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September 10, 2007
 Connecticut DSS Settlement in Raymond v. Rowland
On September 10, 2007, the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) reached a settlement in the case of
Raymond v. Rowland. The DSS will take steps to ensure residents with disabilities have access to cash, food stamps, and medical subsistence benefits available to them. The DSS will also provide additional
accommodations to people with disabilities in navigating and passing the agency's eligibility processes.
The settlement was a resolution of the 2003 class action lawsuit, Lori Raymond et al. V. John Rowlands, governor and Patricia Wilson-Coker,
commissioner of the DSS. Lori Raymond represented all those persons in Connecticut with physical or mental
disabilities who get benefits from the DSS now or in the future. The lawsuit claimed that there were not adequate
accommodations to allow people with disabilities to understand the eligibility
process.
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