In 2021, GHIAA brought to the attention of state leaders an outdated and discriminatory practice that had already been abolished in most other states, namely, welfare liens. Under this backward policy, people who had received public assistance in the past were required to repay the value of that assistance to the state if they ever received an insurance settlement, purchased a home, or otherwise built up their financial stability. A bill repealing this policy was the first one passed and signed into law in the legislative session that year, freeing thousands of Connecticut residents from the trap of generational poverty.