Doctors: Provider taxes, cuts will undermine quality health care
Pollina, a longtime progressive advocate, said the legislative leadership isn’t considering alternatives.
“They’ve got certain doors they’re not looking behind,” he said.
Respite funding reductions would hurt the elderly and disabled
Hundreds of Vermont families could face a stark choice between home-based and nursing home care if budget cuts proposed by Gov. Peter Shumlin are passed.
Hundreds protest budget cuts for mentally ill, developmentally disabled
Nearly a thousand advocates for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled thronged the Statehouse Wednesday to deliver a straightforward message to their legislators: Don’t cut services.
Sanders statement on Senate spending proposals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 09, 2011 CONTACT: Michael Briggs or Will Wiquist (202) 224-5141 WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today made the following statement following Senate votes on competing spending proposals: “This country has a very serious deficit crisis and it must be addressed in a fair [...]
Schubart: Government officials dither in thicket of politics
Gov. Peter Shumlin will need to articulate and lead. Shoot-from-the-hip statements not based in material fact will only fuel ignorant responses by the electorate and necessitate backpedaling.
Congressional cuts would “cripple” Vermont agencies for the poor
The president’s budget plan as it stands would shred the social safety net in Vermont, according to state officials.
On the chopping block: Community Services Block Grants
Vermont’s poor will find their primary safety net in tatters if a provision in President Barack Obama’s $3.73 trillion budget proposal takes effect next fall, advocates say.
Federal cuts to Head Start mean loss of opportunity for hundreds of children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2011 CONTACT: Liz Schlegel 802-279-4695 Central Vermont Community Action Council Barre, VT – The Continuing Resolution passed by the US House of Representatives in the early hours of February 19 represents drastic cuts to the Head Start program. These cuts carry tremendous potential impact for Vermont. Central Vermont Community Action [...]
Central Vermont Community Action Council outlines impact of funding cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2011 CONTACT: Liz Schlegel 802-279-4695 Central Vermont Community Action Council Barre, VT – As President Obama announces his 2012 budget proposal, presenting dramatic cuts to low-income community support, an even more drastic series of cuts is making its way to the House floor this week. Those cuts carry tremendous potential [...]
Honoring those who have come before us
Douglas has proposed cuts to services — Meals-on-Wheels, transportation and home health nursing– that allow elders to remain in their homes.
