Connecticut

Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
A division of Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street-11th Floor
Hartford, CT 06106
Toll Free: 1-800-537-2549 (voice only)
Direct: (860) 424-4844
TDD/TTY: (860) 424-4839

Employment Resources:

The APT Foundation
From the foundation's web site, "The APT Foundation is one of the oldest and most successful substance abuse programs in Connecticut. Founded in 1970, The APT Foundation is a private, non-profit organization providing treatment to individuals with substance use problems with an emphasis on traditionally underserved populations. Headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, The APT Foundation offers treatment programs for adults that address the full range of substance abuse including opiates, cocaine, alcohol and multiple addictions. The APT Foundation is accredited by CARF...The Commission on Accreditation Rehabilitation Facilities. Specialized programs are offered for adolescents, addicted women with children, and those living with HIV/AIDS. Services include primary healthcare evaluation and treatment, outpatient counseling, outpatient detoxification, methadone maintenance, residential treatment and vocational services . Bilingual/Bicultural services are also available."

AIDS Legal Network for Connecticut
"The AIDS Legal Network for Connecticut (ALN) is a collaborative project of the legal services agencies in Connecticut. We are a statewide program that gives legal information, advice, brief service, representation and referral to people living with HIV/AIDS in Connecticut." Legal services include HIV/AIDS discrimination in employment.

Research:

Note: Neither of these articles are specific to Connecticut, but came up in my search.

Effective HIV treatment and the employment of HIV+ adults
We collected data on state-specific policies in 1997 that affect the generosity of coverage. These include a dichotomous variable indicating a limit of three prescriptions per month by the state Medicaid programs (Medicaid HIV Policy Project 1998), and whether the state ADAP covers a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor--the newest class of antiretroviral drugs (Doyle, Jefferys, and Kelly 1997). (4) In 1997, of the 35 states with individuals represented in HCSUS, three states (Texas, South Carolina, and Nevada) had a limit of three prescriptions per month for their Medicaid enrollees. Fourteen states had an ADAP that did not cover any non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) (Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia).

An Instrumental Variable Evaluation of Antidepressant Use on Employment Among HIV-Infected Women Using Highly-Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States: 1996-2004
This paper examines the effect of antidepressant use on the likelihood of being employed among HIV-positive women receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the United States from 1994 to 2004. We use instrumental variables to predict antidepressant use independently of outcomes; thus, addressing potential sources of bias -- more depressed women are more likely to receive antidepressant treatment, but they are also more likely to be unemployed. The results show that antidepressant use has a positive effect on the employment probability of women living with HIV. The proposed instrumental variables can be used to identify antidepressant use in the WIHS population. Among women receiving HAART, and controlling for individual and local area labor market characteristics, the use of antidepressants is associated with a higher probability of being employed.