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Action Needed/Announcements

• NEW - Aug. 2010  Summary of Public Acts 2010

• NEW- May 2010 Welfare to Work or Welfare to Worse? 
  This report examines the efficacy of the federal TANF and Connecticut Jobs First Employment Services programs from the perspective of program participants. It highlights key findings and outlines policy recommendations. Produced by CABHN.

• Town by Town 2010 - Why CT Needs Social Services Programs This data shows the importance of social services programs for all needy residents of the state – and for people who need help in your community! 

• Forum on the HUSKY PCCM Program, 2/5/2010. Expected to be on a panel will be providers, consumers and advocates discussing the promises, deficiencies, and proposed remedies. DSS Report on the status of the HUSKY Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Program. Other attachments to report.
  HUSKY Hartford Area Brochure. 
  HUSKY New Haven Area Brochure. 
  

• 1/ 2010: Section 8 Waiting List (also known as Housing Choice Voucher) is now on the United Way of Connecticut's new housing website.  Find out which Section 8 waiting lists in Connecticut are open.  www.cthousingchoice.org 

• Is the building you're living in being foreclosed? Be sure to read our booklet, Is Your Landlord GoingThrough Foreclosure? --What a Tenant Needs to Know. Find out how you can protect your rights.

• Are you having trouble getting health care under your HUSKY plan?  Tell your story! Read the flyer, Your Rights in HUSKY. The flyer also has a form that you can use the to tell your story. We need your story so we can work to make improvements in the HUSKY program. Your rights in HUSKY -- did you know that
  - you have a right to change managed care plans?
  - you have a right to all medically necessary and appropriate treatment? 

• 3/2009. Note: This version shows revised Medicaid and TFA data. Town by Town 2009 - Why CT Needs Social Services Programs.

2007 Data: CT Needs Social Services Programs (2007).

• Need information on HUSKY Health Care Program changes?  Go to the Connecticut Voices for Children website.

• Resource for providers who assist persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has created HUDHRE.info. Get information on HUD's housing and homeless programs, grant applications, Homeless Management Information System guidance, and more.

• Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage. Visit these websites for helpful publications on Medicare Part D. CT Elderlaw.org (Legal Services);  State of CT Elderly Services; or  Center for Medicare Advocacy 
• Having trouble registering a child in school?  Your child is allowed by law to attend school in the town where you live, even if you do not have legal custody, as long as the child lives with you.   Read more on this school registration flyer. (In English and Spanish)
• Resource Kit for Immigrants.  Know your rights if Immigration officials or police try to question, arrest or detain you. Materiales en español. ¿No es un ciudadano de los E.U.? ¡Conozca sus derechos si la policía o inmigración le preguntan, arrestan o detienen.
• Are you on Medicaid and Medicare or Medicare and ConnPACE?  Show your pharmacist this card which explains the law. Don't go without your prescriptions!  Card and instructions:
  • Medicare & ConnPACE:   English    Spanish
  • Dually eligible Medicare & Medicaid:  English     Spanish

Upcoming Events

• CABHN meetings.  Look in the CABHN Fever newsletter for meeting dates.  They are typically held on the first Friday of the month from 9:30 - 11:30.  

Recent Publications

• Town by Town 2010 - Why CT Needs Social Services Programs
• Summary of Public Acts 2010
• Health Care Facts (12/2008)  combines brief descriptions of health care programs and issues with information about the impact of these topics now and in the future.
• CT Needs Social Services Programs (2007). 
• Health Care Facts (2006) (pdf) combines brief descriptions of health care programs and issues with information about the impact of these topics now and in the future.
• SAGA Issue Briefs (10/2005).  The Economic Impact of SAGA Medical Changes on CT Hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers and CT's SAGA Program Faces Challenges.
• Link to CABHN Fever Newsletters

At the Legislature

• Summary of Public Acts 2010
• Summary of Public and Special Acts 2009
• 3/2009 Town by Town 2009 - Why CT Needs Social Services Programs.
• 12/2008 Health Care Facts combines brief descriptions of health care programs and issues with information about the impact of these topics now and in the future.

TANF Reauthorization

• 4/2005. Senate Holds Off On Welfare Overhaul from the National Journal. 
• 3/2005. TANF Update.
• 2/2005.  How CT Spends Federal TANF Block Grant and Related State Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Funds.
• Policy Priorities Briefing Papers.The policies outlined would make the TANF block grant a better vehicle for addressing the persistent issues of poverty and family self-sufficiency. (1/2002)

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