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CT Gen Stat § 17b-112f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-112f - Safety net services account. Regulations.

 (a) There is established a safety net services account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or persons acting under a contract with the department to fund services provided pursuant to section 17b-112e. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal year, provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1997, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior written authorization of the Commissioner of Social Services, by private organizations to promote the contribution system and safety net account.(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for distribution of funds available pursuant to this section and section 12-743.(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 5, 165.)History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-112i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-112i - Maximization of federal funds available from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund.

 (a) The Department of Social Services shall maximize federal fund opportunities from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, P.L. 111-5, in order to assist families facing unemployment, housing crises, increasing debt, homelessness or other hardships. The department shall seek to utilize, in accordance with the provisions of federal law:(1) The nonrecurrent, short-term benefits category of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund for eligible purposes, including, but not limited to, housing, transportation, work expenses, family safety, low birth weight reduction, food and nutrition. The benefits funded pursuant to this subdivision may include, but not be limited to, mortgage assistance, eviction relief, car repair, work clothes, domestic violence services, home visitation and on-the-job training; and(2) The subsidized employment category of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund for eligible purposes, including, but not limited to, youth employment programs and the alleviation of specific labor shortages and state worker shortages where the jobs created help families apply for state services.(b) The department shall work with the private sector, including philanthropic, business and nonprofit agencies as well as any consortium of such groups, for eligible purposes and as third-party participants to qualify for, access and maximize federal funding from said emergency fund through donation, in-kind spending and training of subsidized workers.(c) The department shall implement the provisions of this section within available resources.(P.A. 10-133, S. 7; P.A. 11-25, S. 7.)History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-112j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-112j - Jobs First program. Modification of approved work activities.

 Section 17b-112j is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.(P.A. 10-133, S. 8; P.A. 11-25, S. 8; P.A. 16-131, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-112k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-112k - Pilot program to serve persons receiving temporary family assistance program benefits and participating in Jobs First program.

 (a) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, implement a pilot program that serves not more than one hundred persons who are receiving benefits under the temporary family assistance program and participating in the Jobs First employment services program. The pilot program shall provide to participants: (1) Intensive case management services to identify participants' (A) employment goals, (B) support service needs, and (C) training, education and work experience needs; (2) assistance in accessing needed support services, training, education and work experience; or (3) funding to facilitate participation in necessary adult basic education, skills training, postsecondary education or subsidized employment.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of section 17b-112, the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, grant a six-month extension of time-limited cash assistance benefits to any person who (1) has made a good-faith effort to comply with the requirements of the pilot program, (2) has not exceeded the sixty-month limit, described in subsection (c) of section 17b-112, and (3) has not been granted more than two extensions.(c) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Labor Commissioner shall jointly submit annual reports, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, not later than October 1, 2012, and October 1, 2013, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies concerning the pilot program. Such reports shall include, but shall not be limited to: (1) The number of persons participating in the pilot program for the preceding fiscal year; (2) the education, training and work experience activities of the participants; (3) the support services identified as needed by program participants through the provision of case management services by the Department of Social Services and the Labor Department and the support services actually received by each program participant; (4) the educational degrees and certificates obtained by participants; and (5) descriptions of the employment obtained by participants as a result of the pilot program.(P.A. 11-44, S. 165; 11-61, S. 155; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 25.)History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “within available appropriations” and replacing “extensions” with “a six-month extension”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “or (3)” for “and (3)” and amended Subsec. (c) by adding provisions re annual reports to be submitted not later than October 1, 2012, and October 1, 2013, by adding “for the preceding fiscal year” in Subdiv. (1) and by making technical changes, effective June 15, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-112m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-112m - Integration of Even Start into planning and implementation of state-wide, two-generational initiative.

 It is intended that Even Start be integrated into the coordinated state planning and implementation of the state-wide, two-generational initiative of the Office of Early Childhood.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 32, 568.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-113 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-113 - Rate paid to recipients.

 Section 17b-113 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.(P.A. 93-418, S. 17, 41; P.A. 95-194, S. 3, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-114. (Formerly Sec. 17-83q) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-114. (Formerly Sec. 17-83q) - Return of security deposits.

