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Committee requests grant language for recovery residences, parking-lot project, veteran garden, and SBDC pass-through
Summary
Conference committee members asked staff to prepare grant language and capitalization language for several programs, including recovery residences, a parking-lot project, a veterans' garden, and the mechanism for passing FVDC money to ACCD for SBDC-related grants.
The conference committee on H.493 asked committee staff and legislative counsel on May 8 to draft specific grant and capital-language for several items the committee wants to fund if final accounting allows.
Committee staff said there is existing program language for recovery residences but that the committee is considering whether the support should be a grant program or a direct appropriation; staff and counsel were asked to produce clear grant language for the residential recovery program. Members also asked for grant language for a parking-lot project tied to recovery services and discussed placing veteran-garden funding in the capital cash bill or the operating/capital bill that emerged that morning.
Members discussed a passthrough construction for FVDC funds (transcript: FVDC or FVDC-like money) that would be administered by the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) and routed to SBDC grants; the committee asked ACCD or the appropriate pass-through grant office to confirm whether language is needed or whether the funds should be treated as a one-time directed pass-through. A representative mentioned a $45,000 line in a capital bill construct that might relate to that item; committee staff said they would get pledge counsel language for capital-related grants.
Other program-language matters the committee flagged included BBIC funding (noted at a $125,000 level in discussion), a possible community radio maximum grant amount (the committee elected to keep the $25,000 maximum in place), and language for the Health Equity Office and for settlement-replacement funds related to a UVM settlement and the Green Mountain Care Board report. Committee members asked Grady and legislative counsel to circulate draft language in advance of the next meeting so members can review.
Why it matters: Drafting precise grant or capital language determines the grant structure (competitive grants, pass-throughs, one-time direct appropriations) and which agency administers funds; it also affects oversight and eligibility.
Next steps: Legislative counsel and staff will produce grant language drafts, spreadsheets showing where funds will be placed, and will coordinate with ACCD and other administering agencies to confirm pass-through and administration mechanics.
