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visit us often. Updated 9/30/2009.
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Action Needed/Announcements
- 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. 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! For example, it shows the
number of people in each CT town who:
- receive HUSKY A health insurance
- receive Temporary Family Assistance cash assistance
- claimed the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit)
- receive certain housing subsidies, and more.
2007 Data: CT
Needs Social Services Programs (2007).
- 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:
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
At
the Legislature
TANF
Reauthorization
- Tips
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can do, go to our "You Can Make A Difference" page.
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