Last fall, with the state’s motel housing program contracting and cold weather looming, the department swiftly converted the former police headquarters into housing for up to seven families. It hired an out-of-state contractor to manage the shelter through the winter, and, in May, the nonprofit Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity took over.
Wheels for Warmth was founded to make low cost tires available before winter begins while keeping bad or discarded tires off of roadways and out of streams – and all funds raised through the initiative provide heating fuel for Vermonters.
The director of Addison Community Action said their new Industrial Avenue office will help them better address community needs.
CVOEO, which hosts 11 programs it says help “people meet their basic needs, achieve economic independence, and grow a future in which we all thrive,” is holding an open house at its Addison County office next week.
This commentary submitted to VTDigger is by Paul Dragon, Executive Director, CVOEO. Food, fuel and shelter are not luxuries. They are necessities.
Advocates for the homeless say Vermont is in the midst of a “humanitarian crisis” when it comes to the number of unhoused people statewide. The 2025 Vermont State of Homelessness Report, released on Wednesday, shows record-breaking numbers of homeless residents and a system overwhelmed by demand.
Vermont is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, according to a new statewide report released today. The report shows record-breaking numbers of unsheltered homeless residents and a homelessness response system overwhelmed by demand and undercut by funding cuts and affordable housing shortages.
Fourteen years after she opened her Mexican restaurant on lower Church Street in Burlington, Tree Bertram sold El Gato Cantina's Essex Junction restaurant and food truck business to employee Javier Zirko on July 1. She helped Zirko write his business plan, and he worked with the CVOEO to secure funding.
Vermont is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, according to a new statewide report released today by the Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont, Chittenden County Homeless Alliance, and the Vermont Balance of State Continuum of Care. The report shows record-breaking numbers of unsheltered homeless residents and a homelessness response system overwhelmed by demand.
Vermont is among 20 states that filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to restrict the Head Start program based on immigration status, claiming it violates federal law.