The Labor Department, in cooperation with the Department of Social Services, shall provide information and assistance in obtaining, within available appropriations, the federal earned income credit established pursuant to 26 USC 32, to each applicant for or recipient of assistance from the department. The Labor Department, in cooperation with the Department of Revenue Services, shall promote the earned income credit program to recipients of benefits pursuant to section 17b-112. The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Child Poverty and Prevention Council established in section 4-67x, shall, within available appropriations, promote greater utilization of the federal earned income credit to municipalities, public and private employers, community-based organizations and other entities that have frequent contact with low-income families and shall enhance financial literacy and self-sufficiency programs. School and business partnership funds, private funds and other available funds may be used for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-92, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-194, S. 5, 33; P.A. 99-203, S. 2, 3; P.A. 05-244, S. 2; P.A. 06-179, S. 4.)
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. 17-12t transferred to Sec. 17b-16 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 added a provision requiring the Department of Social Services, in cooperation with the Department of Revenue Services, to promote the earned income credit program to recipients of time-limited benefits received pursuant to Sec. 17b-112, effective June 29, 1995; P.A. 99-203 required the Labor Department in cooperation with the Department of Social Services to provide information and assistance in obtaining the federal earned income credit, and required the Labor Department instead of the Department of Social Services in cooperation with the Department of Revenue Services to promote the earned income credit program to recipients of benefits pursuant to Sec. 17b-112, effective July 1, 1999, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1999; P.A. 05-244 required Department of Social Services to promote greater utilization of federal earned income credit; P.A. 06-179 substituted “Child Poverty and Prevention Council established in section 4-67x” for “Child Poverty Council”.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services
Section 17b-2. - Programs administered by the Department of Social Services.
Section 17b-3. - Commissioner of Social Services: Powers and duties.
Section 17b-5. - Implementation plan.
Section 17b-6. - Department of Social Services: Regional administrators. Agency goals.
Section 17b-7. (Formerly Sec. 17-3i). - General assistance training programs.
Section 17b-7a. - State-wide fraud early detection system. Regulations. Quarterly reports.
Section 17b-9. (Formerly Sec. 17-2l). - Annual report to the General Assembly.
Section 17b-10a. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation.
Section 17b-10b. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation.
Section 17b-11a. - Adult family living classification in rated housing.
Section 17b-12. (Formerly Sec. 17-11b). - Acceptance of bequests or gifts for services.
Section 17b-13. (Formerly Sec. 17-12). - Federal aid for emergency relief purposes.
Section 17b-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-12j). - Notification of federal sanctions and fines. Report.
Section 17b-20. (Formerly Sec. 17-574). - Grants for pilot projects or demonstrations.
Section 17b-22. (Formerly Sec. 17-106). - Agreements with other states.
Section 17b-24. (Formerly Sec. 17-573). - Contracts for comprehensive health care.
Section 17b-25. (Formerly Sec. 17-576). - Purchase or lease and management of property.
Section 17b-25a. - Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line.
Section 17b-25b. - Program for persons suffering from Huntington's disease.
Section 17b-28a. - Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver unit.
Section 17b-28b. - Competitive bidding for Medicaid managed care plans.
Section 17b-28f. - Care management subcontractors. Report on costs and profit.
Section 17b-28g. - Notice of amendment to Medicaid state plan.
Section 17b-28j. - Amendment to Medicaid state plan re community violence prevention services.
Section 17b-30. - Biometric identifier system.
Section 17b-31. - Parent's Fair Share Program.
Section 17b-32. - Pilot nurse practitioner training program.
Section 17b-55. - Regulations re welfare reform.
Section 17b-55a. - Service by state marshals.
Section 17b-55b. - Two-generation poverty reduction account.
Section 17b-56. (Formerly Sec. 17-21a). - Compact.
Section 17b-57. (Formerly Sec. 17-21b). - Administrator.
Section 17b-58. (Formerly Sec. 17-21c). - Administrator to coordinate activities.
Section 17b-59. (Formerly Sec. 17-21d). - Notice to other states of repeal of part.
Section 17b-59c. (Formerly Sec. 4-60l). - Approval of agency policies, programs and plans.
Section 17b-59d. - State-wide Health Information Exchange. Established.