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Advance Vermont asks Commerce & Economic Development committee to fund My FutureVT with $350,000 base appropriation
Summary
Tom Chaney, executive director of Advance Vermont, asked the Commerce & Economic Development committee on Feb. 18, 2025, to put $350,000 in base funding for My FutureVT to sustain the statewide career-and-education navigation website and its outreach.
Tom Chaney, executive director of Advance Vermont, told the Commerce & Economic Development committee on Feb. 18, 2025, that the nonprofit is asking the legislature to make funding for My FutureVT permanent with a $350,000 base appropriation so the statewide career-and-education navigation website can continue operating and expand outreach.
My FutureVT is a state-focused online “one-stop shop” of career and education resources (myfuturevt.org) that Advance Vermont launched in May 2021 and maintains in partnership with state agencies and other workforce organizations. Chaney said the site has had roughly 120,000 users since launch, reaches about 1,000 students and 500 professional navigators in outreach each year, and reports high user satisfaction: “9 out of 10 actually say…
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