Connecticut Needs Social Service Programs 2014 These remain difficult times for Connecticut residents. Many families have turned to the state for health care coverage and for basic necessities like food. This report shows the number of people in each Connecticut town who: o Live in poverty o Are unemployed o Receive tax relief for elderly & disabled renters program o Use state and federal assistance programs to obtain needed: o Health Care o Food Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut, Inc. 363 Main St., Floor 3-1 Hartford, CT 06106-1885 (860) 278-5688 www.larcc.org -Contact: Jane McNichol, 860-616-4467, or Sara Parker McKernan, 860-616-4473
Town Population % In Poverty Unemployment Rate Tax Relief for Elderly Renters (Rent Rebate) Program For Families & Children (HUSKY A+B) Number of people using assistance programs for: Health Care/Medicaid For Elderly & Disabled (HUSKY C) For Low Income Adults (HUSKY D) Food (SNAP) Andover 3,298 4.90% 5.80% 14 229 41 26 117 Ansonia 19,219 13.90% 7.90% 239 3,683 503 610 3,102 Ashford 4,307 4.20% 6.00% 40 518 42 69 329 Avon 18,113 4.80% 4.50% 81 508 168 82 253 Barkhamsted 3,776 0.60% 5.40% 2 257 44 32 121 Beacon Falls 6,038 3.80% 6.00% 14 436 34 66 239 Berlin 19,881 6.40% 5.40% 242 1,105 206 224 764 Bethany 5,554 5.40% 5.10% 2 220 39 29 101 Bethel 18,771 2.80% 5.60% 145 1,493 225 218 777 Bethlehem 3,586 4.40% 4.90% 24 258 39 29 108 Bloomfield 20,502 8.50% 8.20% 389 2,069 789 586 2,089 Bolton 4,974 2.10% 5.40% 5 265 40 56 152 Bozrah 2,622 4.40% 7.00% 3 221 48 44 165 Branford 27,980 6.70% 5.70% 261 2,001 610 471 1,547 Bridgeport 145,638 23.60% 10.50% 3,621 39,326 6,339 7,874 37,425 Bridgewater 1,716 2.20% 5.80% 0 77 * 12 26 Bristol 60,525 9.00% 7.00% 1,085 9,125 1,495 1,510 7,664 Brookfield 16,617 2.80% 5.40% 44 885 213 143 419 Brooklyn 8,192 10.20% 6.90% 100 968 203 163 764 Burlington 9,309 3.60% 5.20% 4 405 50 59 163 Canaan 1,227 6.80% 3.50% 0 357 72 42 176 Canterbury 5,119 2.90% 6.90% 32 503 103 73 298 Canton 10,300 3.90% 5.00% 122 443 80 59 261 Chaplin 2,298 4.20% 6.10% 5 294 25 49 217 Cheshire 29,216 2.80% 5.70% 100 1,001 463 181 586 Chester 4,003 6.00% 5.10% 22 266 133 42 123 Clinton 13,290 5.90% 6.00% 99 1,091 209 166 665 Colchester 16,034 2.70% 5.80% 133 1,338 325 213 899 Colebrook 1,476 3.40% 4.00% 1 26 10 5 18 Columbia 5,477 3.80% 6.20% 17 353 62 54 186 Cornwall 1,412 12.30% 4.40% 2 138 1 22 61 Coventry 12,418 3.50% 5.80% 82 978 109 159 618 Cromwell 14,037 3.40% 5.90% 151 905 330 157 548 Danbury 81,671 10.10% 5.30% 912 12,301 1,679 1,585 7,083 Darien 20,942 5.20% 4.60% 37 343 56 70 145 Deep River 4,639 2.50% 5.60% 29 319 101 62 187 Derby 12,882 13.30% 7.70% 162 2,139 347 351 1,753 Durham 7,403 1.30% 5.00% 18 276 72 52 143 East Granby 5,152 3.00% 5.30% 46 324 21 41 154 East Haddam 9,146 5.40% 5.10% 29 538 92 86 233 East Hampton 12,989 4.10% 5.90% 85 802 140 157 480
