FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2025
Contact: Meghan Holden, The Connecticut Project Action Fund, meghanholden@ctproject.org, 860-465-7201
NEW HAVEN – Governor Lamont, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Treasurer Erick Russell, Senate President Martin Looney, Speaker of the House Matt Ritter, and House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora today announced plans to create a state emergency response fund to mitigate the harms of federal cuts to health and human services. The bipartisan group of leaders announced that the state would make a $500 million investment.
Recent estimates show that 58,000 Connecticut residents are at risk of losing SNAP benefits because of cuts contained in H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” and more than 168,000 are at risk of losing HUSKY.
The following is a reaction from Garth Harries, president and CEO of The Connecticut Project Action Fund:
“We welcome today’s bipartisan announcement and the Governor’s support for investing in protecting Connecticut residents from federal chaos. State leaders must follow today’s announcement with actions to strengthen SNAP and HUSKY in the special session and 2026 legislative session, because the threats to working class people aren’t only about funding and unfortunately don’t end this week. The federal budget’s cuts and meanspirited changes to SNAP and HUSKY are the other shoes about to drop, and working class people will be the first to suffer if our state hasn’t acted. Today’s announcement is a good first step, because our state cannot afford to sit on billions of extra dollars each year while working class people are worrying about whether they’ll have food or healthcare tomorrow.”