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Committee debates authorization and three-year reauthorizations for CAPs; proposes parallel track for statewide network
Summary
Legislative staff and committee members discussed criteria for authorizing community action agencies (CAPs) under H.91, three-year reauthorization reviews with corrective-action authority, and whether the statewide network should be governed under the same authorization process or a separate contract.
A Vermont committee reviewing H.91 spent substantial time on how community action agencies would be authorized and reauthorized under the proposed homelessness chapter and whether the statewide network should be covered by the same process.
Legislative staff said the department would authorize CAPs to serve geographically distinct regions if they meet specified criteria, and that the department would conduct reauthorization reviews at least every three years. The draft allows the department to impose corrective actions and, if necessary, not reauthorize an agency that fails to meet requirements or to meet the needs of…
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