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Parent Child Center Network seeks $500,000 in tobacco-settlement funds for pregnancy and family smoking cessation
Summary
Ellen Anstot, director of the Vermont Parent Child Center Network, asked the House Human Services Committee on Jan. 24 to allocate $500,000 in tobacco-settlement funds to expand smoking- and vaping-cessation, prevention and education across the network's statewide parent-child services.
Ellen Anstot, the newly hired network director for the Vermont Parent Child Center Network, told the House Human Services Committee on Jan. 24 that the network is asking the Legislature to direct $500,000 in tobacco-settlement funds into the PCC integrated grant to expand smoking- and vaping-cessation, prevention and education across the network’s eight core services.
Why it matters: Speakers said Vermont ranks relatively high in pregnancy-associated cigarette use and that PCCs are uniquely positioned to reach parents and pregnant people through home visiting, playgroups and other family supports. The network argued that integrating cessation into existing family services and providing staff…
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