 Subject to federal approval, as a condition of receiving a special need benefit to cover the cost of a security deposit, a recipient of assistance under the temporary family assistance program or the state-administered general assistance program or the program of state supplementation to the Supplemental Security Income Program shall sign an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Services stating that the security deposit and accrued interest, less the value of any damages suffered by the landlord due to the recipient's failure to comply with his obligations as a tenant pursuant to section 47a-21, shall be paid by the landlord to the Department of Social Services when the recipient vacates the housing for which the deposit is paid. The recipient shall notify the commissioner of the date such housing is vacated. If the landlord claims the right to withhold all or part of the security deposit or interest, the landlord shall comply with the applicable provisions of section 47a-21, except any notice required shall be sent to the tenant and to the Commissioner of Social Services. If the landlord fails to return the deposit to the Department of Social Services or to account to the department for any amount withheld within the time limits set forth in section 47a-21, the department may refer the matter to the Department of Administrative Services for payment to the state of the deposit, interest and such other damages as are available to tenants under said section. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 47a-21, for purposes of taking such action on behalf of the state, the Department of Administrative Services is not required to give notice of a forwarding address. A recipient of a special need benefit to cover the cost of a security deposit who agrees the deposit shall be returned to the department pursuant to this section shall be eligible for a subsequent such special need benefit at any time the recipient meets the eligibility criteria for the special need benefit for emergency housing set forth in subsection (a) of section 17b-808.(P.A. 92-159; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 53, 165; P.A. 00-68, S. 3.)History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-83q transferred to Sec. 17b-114 in 1995. June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-68 substituted “Department of Administrative Services” for “Bureau of Collection Services” and “the landlord” for “he”.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-114o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-114o - Submission of federal TANF expenditure report to legislative committees.

 The expenditure report relative to the temporary assistance for needy families block grant required to be submitted by the Commissioner of Social Services to the federal Department of Health and Human Services shall be transmitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies within forty-five days of the date of such submission. Such report for the last quarter of the fiscal year shall include the identification of unliquidated obligations either identified in previous quarterly reports for the same fiscal year and claimed before the prior quarterly report or those not yet claimed by the commissioner for the purposes of receiving federal reimbursement. In the event that such report identifies any unliquidated obligations, the commissioner shall notify said committees of the commissioner's intention concerning the disposition of such unliquidated obligations, which may include establishing or contributing to a reserve account to meet future needs in the temporary family assistance program.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 34, 53; P.A. 01-195, S. 78, 181.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change, effective July 11, 2001.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-115. (Formerly Sec. 17-272) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-115. (Formerly Sec. 17-272) - “Town” and “selectmen” defined.

 Section 17b-115 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.(1949 Rev., S. 2584; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-118b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-118b - Restrictions on eligibility for general assistance of persons aged eighteen to twenty-one living with and as dependents of their parents.

 Section 17b-118b is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.(P.A. 95-194, S. 17, 33; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-122. (Formerly Sec. 17-277) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-122. (Formerly Sec. 17-277) - Reimbursement by paupers.

 When any person has been supported, in whole or in part, by any town, such person shall be liable to pay for such support the cost of such support or a reasonable amount thereof and, on his failure so to do, his executor, administrator or conservator shall be so liable, if he has sufficient assets in his hands belonging to the estate of such person; and such amount may be recovered in a civil action, and the statute of limitations shall not be pleaded therein.(1949 Rev., S. 2588; 1953, S. 1426d; 1961, P.A. 425, S. 2.)History: 1961 act deleted provision for town selectmen being overseers of the poor; Sec. 17-277 transferred to Sec. 17b-122 in 1995.See Sec. 17b-128 re town's claim against proceeds of cause of action.See Sec. 17b-132 re sale of property of deceased person whom town has supported.Annotations to former section 17-277:Selectmen have power to settle an account for supplies to pauper and such settlement is evidence of pauper's settlement. 29 C. 113. Powers of selectmen to restrain pauper. 34 C. 132; 71 C. 724. They cannot collect and discharge debts of paupers. 38 C. 191. One selectman has no power to submit question of settlement to arbitration. 54 C. 34.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-123. (Formerly Sec. 17-278) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-123. (Formerly Sec. 17-278) - Request for support. Application review process. Notification by applicant of change in circumstances.

