In Vermont the population is about 626,000. One in every ten Vermonters, or 70,000, are classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as living in poverty. The Burlington Free Press recently interviewed Jan Demers, the executive director of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), on poverty in the state. Read the full interview here: BFP: …
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 …
As those of you who’ve been attending our meetings are aware, the VCEH is preparing to send comments to HUD in regard to the manner in which they do business with us. The changes in priorities that place more burden on local communities and may contribute to less services or less effective services for homeless …
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 …
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 …
Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 15, the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness will be having our monthly meeting. This month’s meeting will take place at 10am at a new location in Randolph: Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church 43 Hebard Hill Road Randolph, VT The Church is located on the on the corner of Hebard Hill Road and Route 66. Here is the …
