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Vermont nonprofit leaders urge clearer contracting and shared systems to keep services running
Summary
Nonprofit leaders told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that shared intake systems and clearer state contracting would reduce duplication and help organizations reach more Vermonters; immigration legal services and emergency-response partners were highlighted as examples.
Leah Brener, a staff attorney with the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that better coordination and shared systems would allow nonprofits to serve Vermonters faster and more equitably. "If we can really support nonprofits to do their work, do it well and do it efficiently, then we all thrive," Brener said.
Brener described VAP's development of a statewide intake form for immigration legal services and said the system helped reduce duplicated effort across providers. She said that in 2025 about 800 people detained by ICE in Vermont were identified and that VAP and its legal partners…
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