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Emergency Housing Update, Memo, and Documents

Please see the following Memo and supporting documentation regarding Emergency Housing: Emergency Housing Memo 8.27.15 Restructuring Resource Allocation SFY16 GA Housing Data SFY15 Letter of Intent Template Members of the DCF Housing Team are available for questions: Commissioner’s Office Ken Schatz – Commissioner – ken.schatz@vermont.gov Karen Vastine – Principal Assistant – karen.vastine@vermont.gov Economic Services Division Sean Brown – …

REMINDER: VCEH Monthly Meeting Tomorrow, Tuesday August 18th at St. John’s Church In Randolph

The next monthly meeting for the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness will be held on Tuesday, August 18th. The meeting will take place at St. John’s Episcopal Church (15 Summer Street, Randolph, VT). The meeting will be called to order at 10:00AM. The agenda for the meeting is as follows (download here): 10:00 Call to Order 10:00 Introductions and Brief …

Hearing on Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP)

Dear Colleagues, The Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) governs how the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) allocates the largest program that funds affordable rental housing in the state (the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program). The committee responsible for that plan is having its second hearing on recommended changes to the QAP next week on August 19, 2015. …

Summer 2015 Edition of Counterpoint – News, Commentary and Arts by Psychiatric Survivors, Mental Health Peers and Their Families

The Summer 2015 issue of Counterpoint, a publication featuring news, commentary and arts by psychiatric survivors, mental health peers and their families is now available to view online here: http://www.vermontpsychiatricsurvivors.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Counterpoint_Summer_2015.pdf. Counterpoint is published three to four times a year by Vermont Psychiatric Survivorsand available for free at sites throughout the state. Counterpoint was started in …

Report: Emergency Housing Costs Unsustainable

The Vermont Agency of Human Services recently released a biannual report on the General Assistance Emergency Housing Program. Below is an article from the Burlington Free Press on how the report shows that the current cost of the program is unsustainable and what improvements may be made in the future: The cost of Vermont’s emergency …

Low-Income Vermonters with Disabilities Sue State Over Benefit Cuts

Low-income Vermonters with disabilities are fighting back against state mandated reductions to their household Reach Up benefits. Vermont Legal Aid filed a class action lawsuit in federal court today on behalf of affected Vermonters alleging that a new law is unconstitutional and discriminates against households with family members with a disabling condition. The new law …