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Providers urge Legislature to replace ERAP funding and expand HOP to keep case managers serving unhoused Vermonters
Summary
Linda Anderson, director of family and community support services for Capstone Community Action, told the House Human Services Committee that positions funded with Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) dollars will “likely disappear” if the Legislature does not replace that funding before it expires in June 2025.
Linda Anderson, director of family and community support services for Capstone Community Action, told the House Human Services Committee that positions funded with Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) dollars will “likely disappear” if the Legislature does not replace that funding before it expires in June 2025.
Anderson said Capstone’s program served 247 households between July 1, 2024, and Feb. 11, 2025; 40 of those households obtained safe, affordable housing and 43 avoided eviction, outcomes she said represent 171 people who are not homeless today because of the program.
The Vermont Community Action Partnership (VCAP), represented by Paul Dragon, executive director of the Champlain Valley Office of…
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