On Tuesday, January 25, Governor Peter Shumlin gave his budget address to the State of Vermont. Below is an article which outlines some large cuts in the human services area. These cuts, along with others are part of the overall plan to balance the budget. There has been a lot of response to this in the news lately from human service and mental health advocates and those links can also be found below. [More ...]
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$4.8B Shumlin budget slashes human services spending
Tags: Agency of Human Services, Budget, Gov. Peter Shumlin
Organizations: Sign Letter to Tell the Fiscal Commission “Do No Harm to Low-Income People”
Source: Coalition on Human Needs, 2010
Deadline to Sign: September 8, 2010
“The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has been established by the President to make recommendations to substantially reduce the deficit by 2015. The Commission will forward proposals to Congress if they are agreed to by 14 out of 18 members. Click here for more background information > > [More ...]
Tags: Budget, Coalition on Human Needs, low-income, The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Senate Committee Supports USDA Rural Housing Programs for 2011
Source: Housing Assistance Council, July 22
“July 20, 2010 – The text of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s USDA funding bill for FY 2011 is now available. S. 3606 boosts Section 502 single-family loans and holds most other rural housing programs level. The Committee rejected the Obama Administration’s proposed elimination of USDA’s rural rental preservation demonstration program, known as MPR, and also kept Section 515 rental housing at its FY 2010 level of $69 million. The most significant increase was a doubling of the loan level for Section 502 guaranteed loans to $24 billion. Section 502 direct loans received a modest increase to $1.2 billion, the Administration’s request. [More ...]
2010 session ends with budget, no veto showdown
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
2011 Budget: Cutting the Commitment to Vermonters
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
Change a challenge at Vermont Statehouse
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
