{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17b-790b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-790b","heading":"Access to supplemental nutrition assistance programs.","body":"Not later than January 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Social Services, in collaboration with the Commissioners of Public Health, Agriculture and Education, shall take action to decrease hunger in the state by (1) coordinating, within available appropriations, state-wide public access, information and outreach, and promoting, within available appropriations, cross-referral and collocation of entry points and application processes for (A) the supplemental nutrition assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services pursuant to the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and section 17b-2, (B) the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children administered by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-59c, (C) the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program administered by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-6h, and (D) any other child nutrition programs administered by said departments or the State Department of Education, and (2) attempting to secure federal reimbursements and any additional funding for the costs of administering said programs.","path":["TITLE 17b. SOCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 319tt. NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_319tt.htm#sec_17b-790b","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:02Z","sha256":"d387ea664b2ee43def1cd0d572e607a1585b4e1ded0689a3a6797d0f12ad2097","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17b-790a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17b-790c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}