Webinar on Child Tax Payments

July 7, 2022


 
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Dear Neighbor,

As the summer continues and we all begin to travel more, I want to highlight that this session, Connecticut lawmakers voted to extend our state's gas tax holiday through November 30, 2022. We suspended Connecticut's 25-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline to provide some additional relief at the pump for Connecticut consumers. 

In addition, we also extended free public bus service across the state through November 30. Consumers are being affected by historic inflation and surging gas prices, making everyday tasks like bringing the kids to school, driving to work, and picking up groceries more expensive. These measures take steps to relieve some of that financial burden weighing down consumers' wallets. 

You can learn more about the fare free bus rides and find a bus schedule here. If you have a smartphone, you can download the free app, Transit, to access schedules and plan your trip. Click here to learn more. 
 
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Today, July 7, the Department of Revenue Services will host a webinar to discuss the 2022 Connecticut Child Tax Payment. If you would like to learn more about the payments, we passed in this year's budget adjustment, I encourage you to participate.

The webinar is expected to last approximately 30 minutes and will be presented in English at 10AM, followed by a presentation in Spanish at 11AM.
 
To participate in this live event, please click the buttons below. Pre-registration is not required.
10 a.m. | 2022 CT Child Tax Rebate Webinar | ENGLISH
11 a.m. | 2022 CT Child Tax Rebate Webinar | SPANISH
If you have a child born before January 1, 2022 and are a single parent who earned less than $100,000 or a two-parent household who earned less than $200,000 during the 2021 tax year, you are eligible for a child tax payment of $250 per child, up to three children. BUT YOU MUST APPLY BY JULY 31.
Apply for Child Tax Payment
 
STATE & LOCAL RESOURCES
Did you know that the state budget we passed this year expands eligibility for the Pledge to Advance CT (PACT) free community college program to part-time students? The program is open to first-time college students who are enrolled full-time or part-time, and meet other eligibility requirements. The grant helps cover the gap between the federal and state grants students receive, and community college tuition and mandatory fees.  Eligible students are encouraged to apply before the priority consideration deadline of July 15th. After that date, applications will be accepted as long as funds remain available.
 
For more information about PACT funding and to start the application process, please click here.
 
The Town of West Hartford has launched a Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Grant Program to help local businesses that were negatively affected by the pandemic. The West Hartford Town Council voted to approve the allocation of $2 million of the town's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the program. West Hartford businesses and nonprofits with 50 or fewer full-time employees, that have been in operation in West Hartford since at least January 1, 2020 and that meet other eligibility requirements can apply for a one-time grant of up to $10,000. 

To learn more about the grant program and to start the application process, please click here.
 
As always, if I can be of assistance to you and your family, please reach out to me at 860-240-8585 or email me at Kate.Farrar@cga.ct.gov. Follow @KateforCT on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay up-to-date on everything I'm doing at the Capitol!

Sincerely,

Kate Farrar
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