Celebrating Robert Ostermeyer
It is with broken hearts that the Franklin Grand Isle Community Action team of CVOEO shares that our Director, Robert Ostermeyer, has died.
News, Press, & Perspectives
Coalition forms to lobby Vermont Legislature on just cause eviction measures
Published by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Statement on Sears Lane and Encampments for People Experiencing Homelessness
CVOEO opposes the forced removal of encampments where individuals and families experiencing homelessness live.
Because of the housing safety veto, people are at risk
This commentary by Paul Dragon was published in VT Digger on 10/24/21. The Housing Safety Bill (S.79) would have made much-needed changes in how health and safety is enforced in rental housing by shifting health inspections from mostly volunteer, town-based town health officers to the State Division of Fire Safety.
Saint Albans organization hopes the country moves forward on re-authorizing Violence Against Women Act
Watch the story on my champlainvalley.com.
Policies should recognize poverty-environment linkage
The work connecting poverty relief to environmental justice is undeveloped and nearly nonexistent. We need a new paradigm in our traditional anti-poverty and social service thinking to include a focus on the environment, and environmental organizations need to include people living in poverty as they develop their thinking and practice.