Under this proposal, people currently receiving CFC services would be pushed into Medicaid waivers that are capped or effectively capped, meaning many could receive no services at all. The result? Thousands of Connecticut residents could be forced into nursing homes, even though CFC eligibility already requires a finding that institutionalization would occur without these services.

The budget vaguely references a “new” waiver for those losing CFC—but waivers are not entitlements, will almost certainly be capped, and include cost limits that force people into nursing facilities if their home care exceeds average nursing home costs. Many current CFC recipients would fail that test, despite home care often costing less than institutional care.

This proposal would:

• End a proven entitlement that keeps people in their homes
• Reverse decades of progress toward rebalancing away from nursing homes
• Increase institutionalization for people with severe disabilities
• Offer illusory savings while reducing choice, independence, and dignity

We need your voice now.
Please contact your state legislators and urge them to reject any proposal that ends CFC or replaces it with capped waiver programs.

Community-based care works. CFC works. Let’s protect it.