East Hartford 51,293 15.30% 8.30% 1,100 11,187 2,054 1,861 10,217 East Haven 29,209 9.30% 7.50% 547 3,605 719 754 2,809 East Lyme 19,124 3.60% 5.90% 164 1,154 254 214 766 East Windsor 11,170 5.00% 7.00% 176 1,239 341 201 893 Eastford 1,744 5.50% 5.50% 0 118 16 23 88 Easton 7,564 1.30% 5.10% 0 133 46 50 75 Ellington 15,582 2.70% 5.30% 97 897 71 149 510 Enfield 44,686 6.50% 6.80% 351 4,360 767 676 3,294 Essex 6,698 4.40% 4.80% 29 369 72 61 182 Fairfield 59,961 4.10% 5.70% 175 2,570 845 436 1,223 Farmington 25,361 5.40% 5.40% 239 1,085 498 189 768 Franklin 1,917 2.90% 7.00% 11 139 45 21 98 Glastonbury 34,454 2.60% 4.90% 256 1,415 402 217 926 Goshen 2,957 7.90% 4.60% 1 209 21 30 80 Granby 11,291 1.70% 4.80% 39 464 99 57 226 Greenwich 61,782 3.80% 4.80% 373 2,535 665 373 1,392 Griswold 11,925 9.10% 8.00% 110 1,818 183 315 1,471 Groton 40,038 7.50% 7.50% 594 3,899 701 588 3,623 Guilford 22,340 4.00% 5.20% 146 960 267 191 546 Haddam 8,364 3.80% 4.70% 18 460 27 75 198 Hamden 60,868 7.80% 6.80% 628 5,791 1,442 1,130 4,540 Hampton 1,858 6.50% 6.90% 1 233 6 31 135 Hartford 124,867 33.90% 13.10% 5,971 40,579 8,304 10,729 52,197 Hartland 2,116 3.70% 5.00% 0 103 26 12 50 Harwinton 5,608 4.60% 5.30% 16 379 34 45 165 Hebron 9,673 0.90% 5.40% 27 460 53 81 211 Kent 2,979 10.50% 4.50% 36 220 81 28 95 Killingly 17,330 10.30% 8.70% 292 3,042 620 540 2,696 Killingworth 6,540 20.00% 5.90% 25 252 41 57 135 Lebanon 7,292 4.10% 5.80% 13 648 75 196 434 Ledyard 15,019 3.30% 6.50% 34 1,377 106 192 899 Lisbon 4,330 4.70% 6.40% 7 349 34 76 294 Litchfield 8,417 6.80% 5.40% 63 512 198 81 258 Lyme 2,401 4.20% 5.50% 3 106 7 23 54 Madison 18,239 2.40% 4.70% 79 591 170 114 279 Manchester 58,287 8.90% 6.40% 1,105 8,812 1,745 1,597 7,691 Mansfield 26,524 17.90% 6.10% 154 949 202 169 646 Marlborough 6,410 1.10% 5.50% 21 293 98 54 136 Meriden 60,770 14.50% 8.50% 1,086 13,089 2,352 2,180 12,094 Middlebury 7,563 2.60% 5.60% 76 351 86 59 209 Middlefield 4,436 2.40% 5.90% 22 207 22 59 131 Middletown 47,749 10.90% 6.80% 994 6,068 1,360 1,574 5,851 Milford 52,675 4.70% 6.10% 477 3,640 796 801 2,568 Monroe 19,675 4.00% 5.10% 50 877 137 136 350 Montville 19,533 5.50% 7.00% 73 2,062 309 383 1,563 Morris 2,373 5.60% 5.60% 14 165 36 22 83 Naugatuck 31,810 8.60% 8.10% 398 4,851 640 676 3,705 New Britain 73,261 22.90% 9.20% 1,531 20,316 3,620 3,827 20,891
