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Officials urge planning for nursing-home capacity and more supportive housing for people with developmental disabilities
Summary
Department leaders told the Senate Appropriations committee the long-term care continuum is fragile: nursing-home bed pressures and closures create urgency for residential alternatives, and supportive-housing pilots (Act 186) are being used to expand smaller, permanent housing options for people with developmental disabilities.
Commissioner Jill Belling told the Senate Appropriations committee Vermont's long-term care continuum needs forward planning to prevent further nursing-home closures and to expand community-based alternatives for people with developmental disabilities.
Supportive housing: Belling highlighted supportive-housing work that followed last session's Act 59 and earlier pilots (Act 186 in 2022). She cited the Haynes housing project as an example of a pilot that came to fruition and said the state needs more settings and choice; Belling referenced an estimate in…
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