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Survivors and advocates urge $1.2 million base funding to stabilize domestic‑violence services
Summary
The Vermont Network and survivors asked the Appropriations Committee to move $1.2 million into base funding for the Domestic and Sexual Violence Special Fund and to create a contingency fund in case federal dollars are lost.
Sarah Robinson, representing the Vermont Network (the statewide coalition of domestic‑violence service providers), told the committees that Vermont's domestic and sexual violence special fund has been flat‑funded for 15 years and faces repeated shortfalls. Robinson said providers answered 22,000 hotline calls in 2024 and that the sector depends on about $12 million in federal funding, some…
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