Overview
- Connecticut estimates about 36,000 residents could lose benefits between Dec. 1 and March 31 as H.R. 1 tightens eligibility.
- The federal law extends work requirements to adults ages 55–64 and to parents with children 14 or older while ending prior exemptions for veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and youth who recently aged out of foster care.
- Attorney General William Tong joined 21 other attorneys general to contest USDA guidance they say wrongly makes certain refugees, asylees, and other protected immigrants permanently ineligible, even after becoming lawful permanent residents.
- Recipients must document at least 20 hours per week of work or approved activities, with compliance possible through job training or volunteer work, and some groups such as pregnant people and those in treatment programs remain eligible.
- Legislative leaders are weighing a state-funded response, including potential use of a $500 million emergency fund, while the governor reviews options.