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| Grant plea gets cold shoulder |
| By Bennington Banner |
| Published: 12/31/2008 |
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VERMONT - A community action group seeking support for a grant to provide transitional housing for released convicts received a chilly and inhospitable reception from some members of the Select Board. Elizabeth Eddy of BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont appeared before the board to offer details of a grant the agency applied for Friday to provide offenders eligible for release with short-term housing subsidies, life and job skills training and mental health and substance abuse counseling. BROC would provide housing and other services for up to eight people at a time. Each person would be able to participate in the program for six to 12 months. The grant, if approved by the Vermont Department of Corrections, would provide $103,000 for the Bennington area from a $1.2 million program. The grant is included in a bill to restructure the corrections system in Vermont that will be addressed by the Legislature when the new session commences Jan. 7. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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