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Human Services chair briefs committee on housing system: limited shelter beds, program gaps and designation issues
Summary
Theresa Wood briefed the House Committee on General and Housing about the Agency of Human Services’ wide scope, shelter capacity questions (about 'a little over 600' beds), Reach Up and Section 8 interactions, a recent nursing-home closure affecting 51 residents, and concern about federal policy changes increasing administrative workload.
Theresa Wood, chair of the House Human Services Committee, told the House Committee on General and Housing that the Agency of Human Services is the state’s largest and most complex agency and that housing solutions for the populations the agency serves almost always require accompanying supportive services.
Wood said the agency’s portfolio stretches from prenatal services to burial services and includes the Department for Children and Families, the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, and elements that intersect with health and Medicaid. She emphasized that rate-setting functions under Vermont Health Access affect programs across the…
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