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Connecticut’s paid-leave rollout: $1.4 billion in benefits and a model for other states
Summary
Connecticut’s paid-leave program, which began paying benefits in January 2022, has delivered roughly $1.4 billion to about 182,000 workers; experts on the Paid Leave podcast said the state’s employee-only funding model, outreach and on-schedule implementation make it an example other states can study.
Connecticut’s state paid-leave program began paying benefits in January 2022 and has distributed about $1.4 billion to roughly 182,000 workers, host Nancy Barrow said on the Paid Leave podcast. "We have given over $1,400,000,000 in benefits to over a 182,000 workers in Connecticut," Barrow said, summing the program’s reach.
Megan Schoeller, senior lecturer in the honors program at Loyola University Chicago, told host Nancy Barrow the Connecticut rollout offers practical lessons for other states considering paid family and medical leave. Schoeller said the key ingredients were political commitment, an effective outreach plan and a funding structure that matched the state’s priorities and capacity. “It can be done on time, on…
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