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Get ready for Wheels for Warmth annual tire donation and sale

Oct 23, 2024

EnvironmentHeat & UtilitiesSupportCommunity Engagement

Chittenden County

Wheels for Warmth was started in 2005 by now Gov. Phil Scott. People donate old tires, which are recycled for a $5 donation and sold at a tire sale. Proceeds go to a fund that helps people purchase home heating fuel. Capstone Community Action is the group that receives and distributes the funds in central Vermont; BROC Community Action distributes in the Rutland area; and Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity serves the Burlington area.

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Nonprofit leaders: Rehouse and feed vulnerable people being exited from emergency housing program

Oct 18, 2024

HomelessnessAdvocacyJusticeSupport

Statewide

All people deserve access to the basic human needs of food and shelter. We know that the state of Vermont — our government and our people — can make the choice to shelter and feed everyone in Vermont.

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Unhoused families in Burlington struggle to find substantial resources

Sep 26, 2024

SupportHomelessnessJusticeHousing

Chittenden County

CVOEO works to place families at campground for temporary housing. Unhoused individuals are back to limited spaces since the end of the "Hotel Motel Program" in Vermont.

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City of Burlington celebrates renovation of downtown pocket park

Sep 23, 2024

Community EngagementEnvironmentSupport

Chittenden County

CVOEO is proud to have played a key role in the revitalization of Champlain Street Park by donating landscaping and site furnishings, contributing to the transformation of this important public space.

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City of Burlington to provide campsites for families leaving state's hotel-motel program

Sep 23, 2024

HomelessnessHousingSupport

Chittenden County

This week, significant changes were made to The Vermont General Assistance Housing Program, commonly referred to as the hotel-motel program. It has led to several Vermonters having to exit the program.

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"Homelessness and addiction are a whole Vermont problem and will need a whole state solution," Paul Dragon writes in the Saint Albans Messenger

Sep 16, 2024

HousingHomelessnessJustice

Champlain Valley, Franklin County, Grand Isle County

In this recent Op Ed, Paul Dragon addresses the growing issues of homelessness and substance use in Vermont, including St. Albans.

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Feeding Champlain Valley celebrating 50 years

Aug 30, 2024

Food

Addison County, Chittenden County, Champlain Valley, Franklin County, Grand Isle County

In 1974, a group of concerned citizens from faith-based groups came together to try and address food insecurity in Burlington. Feeding Champlain Valley continues that work 50 years later.

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Amid change, Brattleboro pieces a shattering past into a vision for the future

Aug 15, 2024

Community Engagement

Corrine Yonce, of CVOEO, and Mary Lacy were commissioned to create a wall-size mosaic in downtown’s Pliny Park, amidst rising number of Main Street closures in Downtown Brattleboro.

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Feeding Champlain Valley expands services to reach more people in need

Aug 15, 2024

Food

Champlain Valley

Feeding Champlain Valley is expanding their services to further reach their mission of addressing hunger in the area.

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Chittenden County is in dire need of shelter beds. Who’s going to run them?

Aug 12, 2024

HousingHomelessness

Chittenden County

With Burlington shouldering the burden as the state-run motel program winds down, the city is looking to its neighbors for help.

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