 Section 17b-123 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.(1949 Rev., S. 2589; 1959, P.A. 603; P.A. 76-301, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 83-575, S. 5, 10; P.A. 84-49; P.A. 85-63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 9, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-194, S. 10, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 57, 165; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-126. (Formerly Sec. 17-281) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-126. (Formerly Sec. 17-281) - Lien against real property.

 If any person receiving such aid neglects or refuses to sign such agreement, the selectmen are authorized to file a lien against such property, or against the real property of any legally liable relative of any person receiving aid or support under sections 17b-194, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, to secure the disbursements of such town made prior to filing such lien and any disbursements thereafter made, and such lien from the time of filing shall have the same force and effect and may be foreclosed in the same manner as any agreement provided for in section 17b-125.(1949 Rev., S. 2592; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 39, 63; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 48; P.A. 19-118, S. 31.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended section to authorize a lien against property owned by a legally liable relative of a person receiving aid or support; Sec. 17-281 transferred to Sec. 17b-126 in 1995; (Revisor's note: The references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-221 that was repealed by the same act; P.A. 19-118 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-256, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-128. (Formerly Sec. 17-283) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-128. (Formerly Sec. 17-283) - Reimbursement of towns or municipalities for relief. Recovery of overpayments.

 (a) Any person who receives relief from any town or municipality of this state shall be liable to reimburse such town or municipality for any moneys or relief received. Section 52-576 shall not be a bar to a recovery under this section.(b) Any town that overpays a person receiving financial assistance under sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, shall recover such overpayment from such person's ongoing assistance. The amount of such recovery shall not exceed ten per cent of such person's ongoing benefit in any month.(1949 Rev., S. 642; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 13, 89; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 50; P.A. 19-118, S. 33.)History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 added Subsec. (b) re recovery of overpayments; Sec. 17-283 transferred to Sec. 17b-128 in 1995 (Revisor's note: The references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive”, were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 17b-256, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-130. (Formerly Sec. 17-284) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-130. (Formerly Sec. 17-284) - Claims for supplies or assistance furnished to pauper.

 No individual shall have any claim against a town for supplies or assistance furnished to a pauper against the express directions of the selectmen and no individual, except a medical provider, shall have any such claim before he has given notice of the condition of such pauper to one of the selectmen of the town where the pauper resides.(1949 Rev., S. 2594; 1971, P.A. 232; P.A. 83-575, S. 6, 10.)History: 1971 act deleted provision placing paupers under control of selectmen; P.A. 83-575 added the exception for a medical provider, effective April 1, 1984; Sec. 17-284 transferred to Sec. 17b-130 in 1995.Annotations to former section 17-284:No recovery from town for support of person if such person has property. 4 C. 553; 5 C. 244; 34 C. 264; 68 C. 139. Notice to selectmen of the town where the pauper resides is indispensable. 6 C. 72. What constitutes “notice”. 18 C. 189; 43 C. 53; 112 C. 406. Selectmen not necessarily confined in the exercise of their powers to the limits of their own towns. 71 C. 724. Disclaimer by town to hospital fell short of express direction not to furnish aid. 112 C. 407. Cited. 139 C. 472; 146 C. 686; 149 C. 219.Compliance with notice provisions of section is condition precedent to right of physician or hospital to recover against town for services rendered to resident thereof unable to pay for such services. 33 CS 765.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-132. (Formerly Sec. 17-288) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-132. (Formerly Sec. 17-288) - When property of deceased person whom town has supported may be sold.

 When any person supported at the expense of any town dies, leaving personal estate not exceeding fifty dollars in value, the selectmen of such town may sell it for the use of such town, unless some person interested in such estate takes out administration thereon within ninety days after such death.(1949 Rev., S. 2598.)History: Sec. 17-288 transferred to Sec. 17b-132 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-133. (Formerly Sec. 17-289) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance|Section 17b-133. (Formerly Sec. 17-289) - Establishment of almshouses; removal of mentally ill persons.

 Section 17b-133 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 2599; 1955, S. 1431d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 54; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)