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Committee examines H.657 provisions on unaccompanied youth, transport and restraints
Summary
The Health & Welfare committee reviewed H.657, covering unaccompanied-youth certification, limits on asset tests for Reach Up, and detailed rules on secure transport, restraint, and seclusion for children in DCF custody; staff and family-services representatives emphasized implementation, reporting, and rare-but-serious use cases.
Committee staff and service providers briefed the House Health & Welfare committee on H.657 on April 15, an omnibus Department for Children and Families bill that includes Reach Up asset-limit changes, unaccompanied-youth certification, and new statutory standards for secure transport, restraint and seclusion.
Staff described a provision that would remove the asset limit used for initial and continuing eligibility under Reach Up (Vermont’s TANF program) to allow families to accumulate savings without losing benefits. The committee also reviewed a newly added certification process permitting certain unaccompanied youth (generally 16–17-year-olds not in a parent’s physical custody) to obtain services…
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