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Appropriations hears requests to stabilize shelters, maintain emergency rental caseworkers
Summary
House Appropriations Committee heard Human Services Chair Theresa Wood detail requests to convert one‑time shelter funding into base operations, maintain 33 emergency rental assistance caseworker positions and provide a 4% cost‑of‑living increase for community housing providers.
On March 11, 2025, the Vermont House Appropriations Committee continued consideration of the Human Services budget, with Theresa Wood, Chair of the House Human Services Committee, asking members to convert one‑time shelter startup funds to ongoing operations and to protect housing support staff and community providers.
Wood told the committee the governor’s budget proposes a $3,700,000 increase in base funding for the Department for Children and Families’ Office of Economic Opportunity to reflect operations for shelters started in fiscal 2025 with one‑time money, plus $2,000,000 in one‑time funds to expand additional shelter capacity. She said those grants support shelter services, HUD funding flows and the statewide Housing Opportunity Program (HOP), which distributes grants to community organizations for short‑ and longer‑term shelter needs.
The committee…
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