State Treasurer Erick Russell said 7,810 babies have already been enrolled in the state’s Baby Bonds program, a benefit state officials hope will put those children on a path to leaving poverty.
Connecticut is pursuing a new waiver to allow incarcerated residents to enroll in Medicaid prior to their release from prison in hopes of curbing high rates of overdose deaths often seen among those transitioning back to society.
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont announced his administration’s decision to increase the income eligibility limits for the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, effective in October 2022, allows an additional 8,959