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Hunger Free Vermont urges $167,700 in FY26 budget to keep Bridges to Health operating during host transition
Summary
Hunger Free Vermont asked the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry committee to include $167,700 in the FY26 Budget Adjustment Act to support Bridges to Health as it moves from UVM Extension to a new host, warning service interruption would harm migrant and immigrant farmworker families who rely on the program.
Anora Horton, executive director of Hunger Free Vermont, told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry committee that the state should include $167,700 in the FY26 Budget Adjustment Act to fund a short‑term transition for Bridges to Health, an outreach and care‑coordination program serving migrant and immigrant workers.
Horton said the funding would allow Bridges to Health to move from UVM Extension, which she said is no longer willing to house the program, to a new host without interrupting services. "This funding is really critical to make that transition possible without an interruption of Bridges to Health's critical services," she said.
Bridges to Health, Horton testified, connects immigrant and migrant workers and their families to health…
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