Cathy Osten

CT Essential Worker COVID-19 Relief

If you are an essential worker who was affected by COVID-19 during the pandemic we invite you to apply for financial relief from the new Connecticut Essential Worker COVID-19 Assistance Fund.

The fund provides assistance benefits to qualified essential workers who lived in Connecticut during the pandemic to cover lost wages, out-of-pocket medical expenses, and burial expenses.

About the Assistance Fund

The Connecticut Essential Worker COVID-19 Assistance Fund was approved by the Connecticut General Assembly to make $34 million available in assistance to support the critical workforce that helped keep the state operational during the pandemic. The Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller will oversee the program and has engaged Public Consulting Group to assist with claim processing and payments. Program benefits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds have been distributed.

Am I Eligible to Apply?

If you can answer YES to the below questions, or can answer YES as a family member or representative on behalf of an essential worker who died contracting COVID-19 to the below questions, click the button below for the next step in the pre-screening process.

• I was a resident of Connecticut between March 10, 2020 and July 20, 2021.
• I was employed as an essential worker living in Connecticut between March 10, 2020 and July 20, 2021.
• I contracted COVID-19 between March 10, 2020 and July 20, 2021.

And I experienced one or more of the following:

• I had lost wages due to the inability to work after a COVID-19 diagnosis or related illness.
• I had out-of-pocket medical expenses due to a COVID-19 diagnosis or related illness.
• My relative/family member was an essential worker who died as a result of COVID-19, after being diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 10, 2020 and July 20, 2021.

To Apply:

Visit http://www.ctessentialworkerrelief.org/s4s/CustomPage/Index/6