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Health Department seeks to add roughly $1 million from cannabis fund to prevention programs
Summary
The department told appropriators that a larger-than-expected year-end transfer to the Cannabis Regulation Fund raised the 30% earmark for substance misuse prevention to $4,025,125, up from the $3 million included in the FY25 budget; the department plans to obligate the extra funds through grants and may carry payments into FY26.
The Vermont Department of Health told the Appropriations Committee the fiscal 2024 year-end transfer to the Cannabis Regulation Fund exceeded estimates, raising the 30% earmark for substance misuse prevention to $4,025,125. When the fiscal 2025 budget was passed, that earmark had been set at $3,000,000; the department said the difference would support expansion of statewide, evidence-based substance misuse prevention programming.
Commissioner Mark Levine explained: "When the fiscal year 2025 budget was passed, it included $3,000,000 in the…
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