Connecticut grants
& benefits: HUSKY letters, town hall tax relief and three Medicare Savings levels.

HUSKY A covers children, parents, relative caregivers and pregnant people. HUSKY B is the children's insurance plan for uninsured kids in higher-income homes. HUSKY C serves people 65 or older, blind or disabled, and HUSKY D covers adults 19 to 64 with no dependent child, no Medicare and no pregnancy.

Under the chart DSS updated March 1, 2026, a single adult qualifies for HUSKY D with monthly income under $1,836, and D has no asset limit. HUSKY C is far tighter: $851 a month for one person before disregards, with savings capped at $1,600, or $2,400 for a couple.

Working people with disabilities who earn too much for HUSKY C can use Medicaid for Employees with Disabilities, also called MED-Connect. Earnings can run up to $95,000 a year, and assets up to $30,000 for one person or $45,000 for a couple.

From January 1, 2027, HUSKY D members able to work, with no child under 14 in the household, must show $580 in monthly income, or 80 hours a month of work, service or training, or half-time school. HUSKY A, B and C are not affected. DSS lists these groups as likely outside the rule:

• Parents and caregiver relatives, and anyone pregnant or postpartum
• People with Medicare Part A or B, and medically frail people
• Veterans with a 100% schedular VA rating or a TDIU rating
• Current and former foster youth, and American Indians or Alaska Natives
• People released from jail or prison in the last 90 days, or recently inpatient in a hospital or nursing facility
• People in drug or alcohol treatment, or already meeting the TFA or SNAP work rules

For the federal ground rules behind HUSKY, read our Medicaid program guide.

DSS pays the Part B premium for anyone who qualifies for one of three Medicare Savings Program levels. The limits below took effect March 1, 2026, and are based on gross income, though not all wages are counted. Every level also enrolls you in Extra Help for Part D drug costs.

QMB is the only level that also pays Medicare deductibles and coinsurance, and it can cover the Part A premium for adults 65 and up without premium-free Part A. ALMB depends on available funding and is closed to anyone on Medicaid. The monthly income limits are:

• QMB: $2,807 single, $3,806 couple
• SLMB: $3,073 single, $4,166 couple
• ALMB: $3,272 single, $4,437 couple

How these programs work nationally, and how they connect to Extra Help, is explained in our Medicare Savings Programs guide.

Owners 65 or older, or eligible for Social Security disability, can get a property tax bill credit of up to $1,000 single or $1,250 married. Apply to your assessor between February 1 and May 15. For the 2026 filing, 2025 income must be $46,300 or less if unmarried, or $56,500 if married.

Renters who meet the same age or disability test and the same income limits can claim the Renters' Rebate, paid by check: up to $700 for a single person or $900 for a married couple, based on rent and utilities paid the year before. Apply April 1 to September 30 at your assessor or town social services office.

OPM permits no extensions for the rebate, and checks go out by November 30. If yours has not arrived by December 15, call the Renters' Rebate hotline at 860-418-6377. Social Security, SSI, energy aid, veterans benefits and subsidized housing do not disqualify you.

A separate exemption takes up to $1,000 off the assessment of a home or vehicle owned by someone 18 or older with a permanent and total disability. It has no income test, but proof of disability must reach the assessor before the Grand List is filed.

Honorably discharged veterans with at least 90 days of wartime service, or their survivors, get a basic $1,000 property tax exemption once the DD-214 is recorded in the town land records before October 1.

Veterans under the income limits can add a state-backed exemption worth up to 200% of the local one. That application goes to the assessor every two years, between February 1 and October 1.

The Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund is a state agency set up in 1919 and run by the American Legion. It gives temporary, limited help to wartime veterans and their families in need, with income and asset limits. It can help pay for these costs:

• Rent or mortgage interest
• Gas, electric, water and heating fuel bills
• Medical costs, and emergency dental care for the veteran
• Eye exams, glasses, hearing tests and hearing aids
• Durable medical equipment and funeral expenses

Full-year residents who qualify for the federal EITC get a refundable Connecticut credit set at 40% of the federal amount. For 2025 returns, that meant up to $3,218 with three or more children, $1,731 with one child and $260 with none. Filers with at least one qualifying child also receive an extra $250.

Starting with the 2027 tax year, Public Act 26-68 adds a Family Caregiver Tax Credit. It equals 50% of eligible costs of caring for a family member, up to $2,000. Federal AGI must be under $50,000 for most filers, or under $100,000 on a joint return. The credit is nonrefundable, so it only reduces tax you owe.

The federal credit that the CT EITC builds on is explained in our EITC program guide.

CEAP, Connecticut's version of LIHEAP, pays $355 to $705 for the 2026 to 2027 season, usually paid to the utility company or fuel vendor. Applications opened September 1, 2026, and close May 31, 2027. A one-person household qualifies at $48,714 a year or less, and a household of four at $93,681.

Households already on SNAP, TANF or SSI meet the income test. Apply online, by phone, by email, by mail or in person with your local Community Action Agency, and apply again each year. Oil, kerosene and propane users may get extra deliveries.

Apply for SNAP on the DSS ConneCT site, by mail or in person. DSS decides within 30 days, or within 7 days for households with almost no money. Since November 2025, SNAP adults 18 to 64 with no child under 14 face work rules; those cut off can ask a Community Action Agency for a one-time $300 grocery card.

CEAP is paid for by the federal program described in our LIHEAP program guide.

Client ID deposit days, the 200% chart and the six-month report are covered in our Connecticut food stamps guide.

SNAP's federal income tests and maximum allotments are laid out in our SNAP program guide.