Connecticut Medicaid and State Benefits
Keep up with changes to Husky Benefits and how it may effect you!
Use this page as a resource to learn more about Connecticut Medicaid benefits.
Keeping up with the world of insurance can be hard. At HVCC we understand how important it is to keep up with your enrollment status, redetermination, or even how to sign up for the first time. That’s why we made this page, to hopefully clear up any questions you may have!
If you need help with enrolling, redetermination, or finding out which benefits you qualify for, schedule a Needs Assessment with one of our Case Managers!
SNAP and HUSKY will soon have new work rules
Beginning November 2025, some people getting SNAP must follow work rules. Beginning January 1st 2027, people on HUSKY D must follow work rules.
What does this mean for me?
For SNAP the following rules now apply: To meet work rules you must fulfill at least one of the following:
Work at least 80 hours per month, or make at least $217.50 per week
Be in a job training or work program such as SNAP E&T
Do community service or volunteer work at least 80 hours per month
Do a combination of work, training, and/or volunteer work that adds up to 80 hours per month
For HUSKY the following rules will apply beginning on January 1st, 2027: To meet work rules you must fulfill at least one of the following:
Have a monthly income of at least $580.00
Work at least 80 hours per month
Complete at least 80 hours per month of volunteer or community service work
Be in a qualified work or training program for at least 80 hours per month
Be enrolled at least half-time in an education program
Do a combination or work, training, and/or volunteer work that adds up to 80 hours per month
Snap Work Exceptions
SNAP work requirements apply to adults between the ages of 18-64. Adults with children under the age of 14 are exempt. However the rules now do NOT exempt veterans, those experiencing homelessness, and those under 24 who have aged out of foster care.
The following exemptions to the SNAP work requirements are:
• Pregnancy
• Receiving a disability benefit such as SSI, SSDI, or veteran’s benefits (regardless of
rating)
• Physically or mentally unable to work
• Have applied for or are receiving unemployment
• Going to school, college, or a training program at least half time
• Participating in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program
• Already meeting work requirements for TFA
• Parent/caregiver of an individual with a disability or someone who needs help with
daily activities
• Certain Native American populations or Alaskan natives
HUSKY Work Exceptions
Veterans with disability rated as total (100% schedular) or Total Disability Based on
Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
• Medically frail (e.g., blind, disabled, disabling mental disorder, chronic substance use
disorder, serious and complex medical condition)
• Participating in an approved drug or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program
• Already meeting work requirements for SNAP and/or TFA
• Caregiver of a child under 14, or someone who needs help with daily activities (such as
a person with disabilities or older adult)
• Individuals released from incarceration in the last 90 days
• Certain Native American & Alaska Native populations
• Foster and former foster youth
• Short-term hardship waivers (e.g., individuals receiving medical care out of state)
Resources and documents
The links to the right contain up to date information regarding special coverages and changes to Medicaid Insurance plans.