New Canaan 19,938 2.20% 5.00% 62 307 111 58 168 New Fairfield 14,020 1.50% 5.20% 1 811 47 109 310 New Hartford 6,929 3.20% 5.90% 3 427 37 60 172 New Haven 129,585 26.90% 10.00% 4,906 32,219 6,388 8,048 36,210 New London 27,569 20.00% 9.70% 762 6,869 1,370 1,380 7,519 New Milford 27,972 4.60% 5.40% 231 2,636 346 377 1,430 Newington 30,586 4.30% 5.80% 278 2,125 663 405 1,542 Newtown 27,829 3.40% 5.10% 62 1,133 192 200 501 Norfolk 1,698 6.60% 6.00% 14 129 12 22 57 North Branford 14,383 2.10% 5.70% 74 809 118 167 437 North Canaan 3,295 10.20% 5.40% 77 176 60 14 89 North Haven 24,054 3.80% 6.00% 233 1,310 301 285 870 No. Stonington 5,287 5.80% 7.00% 12 394 30 76 255 Norwalk 86,460 9.40% 6.10% 788 10,966 1,515 1,574 6,134 Norwich 40,408 15.20% 8.00% 1,001 8,869 1,515 1,809 9,295 Old Lyme 7,587 3.30% 5.50% 40 371 42 71 187 Old Saybrook 10,265 5.90% 5.30% 35 705 214 120 372 Orange 13,933 2.60% 5.40% 74 539 126 95 245 Oxford 12,662 4.50% 5.00% 30 562 115 87 315 Plainfield 15,369 8.80% 9.10% 196 2,755 435 390 2,191 Plainville 17,730 7.60% 6.50% 185 1,722 354 304 1,290 Plymouth 12,169 6.70% 8.20% 81 1,457 173 245 983 Pomfret 4,236 6.30% 6.00% 33 345 34 43 178 Portland 9,530 5.10% 5.60% 77 660 165 142 510 Preston 4,716 11.40% 7.00% 36 345 68 81 301 Prospect 9,390 3.20% 5.90% 38 531 170 98 266 Putnam 9,562 16.00% 6.90% 207 1,682 387 277 1,554 Redding 9,250 4.00% 4.30% 2 262 12 42 78 Ridgefield 24,885 2.40% 5.00% 105 538 157 92 228 Rocky Hill 19,723 6.00% 5.20% 114 1,038 411 193 715 Roxbury 2,249 2.50% 4.40% 18 85 18 17 31 Salem 4,142 2.70% 6.30% 0 277 6 58 155 Salisbury 3,720 4.50% 3.60% 16 237 64 37 98 Scotland 1,722 1.10% 4.30% 0 114 7 18 69 Seymour 16,514 6.80% 6.90% 165 1,688 309 288 1,111 Sharon 2,766 6.00% 4.00% 5 227 46 70 114 Shelton 39,954 4.40% 5.90% 275 2,913 561 541 1,758 Sherman 3,618 2.60% 4.80% 2 209 22 24 79 Simsbury 23,528 2.20% 5.00% 92 878 244 115 495 Somers 11,433 4.80% 6.10% 74 536 51 69 310 South Windsor 25,729 4.30% 5.60% 204 1,325 279 241 782 Southbury 19,873 6.40% 5.90% 90 600 713 158 446 Southington 43,103 3.60% 5.60% 408 2,932 261 461 1,917 Sprague 2,978 7.60% 10.00% 15 592 18 83 457 Stafford 12,072 6.70% 6.20% 102 1,317 235 195 922 Stamford 123,868 10.80% 5.70% 1,490 15,512 2,008 2,190 9,115 Sterling 3,820 11.80% 8.00% 3 497 15 89 407 Stonington 18,506 4.80% 5.80% 236 1,982 414 324 1,495
