Public assistance and government benefits in Fairfield County.
Fairfield County low income families qualify for public assistance from the state of Connecticut DSS (Social Services) or federal government. There are benefits to help people get food (SNAP food assistance or EBT), TANF cash assistance (Economic Security), grants and more. Find details on social services in Fairfield County CT.
Social services for food in Fairfield County
Food stamps/SNAP or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is available. It is known as Food Assistance in Connecticut. This federal government funded public program provides eligible households in Fairfield the means to buy food using vouchers and/or debit cards. It is usually offered along with a jobs training program.
These resources provide help to low-income families in Fairfield County to pay for food. There is also free educational services, and training to State of Connecticut Administered Supplemental Nutrition Assistance as well as General Assistance recipients. Those who are able-bodied adults will need to commit to the employment services that are offered as part of SNAP. There are all sorts of opportunities, from a CDL license to part time jobs or gig work. Look here for details on how to get CDL for free.
In Fairfield County Connecticut families that are enrolled will use an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to do their shopping for groceries, fresh food, baby formula, and more. The card is accepted at most major retail food and grocery stores in southern and western Connecticut. While there are many conditions in place, the amount of SNAP benefits and public aid that a household can receive depends on certain deductible expenses, their income, and number of people in the household.
Women, Infants & Children (WIC) offers nutrition and food services to children up to 5 years old, women who are prenatal and postpartum females. The target population of WIC resides in the greater Fairfield County area, including Bridgeport, Stratford, Easton, Fairfield, and Monroe.
Elderly Referral Services and Hispanic Outreach offers benefit counseling, information, and more to the elderly Hispanic population residing in Bridgeport and Fairfield County.
Health care, including insurance from DSS, is offered by Healthy Start or Medicaid. The main goal of this federal government grant program is to reduce, to the extent possible, morbidity, infant mortality and low birth weights. Medicaid in Fairfield County also helps the very low-income get insurance.
Services are provided to eligible pregnant children and women up to three years old in the Southwestern area of Connecticut, and this public health care program offers care coordination, financial aid, focused health-related case management, and more.
Fairfield County CT cash benefits
Fairfield County Social Services administers the state of Connecticut General Assistance program which provides cash assistance for adults with very low income and low assets. It is offered for those who do not qualify for other federal or state assistance programs. Cash assistance is not offered to those who are able to work, and usually at most a few hundred dollars per month can be paid out.
Contingency Heating Assistance Program (CHAP) is for more moderate income families in Fairfield County. The grant money an help people pay their primary heating bills or even .repairs. Seniors, the disabled and families in poverty get priority. The total amount of energy payments provided to clients will be determined by the applicant’s total household income as well as their family size.
Cremation and Burial assistance is coordinated by the Department of Social Services. The county will pay toward burial, funeral or cremation expenses of any very low income individual. Note it is not necessary to be a legal resident or citizen. Look here for more details on free funeral help
Temporary Family Assistance or First is a cash assistance program that can last multiple months. Government money from TANF, also commonly called Economic Security, is for very low income families with children under age 18 or pregnant women. Participants need to sign up for and attend a Department of Labor-managed job search, two- or four year degree program, or job training while receiving assistance.
Contact information
Other Fairfield County Social Service programs are offered too. They include Child Support Assistance; Heating System Repair; Community Care Financing Programs for Disabled Adults; Homeless Shelters and State Supplement for the Aged, Blind, Disabled. Some of the more specific medical assistance program are Health Insurance Programs such as Husky A/Husky B or Chip Program; Medicaid for Low Income Adults; and various Medicare Savings Programs such as QMB and SLMB.
The main Fairfield County CT Department of Social Services is at 1-855-626-6632. Other local town offices are below.
- 100 Pocono Road, Brookfield Social Services, Brookfield, Connecticut 06804-5106, dial (203) 775-7312
- 4 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfield Social Services, New Fairfield, CT 06812-2619, phone (203) 312-5669
- 3 Main Street, Newtown Social Services, Newtown, Connecticut 06470, call (203) 270-4330
- 400 Main Street, Ridgefield Social Services, Ridgefield, CT 06877-4699, (203) 431-2754
- 23 Priscilla Place, Trumbull Social Services, Trumbull, CT 06611, (203) 452-5198
- 24 School Road, Weston Social Services, Weston, Connecticut 06883, dial (203) 222-2663
- 180 School Road, Wilton Social Services, Wilton, Connecticut 06897, telephone (203) 834-6238
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