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Advocates say nearly $6M in cuts to senior programs would “dismantle” home-based care system
By Anne Galloway
“John Raymond has known Matthew Hersey for half of his life – they were in high school together 15 years ago — and now, through Upper Valley Services, Raymond takes care of Hersey, who has a developmental disability.
Tags: budget cuts, Human Services
House to pass bill to reduce home foreclosures
“Montpelier, Vt – Today, the Vermont House of Representatives passed H. 590, An Act Relating to Mediation in Foreclosure Proceedings. The bill is a consumer protection act which seeks to keep struggling Vermonters in their homes.
Tags: Bills, Economy, Foreclosures
New Paper Examines Success Factors for Rural CoCs
“Today, the Center for Capacity Building at the Alliance released Critical Success Factors in High Performing Rural Continuums of Care. This paper examines five core strategies used in four rural communities to make strides toward ending homelessness, implementing their Ten Year Plans, and meeting the housing and service needs of homeless families and individuals. [More ...]
Tags: Continuum of Care, Homelessness, National Alliance to End Homelessness
New form for tracking pets in rental units and spay/neuter assistance for low-income renters
“VT Volunteer Services for Animals (VVSA), has been asked to devise a form that would help identify and track companion animals living in rental units. [More ...]
Tags: Companion animals, Pets, Renters
Legal Notice of Consolidated Plan Public Hearing
“The State of Vermont’s Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development (DEHCD) will conduct a public hearing to hear comments on its proposed HUD Consolidated Plan for 2010-2015 and its 2010 Action Plan on Monday, March 29, 2010 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Calvin Coolidge room, at the National Life Building North Lobby, Sixth Floor, Montpelier, Vermont.
Tags: CBDG, Consolidated Plan, DEHCD, ESG, Federal Funding, HOME
Vt.’s poor take aim at Goliath budget cuts
By Kevin O’Connor
“If Edna Fairbanks-Williams were rich, she’d fight more than $100 million in proposed government human service cuts with an army of lobbyists.
But the 77-year-old Hubbardton widow is poor. That’s why, as president of the Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council, she’s driving her tank of a used car to the state capital to defend herself.
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Tags: Advocacy and Policy, budget cuts, Human Services, VLIAC
VHCB Website Page for RRP Trainings in Vermont
VHCB has created a page on their web site which you can use to find RRP trainings in Vermont and adjacent states.’
Tags: lead, RRP, safety, Trainings, VHCB
USICH Announces Website for Stakeholder Input on Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
USICH has launched a new interactive website called USICH Preventing and Ending Homelessness – fsp.uservoice.com. This is one element of the transparent process of developing the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The HEARTH Act called for USICH to deliver to the Plan to Congress no later than May 20.
Tags: HEARTH Act, Homelessness, USICH, website
Slayton: Mental Health Cuts
By Tom Slayton
“(HOST) For commentator Tom Slayton, the debate about mental health care cuts in the state budget isn’t academic – it’s personal.
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Tags: budget cuts, Human Services, Mental Health
