Connect to Work

A Division of the CT State Department of Social Services

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Connect to Work Center

Do you have a disability?

Are you working or planning to return to work in the near future?

Are you worried about how work will affect your benefits?

Would you like to make more money in a job?

The Connect to Work Center Can Help You!

The Connect to Work Center provides individualized benefits planning and counseling for people on public benefits. Our job is to help you understand how work will affect your benefits. The Center’s Community Work Incentive Coordinators (CWICs), formally called Benefits Specialists, can provide:

Specific information on the impact that working has on all the benefits received by you or family.

Problem solving for your specific concerns.
Information that can maximize financial well-being, self-sufficiency and quality of life.

Follow-up services after you return to work.

To receive benefits counseling services you must be working or considering going to work in the near future. We have five Community Work Incentive Coordinators available statewide to assist you in understanding how work will affect your benefits.

For more information please visit our
Website (http://www.connecttoworkcenter.state.ct.us) or contact us at:
1-800-773-4636
1-860-424-4839 (TTY)
email: connecttowork.dss@po.state.ct.us

Ticket to Work Tickets Issued to Eligible SSI/SSDI Recipients - (Versión en Español)

The primary goals of the Connect to Work Center include:

To establish a statewide network of benefits counselors, available to individuals with disabilities, families, employers, service providers and advocacy groups.
To provide a single access point for information and assistance around benefits and services, connecting the key components of employment, health care, and benefits counseling.
To provide training, public education and outreach around benefits and services offered within the State of Connecticut (with a particular emphasis on the Medicaid for the Employed Disabled Program).
To conduct policy review and policy development to enhance opportunities for individuals with disabilities to enter the labor force.

The Connect to Work Center is funded by a cooperative agreement with the Social Security Administration with additional funding from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Strategies and the Connecticut State Department of Social Services, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services

The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services

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