More than a year ago, in connection with President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address, the White House announced a “national mental health strategy to strengthen system capacity,” including the peer workforce. This June, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
All Brains Belong VT, a Montpelier-based nonprofit founded during the pandemic, garnered attention last year thanks to its unusual COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Outdoor settings (including the Statehouse lawn), calming features, and specially trained staff allowed...
The American chapter of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis received a record number of proposals this year for its annual conference, according to ISPS-US Executive Director Leah Giorgini. The conference, titled Humanity in...
Roughly 800 homeless Vermonters lost their state-funded motel placements on June 1. The government didn’t collect data on where they went, but service providers have made observations of their own in the months since. The group in question had not met vulnerability...
Mobile Crisis Services Delayed Vermont’s statewide mobile crisis response program will not launch on Sept. 1 as planned, according to the Department of Mental Health. Deputy Commissioner Alison Krompf named Jan. 1 as a likelier start date. DMH contracted Health Care...
Workers at Soteria House in Burlington ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with their employer, Pathways Vermont, in late August. Soteria House is a peer-run therapeutic residence. Its staff unionized in the summer of 2022, joining Local 1343 of the...
