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Vermont to receive share of $220 million federal disaster block grant; state readies outreach and eligibility process
Summary
Secretary Anson Tebbetts, head of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, told the House Agriculture committee that late‑December federal legislation secured $220,000,000 in disaster block grant funding for eligible states to address agriculture and forestry losses from severe weather in 2023–24.
Secretary Anson Tebbetts, head of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, told the House Agriculture committee that late-December federal legislation secured $220,000,000 in disaster block grant funding for eligible states to address agriculture and forestry losses from severe weather in 2023–24.
Tebbetts said the block grant covers New England states plus Hawaii and Alaska and that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will determine each state’s allotment after the agency submits consolidated loss data. “We will submit that to the United States Department of Agriculture. They’ll come back to us and say this is your dollar figure, State of Vermont,” Tebbetts said.
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