A new collective bargaining agreement between Local 1674 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the Howard Center, Chittenden County’s designated agency for mental health, went into effect on March 20, according to a union...
Construction began last fall on the newly dubbed River Valley Therapeutic Residence in Essex, and in March, the Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) hoped to finalize its interior design. At a stakeholder meeting, DMH General Counsel Karen Barber, Middlesex...
While President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address on March 1 focused primarily on Ukraine, COVID-19, and inflation, the speech also touched briefly on the issue of mental health, which the White House has promised to address, in part, by promoting peer...
· The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) began to solicit applications on Feb. 16 for grants that will pay for structural upgrades to supportive housing and community-based mental health facilities, with an aim of boosting safety and accessibility and improving...
The Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living’s Division of Licensing and Protection (DLP) conducted an “unannounced on-site re-licensure survey and complaint investigation” at Segue House in Montpelier in February. The state regulators identified...
