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Committee considers $1.5 million budget adjustment to support Vermonters Feeding Vermonters program
Summary
A legislative committee agreed to request updates from Hunger Free Vermont and the food bank and to consider formally supporting a $1.5 million budget adjustment (BAA) to help the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters program, with members citing program need and competing budget pressures.
A legislative committee on agriculture and food policy agreed to seek more information from Hunger Free Vermont and a regional food bank before deciding whether to support a $1.5 million budget adjustment to the current year to bolster the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters program.
The committee’s conversation centered on whether to signal support to the Appropriations Committee for the food bank’s formal request. Speaker 1 said the food bank had made “an official ask to the Appropriations Committee” for additional funding to support monitoring and program operations, and members discussed scheduling a brief update so the panel could consider a statement of support.
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