Connecticut General Statutes 17a-249 – Grants for supportive housing for persons with intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities
(a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall provide grants-in-aid to private nonprofit organizations for supportive housing for persons with an intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, autism spectrum disorder. The commissioner shall give priority in disbursement of grants to a nonprofit organization which reserves fifty per cent or more of the initial residential capacity of a housing site for individuals with such disabilities who are on a waiting list maintained by the Department of Developmental Services or the Department of Social Services for supportive housing.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 17a-249
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
(b) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall expend not more than five million dollars on the grant program established pursuant to this section in any one service region of the Department of Developmental Services. The commissioner may expend not more than two per cent of the funds allocated to the grant program established by this section on administrative expenses directly related to the grant program.
(c) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall develop and publish guidelines for the award of grants under subsection (a) of this section and a uniform application form for such grants. The commissioner shall post such guidelines and application form on the Internet web site of the Department of Developmental Services not later than July 1, 2024.
(d) Any recipient of a grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report annually to the Commissioner of Developmental Services, on a form to be developed by the commissioner, how such grant funds have been expended. The commissioner shall submit a report on January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning the expenditure of grant funds awarded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, human services and public health.