Participants eye state technical‑assistance funds and VTrans programs for support
Speakers identified VTrans recruitment/retention programs and a competitive technical‑assistance fund administered by VCRD as possible resources to support regional planning, but said a clear deliverable is needed to compete for limited funds.
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Attendees pointed to existing state resources that could support planning or program seed funding. Rick Cowan and others noted VTrans runs recruitment and high‑school apprenticeship programs and that the Department of Labor already administers apprenticeship registrations. Meg Stahloff described a small competitive technical‑assistance fund the legislature appropriated and that the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) will administer; she said a clear, scoped deliverable would be required to be competitive for that money.
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