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Newsroom - 2006

15 de Septiembre de 2006

FONDOS FEDERALES ADICIONALES PARA ASISTENCIA DE CALEFACCIÓN

May 1, 2006

HOUSE AND SENATE PASS STATE BUDGET WITH BROAD BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT

15 de Septiembre de 2006

FONDOS FEDERALES ADICIONALES PARA ASISTENCIA DE CALEFACCIÓN

El grupo de legisladores Hispanos anuncio el aumento de $6 millones en fondos federales adicionales disponibles para asistencia con los costos de calefacción. La semana pasada el Departamento de Servicios Sociales fue autorizado a proporcionar beneficios más altos de lo usual para ayudar a familias y envejecientes de bajos ingresos.

Los $6 millones representan fondos adicionales a los $44.28 millones proveídos en el presupuesto estatal para asistencia de calefacción. Familias elegibles para beneficios recibirán hasta $675 en asistencia básica suplementaria de los programas de asistencia para otros combustibles.

Las agencias encargadas de administrar el programa están aceptando solicitudes antes de la fecha de comienzo en octubre, por lo tanto es sumamente importante solicitar a tiempo para asegurar su participación. Para mas información sobre este y otros programas puede llamar a info-line al teléfono 2-1-1.


May 1, 2006

HOUSE AND SENATE PASS STATE BUDGET
WITH BROAD BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT

Plan includes additional money for New Haven

Representative Juan Candelaria (D-New Haven) said the state budget approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate contains increased state dollars for New Haven, no new taxes and makes long term investments that will save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in the long term.

Rep. Candelaria stated, “This bipartisan budget increases aids to towns, increases funding in current service programs such as husky and repeals the property tax on machinery and other equipment creating a competitive edge for CT business. This is certainly a sensible legislation that focuses on job creation and economic growth.”

Residents will see a reduction in their state income tax liability with an increase in the property tax credit from $400 to $500. The credit can be applied against property taxes paid on cars or homes.

New Haven will see an increase of $6,274,409 in state aid (including ECS, PILOT, TAR and other statutory grants) and $713,338 for special education, over and above what the governor proposed in her February budget address.

The current state budget surplus of about $660 million was used mainly to pay down long term debt, increase the balance in the Rainy Day Fund and fully fund the teachers’ retirement fund through 2007 and to return funds to towns and cities like New Haven.

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