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• Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) 2012 Annual Report (2.46 MB)

  This report represents the second year of a five-year renewal for the Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has since renewed the waiver for five years until June 30, 2015.

• PovSMI - State Median Income and Federal Poverty Income Guidelines

  Attached are the July 1, 2017 State Median Income Guidelines and the annual and monthly Federal Poverty Income Guidelines for 2017 in the attached document.

• Mental Health Waiver Annual Report for April 1, 2014- March 31, 2015 (DSS & DMHAS)

  The Mental Health Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver is designed for adults with serious mental illness who are being discharged or diverted from nursing home care. This Medicaid Waiver provides participants with the medical and psychiatric services and supports necessary to live independently in the community.

• Commissioner's Introductory Letter on CHCPE 2008 Annual Report (125 KB)

  SFY 2008 was the third year of a five-year renewal for the Home and Community Based Services Waiver. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services renewed the waiver effective July 1, 2005.

• Commissioner's Introductory Letter on CHCPE 2010 Annual Report (124 KB)

  The second change was the initiation of a 15% cost-sharing requirement for state-funded clients, effective January 1, 2010, as part of the mid-term budget adjustments. Section 21 of Public Act 10-79 reduced the share to 6%, effective July 1, 2010.

• Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) 2006 Annual Report (8.93 MB)

  The graph below illustrates the volume trends for State Funded and Waiver clients since the beginning of SFY 2002. As of June 30, 2006, approximately 68% of the persons receiving program services were Waiver clients.

• Agency Annual Report SFY 2013

  The Department of Social Services delivered vital public benefits to nearly 760,000 Connecticut residents on an ongoing basis across all programs during SFY 2013.

• Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) 2009 Annual Report (2.62 MB)

  This insures that the State receives the 50% match of federal funds wherever possible and lowers the percentage of clients whose services are purchased with 100% State funds. State Funded clients who appear to be eligible for Medicaid continue to be identified when their income and assets are reviewed during annual reassessments of functional status.

• Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) 2008 Annual Report (2.58 MB)

  As of June 30, 2008, 300 clients had received services in State funded congregate facilities at a cost of $6,066,793. This figure includes both core and assisted living service charges and covers a seven year period.

• Commissioner's Introductory Letter on CHCPE 2009 Annual Report (124 KB)

  In October 2007, he DSS Alternate Care Unit, under PA 07-2, Section 29 implemented a pilot program, the CT Home Care Program for Adults with Disabilities, for up to 50 clients ages 18-64, funded with $720,000 in state appropriations.

• Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) 2010 Annual Report (2.62 MB)

  The asset limit for an unmarried applicant is $1,600, although a number of resources such as a residence, car, burial reserve and $1,500 face value life insurance policy are exempt. There are special provisions in federal law regarding the treatment of assets for married couples when one spouse is considered "institutionalized" which allows for the protection of assets for the community spouse.

• Preliminary Recommendations on the Implementation of Federal Welfare Reform (245KB)

  HR 3734 extends the FY 1996 15% funding reduction through 2002. The appropriations bill subsequently enacted by Congress however, increased SSBG funding and the state expects to see an approximately 10.7% reduction, not 15%.

• DSS 1998 Report To General Assembly On Digital Imaging (210KB)

  On April 12, 1995, Governor John Rowland’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Welfare Fraud released a report detailing their findings and recommendations after an extensive investigation of Connecticut’s welfare system.

• 2016 TANF MOE and Annual Report

  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families annual report.

• Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) 2007 Annual Report (1.96 MB)

  As of June 30, 2007, 266 clients had received services in State funded congregate facilities at a cost of $4,834,753. This figure includes both core and assisted living service charges and covers a six year period.