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Human Rights Commission asks for $25,000 as HUD cooperative payments stall
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Big Hartman, executive director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, told the House Appropriations Committee the agency has not received expected HUD cooperative agreement funds and requested $25,000 in the Budget Adjustment Act to cover core operating costs through the fiscal year.
BIG HARTMAN, executive director and general counsel of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, told the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 7 that the agency has not received anticipated federal reimbursements tied to a HUD cooperating agreement and is seeking $25,000 in the state’s Budget Adjustment Act to cover core operations.
Hartman said the commission had budgeted to receive about $93,000 for work closed in the prior fiscal year and had been told it might receive roughly $187,000 under the HUD agreement. "We have no reason to believe that we are actually going to receive those funds," Hartman said, describing staffing cuts and recent HUD policy changes…
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