Stratford 51,901 6.40% 7.50% 354 6,228 723 1,037 4,227 Suffield 15,747 1.60% 5.70% 102 582 132 91 398 Thomaston 7,838 2.70% 6.60% 89 753 67 115 438 Thompson 9,435 7.50% 6.60% 89 995 91 156 800 Tolland 15,031 3.70% 4.70% 57 641 158 90 306 Torrington 36,167 11.20% 7.50% 583 5,670 1,474 1,015 4,719 Trumbull 36,376 2.20% 5.60% 204 1,678 624 292 730 Union 853 1.10% 4.40% 0 27 * 8 17 Vernon 29,139 9.20% 6.70% 630 3,955 731 647 3,361 Voluntown 2,597 1.40% 8.00% 8 285 14 51 201 Wallingford 45,062 6.00% 6.40% 314 3,472 944 591 2,225 Warren 1,453 6.30% 4.90% 1 90 10 5 37 Washington 3,557 7.00% 5.30% 4 233 28 40 96 Waterbury 110,189 21.90% 11.50% 2,733 31,865 5,601 6,541 33,986 Waterford 19,477 5.20% 6.80% 114 1,535 440 285 1,002 Watertown 22,377 3.40% 6.60% 206 1,816 448 319 1,153 West Hartford 63,317 6.60% 5.60% 570 4,407 1,876 668 3,602 West Haven 55,477 11.70% 7.70% 822 9,865 1,371 1,736 8,198 Westbrook 6,954 3.60% 5.40% 98 444 121 96 322 Weston 10,281 2.70% 4.30% 0 173 30 37 49 Westport 26,656 3.70% 5.00% 82 558 145 146 379 Wethersfield 26,690 5.20% 5.80% 470 1,819 496 344 1,601 Willington 6,033 18.10% 4.60% 41 373 78 63 242 Wilton 18,242 2.50% 5.30% 68 285 235 41 89 Winchester 11,175 5.50% 7.60% 268 1,755 345 265 1,333 Windham 25,214 24.60% 9.20% 696 5,867 1,116 1,359 6,451 Windsor 29,067 5.10% 6.90% 167 2,822 671 543 2,204 Windsor Locks 12,502 8.30% 7.20% 89 1,420 149 213 1,012 Wolcott 16,652 3.40% 6.70% 192 1,264 315 203 748 Woodbridge 8,976 1.20% 4.70% 14 293 112 71 135 Woodbury 9,915 4.60% 5.20% 78 498 96 76 258 Woodstock 7,945 4.70% 4.80% 24 594 40 87 296 2 3 3,580,722 10% 7.60% 48,140 450,597 85,771 86,357 393,685 Sources Population: Connecticut Secretary of the State, "Connecticut State Register & Manual" for 2013. % of residents in poverty: Connecticut Voices for Children, Poverty, Income and Health Insurance i n Connecticut Cities and Towns: Summary of 2008-2012 American Community Survey Census Data (January 2014). Unemployment Rate: Connecticut Department of Labor Office of Research as of November 2013. Number benefiting from Elderly Renters Program: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management FY 2012-2013. Number covered by HUSKY A and B: CT Voices for Children website (July 2013). Number covered by HUSKY C: Estimate based on Total Medicaid figure from Department of Social Services Report, DSS Assistance Units and Recipients Average Monthly by Town, State Fiscal Year 2013 with Husky A + D figures deducted. Number covered by HUSKY D & SNAP: Dept. of Social Services Report, DSS Assistance Units and Recipients Average Monthly by Town, State Fiscal Year 2013. Some towns show ** instead of a number. It means no i nformation was provided. For more information, contact: Jane McNichol, Executive Director, 860-616-4467 or Sara Parker McKernan, Legislative Liaison, 860-616-4473. Legal Assistance Resource of Connecticut, Inc. 363 Main St., Floor 3-1, Hartford, CT 06106. www.larcc.org