USDA Single Family Loan Guarantee Program to Resume
Source: USDA & Rural Development, August 23, 2010
Memo by: Tammye Trevino
Congress recently provided USDA with the authority to resume operating the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program (SFHGLP). When the Agency can resume the issuance of Loan Note Guarantees the new fee for purchase loans will be 3.5%. [More ...]
Tags: guaranteed, Housing, Loan, Rural Development, USDA
Source: WCAX.com
Montpelier, Vermont – May 13, 2010
“The 2010 legislative session is officially over after the final gavel fell early this morning.
Lawmakers wrapped up their work just after midnight after agreeing on a budget with Gov. Jim Douglas, R-Vermont, and avoiding a veto showdown. [More ...]
Tags: Budget, Challenges for Change, Legislature
By Jack Hoffman
Source: Public Assets Institute, April 2010
“As they wrestle with the recession, Vermont’s elected leaders are backing away from their commitment to citizens. This change in public policy is reflected in their language and in their budgets. [More ...]
Tags: Budget
Attached please find a Dept of Corrections Request for Proposals for Transitional Housing and Supportive Services for reentering offenders.
Note: The deadline for proposal submissions is April 30, 2010 at 1:30 pm.
Please reference the attached RFP for more detailed information. The RFP is also posted on the State of VT and DOC websites at the following addresses: https://www.vermontbusinessregistry.com AND http://doc.vermont.gov/
For RFP document, click here.
Tags: DOC, RFP, Transitional Housing
By Nancy Remsen
Source: Burlington Free Press, April 4, 2010
“MONTPELIER — The Legislature and the Douglas administration faced a barrage last week after Vermonters got their first glimpse of how state government would be altered under a budgeting experiment dubbed “Challenges for Change.”
“Clearly the proposals put on the table Tuesday shook things up and engendered a fair amount of pushback,” said House Speaker Shap Smith, D-Morristown.
Smith wasn’t backing away from the unusual process. “We still see this as a way to improve outcomes by rethinking the way services are delivered. It’s not just about the money, it is about improving the results we get.” [More ...]
Tags: AHS, Budget, Challenges for Change, Human Services
By Howard Weiss-Tisman
Source: Brattleboro Reformer, March 29, 2010
“PUTNEY — Windham County schools and municipalities have been awarded more than $378,000 in efficiency and conservation block grants through a provision in the 2007 energy bill that was co-sponsored by Sen. Bernard Sanders.
Sanders, and Gov. James Douglas, will make the announcement about the grants this afternoon in South Burlington. They are part of the $5.8 million that will go toward 147 different projects around the state. [More ...]
Tags: block grants, energy, energy efficiency, Grants, Putney
By Nancy Remsen
“MONTPELIER — Gail Zatz breathed a sigh of relief on behalf of her clients Monday afternoon as the House Appropriations Committee wrapped up work on a $4.79 billion budget bill.
The budget, which the committee voted unanimously to recommend to the full House, addressed not only a revenue shortfall projected to exceed $150 million, but also restored money the Douglas administration had proposed to pare from a host of human-service programs…” [More ...]
Tags: House Appropriations Committee, Human Services, State Budget/Funding
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
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.
[More ...]
Tags: budget cuts, Human Services, Mental Health
By Amy R. Hamlin
“Vermont has a long, proud tradition of enlightened public policy that protects and cares for our most vulnerable people — the elderly and the young. The current constellation of public services was achieved through years of advocacy, legislation and common sense on the part of generations of thoughtful, hardworking Vermonters. [More ...]
Tags: Advocacy and Policy, budget cuts, Human Services
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