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Discusses these programs' operations in Bridgeport, specifically, who administers each program, the application process, race related statistics, and if there was a program waiting list.

Discusses how many recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and General Assistance (GA) were homeless.

Discusses welfare reform proposals in Connecticut and other states.

Discusses how many AFDC families in Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven receive a rent subsidy from the state or federal government.

Discusses HB 5951, An Act Concerning a Biometric Identifier System.

Discusses the availability of technology to implement a digital imaging system (also known as biometrics) to monitor welfare recipients. Also discusses the cost and time factors associated with implementing and operating this system.

Discusses the history of social security.

Discusses the eligibility requirements for Social Security benefits.

Discusses the sources of Hartconn's funding, how it came to administer the Rental Assistance (RAP) and Section 8 programs, the monetary value of aid granted to Bridgeport residents on these programs, and Hartconn Connecticut locations.

Discusses how many people in Connecticut receive Social Security benefits. Also discusses how many of these recipients also receive Medicare.

Discusses how many people received AFDC assistance in Connecticut. Also discusses how many AFDC recipients received a rent subsidy from the state Rental Assistance Program (RAP) or the federal Section 8 program.

Discusses how many AFDC household heads are 18-year olds.

Discusses the benefit amounts a family receives, depending on family size, from the following programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Food Stamps, Medicaid, Energy Assistance, and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Discusses how many ventilator patients are sent out of state for care and at what cost.

Discusses whether the state will continue to provide AFDC benefits to mothers who want to acquire an associate's or bachelor's degree.

Discusses how long it took to process applications for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), General Assistance (GA), and Emergency Assistance. Also discusses whether the procedure was regulated.

Discusses the federal electronic benefits transfer system, Connecticut's program, and other states' programs.

Discusses history of nursing home personal allowances and how they are determined.

Discusses medical professions that are reimbursed through Medicaid.

Discusses law on social security disability benefits and eligibility requirements.

Discusses how many Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients were in the state, particularly in Hartford. Also discusses when the last AFDC cash assistance increase occurred, and background information on the Job Connection Program and the Massachusetts School Clothes Voucher Program.

Discusses Connecticut's Essential Services Program, particularly on problems related to unemployment taxes.

Discusses entitlement programs including their eligibility requirements and application procedures.

Discusses state programs that help owners of multi-family housing correct lead problems.

Compares services offered, eligibility requirements, and funding sources of Connecticut's and Florida's home care programs.

Discusses nursing homes that offer rooms for patients who need continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), specifically, the names and locations of the homes, the demand for CAPD, if the rooms providing CAPD cost more than other rooms, how CAPD works, and if the homes must be specifically licensed to provide this treatment. Also discusses comments from the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care (CHHC) regarding dialysis.

Discusses individuals living in nursing homes and their spouses who remain in the community ("community spouses"), specifically, bank accounts and estates.

Discusses the history, current status, and level of funding for the Connecticut Bone Marrow Donor Program.

Discusses the Neighborhood Assistance Act (CGS sections12-631 to 12-638), which provides a variety of tax credits to business firms that sponsor neighborhood assistance, job training, education, crime prevention, energy conservation, construction or rehabilitation of housing for low income families, or other community services.

Discusses statistics for the last two years on deaths resulting from driving while intoxicated (DWI) and from youth violence.

Discusses welfare changes over the last three years.