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Advocates ask legislature to shore up domestic-violence special fund and finance supervised visitation
Summary
Sarah Robinson of the Vermont Network told the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 11 that revenues to the domestic and sexual violence special fund have declined and requested $450,000 in base funding, $95,000 for fund administration and $717,000 to support a statewide supervised-visitation system.
Sarah Robinson, co-executive director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and [Sexual] Violence, told the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 11 that the state’s domestic and sexual violence special fund has experienced significant revenue declines and asked lawmakers for base funding to prevent cuts to critical services.
Robinson said members of the network — 15 independent nonprofit organizations that together cover the entire state — answered about 23,000 hotline calls in 2025 and provided…
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