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Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness

The Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness seeks to ensure that people living in Vermont have a safe, stable, affordable home, and — if homelessness does occur — it is brief, rare, and non-recurring and those experiencing homelessness are treated with dignity and respect.

Vermont Council on Homelessness is Meeting on Thursday

The next bi-monthly meeting of the Vermont Council on Homelessness is this Thursday, April 24 from 2 pm to 4 pm.  The meeting will be held in the Pavilion, 4th Floor Conference  Room on State Street in Montpelier. Materials to review for the meeting: Tentative Meeting Agenda Working Draft Strategy Recommendations for VCH 2015 Annual Update Section 811 Program Fact Sheet …

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Shining a Light on Poverty Series – Discussion #4: Feet on the Street Housing Retention

In honor of 50 years of community action in Vermont, the Office of Economic Opportunity is hosting a series of one-hour discussions on poverty every month in 2014. The fourth of these discussions is entitled Feet on the Street Housing Retention. One way of getting to know the folks we all claim we know who live within …

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Reminder – HMIS Demo This Afternoon

This is a reminder that we will be holding our first (of three) HMIS demonstrations onlinet oday from 1:00 – 3:00.  Today’s demonstration will look at Foothold with Abram Hillson, Director of HMIS New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency.  Current and future HMIS users are encouraged to attend to learn more about Foothold and …

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Point-in-Time Count Shows Homelessness in Vermont Continues to Increase

Annual one night count of state’s homeless population finds one in four are children.  MONTPELIER, VT – On a single night in January, 1,556 Vermonters were found to be homeless.  The 2014 Point-In-Time Count, released today by the Chittenden County Continuum of Care and the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness (the Balance of State Continuum …

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