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Witnesses urge Vermont lawmakers to pass S.157 and renew funding for recovery centers and residences
Summary
On Recovery Day at the Statehouse, people with lived experience and recovery program leaders urged lawmakers to pass S.157 (clarifying landlord-tenant rules for recovery residences) and to renew or expand funding: $800,000 in prevention funds for recovery centers, $1.25M for peer coaching in corrections, and opioid-abatement support for recovery residences.
Sen. Ginny Lyons convened legislators and witnesses for Recovery Day testimony, where multiple recovery center leaders, operators and people in long-term recovery urged lawmakers to approve S.157 and to continue or expand state funding for recovery centers and certified recovery residences.
Testimony outlined two linked requests: statutory clarification through S.157 and renewed/expanded operating funds. A representative of Recovery Partners of Vermont described recovery centers, certified recovery residences and growing statewide capacity, and asked the legislature to renew $800,000 in prevention funding that recovery centers received in FY26, to appropriate $1,250,000 in FY27 opioid-abatement funds (per the Department of Health recommendation) for peer recovery coaching inside correctional facilities, and to provide opioid-abatement funds for certified recovery residences to cover ongoing operations and scholarship support for first-month and entry fees.
Why it matters: Witnesses said that recovery…
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