STANDARD OF NEED REGIONS – DSS

DSS benefits are based on a "Standard of Need." The State of Connecticut is divided into three Standard of Need regions:

REGION A

• Bethel
• Bridgewater
• Brookfield
• Danbury
• Darien
• Greenwich
• New Canaan
• New Fairfield
• New Milford
• Newtown
• Norwalk
• Redding
• Ridgefield
• Roxbury
• Sherman
• Stamford
• Washington
• Weston
• Westport
• Wilton

REGION B

REGION C

• Ansonia
• Barkhamsted
• Beacon Falls
• Bethlehem
• Canaan
• Cheshire
• Colebrook
• Cornwall
• Derby
• Goshen
• Hartland
• Harwinton
• Kent
• Litchfield
• Middlebury
• Morris
• Naugatuck
• New Hartford
• Norfolk
• North Canaan
• Oxford
• Prospect
• Salisbury
• Seymour
• Sharon
• Southbury
• Thomaston
• Torrington
• Warren
• Waterbury
• Watertown
• Winchester
• Wolcott
• Woodbury

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SOURCE: Connecticut State Department of Social Services
PREPARED BY: 211/tb
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: May2013