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Rep. Teresa Wood outlines plan to restructure Vermont homelessness services while keeping governor’s spending total
Summary
Rep. Teresa Wood told the Senate Health & Welfare committee her bill would create statutory foundations for a statewide homelessness system, shift case management toward community providers and reduce reliance on hotels while remaining within the governor’s proposed total budget.
Rep. Teresa Wood told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee that her bill would lay statutory groundwork for a statewide system of homelessness services while staying within the governor’s proposed total budget.
Wood said the committee “stayed within the governor’s bottom line budget” but shifted where dollars would be spent to support a system she described as more “responsive and responsible” to people experiencing homelessness, service providers and funders. She said FY27 is intended as a transition year to test models and move some case management into community‑based providers…
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