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Vermont Council on Rural Development asks committee for $500,000 to expand rural technical assistance
Summary
The Vermont Council on Rural Development asked the House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee for a one-time $500,000 allocation in FY27 to fund backbone administration, technical-assistance teams and direct grants to rural towns, building on a recent MTAP pilot and recommendations from the Vermont Evaluation of Rural Technical Assistance report.
Jessica Savage, director of programs and strategic initiatives at the Vermont Council on Rural Development, asked the House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee on Feb. 14 to include $500,000 in the FY27 budget to implement recommendations from the Vermont Evaluation of Rural Technical Assistance report.
"We are here to... ask you to provide $500,000 in the FY27 budget to make good on what rural towns have told us they need," Savage said, describing the request as a one-time appropriation to fund backbone administration, technical-assistance staff and consultants, and direct grants to…
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