AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoDisaster Recovery: Vermont is getting more than $33.2 million in long-awaited FEMA funding for flood buyouts and hazard mitigation, including over $27.6 million to help purchase at least 90 floodplain- or landslide-risk homes from the 2023 and 2024 disasters. Public Health & Harm Reduction: Central Vermont’s first “Save a Life Day” is set for Sept. 24 in Barre, offering free naloxone (Narcan) and overdose-prevention info, plus a traveling exhibit of portraits from Into Light. Community Aging: Central Vermont Council on Aging’s fifth annual “Hit the Trail” fundraiser runs Sept. 27 along the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, with a 5K option, music, food, and raffles including an e-trike. Healthcare Costs: A VAHHS update says Vermont hospital budgets for FY2027 reflect an Affordability Action Plan aimed at cutting operating expense growth and delivering $50 million per year in savings. Immigration Policy Fight: Vermont officials are among states suing to block a new federal “public charge” rule that could count lawful use of public benefits against green-card applicants. Arts & Advocacy: A traveling exhibit, “STILL,” is coming to Maine in October to spotlight women who choose aesthetic flat closure after mastectomy.
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