioral Health Program.

• Durable Medical Equipment

  The Department of Social Services Durable Medical Equipment program provides equipment to help you move around: canes, crutches, walkers and wheelchairs. DME also includes equipment needed to care for you at home: bed pans, heat lamps or pads, hospital beds, special toilet seats and machines that help make breathing easier. *Service available to Medicaid recipients only

• Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement Modernization Acuity Based Methodology

  The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) will be transitioning nursing facility reimbursement from a cost-based methodology to a prospective acuity-based or case mix, payment system. Visit this webpage for more information.

• Home and Community-Based Services - Connecticut’s Investment under the American Rescue Plan Act

  Home and Community-Based Services - Connecticut’s Investment under the American Rescue Plan Act

• Special Notices for Electronic Asset Verification

  Beginning in February 2020, the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) will conduct asset verifications electronically through a web-based system administered by the Public Consulting Group Inc. (PCG), in partnership with Accuity Asset Verification Services, Inc.

• Advisory Board for Transparency on Medicaid Cost and Quality

  On January 22, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont signed Executive Order #6, directing the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish an Advisory Board for Transparency on Medicaid Cost and Quality.

• Latest Information on ‘Public Charge’

• Medicaid Long-Term Care Demand Projections—New Analysis of Town-by-Town Data

  This update is intended to help enable policymakers, municipal officials, service providers, advocates and families to understand how changes in public demand, as well as strategies implemented by the state, will affect how LTSS will be provided and utilized.

• Media Room and Press Releases

• Toll-free Numbers

  Toll-free numbers for the Department of Social Services.

• Human Services Infrastructure

  In the system we envision, people would be able to get help that felt like help when they needed it and access concrete resources to support their efforts toward improved self-sufficiency.