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House Human Services hears report urging sustainable funding for supervised visitation programs
Summary
The Vermont Network told the House Human Services Committee that supervised visitation programs are chronically underfunded, leaving five counties without services; survivors testified that lack of coverage forced unsafe informal supervision. The committee asked DCF and the judiciary to follow up.
The House Human Services Committee heard from the Vermont Network and survivors on a report that calls for sustainable statewide funding of supervised visitation programs.
Charley Lisserman, policy director for the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, told the panel that programs have been underfunded for more than 15 years, with current grants of "approximately $16,000 to $40,000 per year per program," a level Lisserman said is insufficient to sustain safe, reliable services. Lisserman said the network currently supports six independent supervised‑visitation programs and that five counties—Lemoyo, Orange, Washington, Windsor and…
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