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Emergency service wellness commission seeks $220,000 to sustain peer support for first responders
Summary
The Emergency Service Provider Wellness Commission asked for $160,000 to sustain clinicians and stipends, $50,000 for trainings and $10,000 for a stakeholder convening to continue the Secure peer-support program that serves Vermont first responders.
Mark McDonough, battalion chief with the Burlington Fire Department and vice chair of the Emergency Service Provider Wellness Commission, told the committee on Feb. 19 that peer support and clinician resources for emergency responders are at risk when federal grants expire.
McDonough said Secure, the peer-support program housed through EAP First, currently includes 79 trained peer mentors and four clinicians and is funded through federal grants only through September. He…
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