ACTION ALERT: CT Budget Proposal Please take a few minutes to contact your Legislators and some Key Legislators (below). Ask them not to cut key programs that help children, individuals and low income families. Background Information: The CT Appropriations Committee is putting the final touches on its budget proposal this […]

The House and Senate are proposing budget cuts that would mean drastic changes to the human needs programs that most successfully help people survive and move out of dire poverty: programs like Medicaid, SNAP, low-income tax credits, and the Affordable Care Act, plus painful cuts to education, housing, child care, […]

Message: Call the Human Service Committee and ask them to vote NO for Photos on EBT cards.    Find the members here. House Bill 5822: AN ACT REQUIRING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION ON ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CARDS is ready to be voted on in the Human Services Committee this  week. We need […]

ACTION ALERT Message: Contact your House Representative and Senators and ask them to oppose any cuts and alterations to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Background: The House of Representatives and the Senate issued draft budget resolutions for the Fiscal Year 2016 this week, and both budgets proposed significant and […]