Vermont Agency of Human Services

The Vermont Department of Health's Family and Child Health Division outlines a strategic plan to serve as the backbone for family and child health across the state. This plan aims to achieve optimal health and positive outcomes for all Vermont residents by promoting systems integration, strong partnerships, and equitable access to care. Key priorities include reducing substance use during pregnancy, fostering optimal infant health, ensuring comprehensive developmental screenings for children, mitigating chronic disease risks, strengthening protective factors in families, providing integrated services for children with special health needs, promoting healthy adolescent behaviors, and embedding family and community partnerships. A core focus is to advance health equity and address existing disparities.

This document details Vermont's uniform application for the FY 2022/2023 combined Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Community Mental Health Services Block Grant, along with a behavioral health assessment and plan. It outlines the utilization of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) supplemental funds primarily for enhancing mental health emergency preparedness and response, developing a state behavioral health team, and creating culturally and linguistically appropriate supports. The plan also addresses services for individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), with limited provisions for mobile crisis teams and crisis services for youth and families, and engagement with school safety for trauma response.

This document outlines the Detailed Model Plan for the State of Vermont's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the fiscal year 2020-2021. It details the program's components, including heating, cooling, crisis, and weatherization assistance, alongside outreach, coordination, agency designation, and program integrity measures. Key aspects covered include eligibility criteria, benefit determination, and fiscal monitoring to ensure proper fund disbursement and accountability.

The Vermont Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant Application and Annual Report outlines the state's five-year strategic direction to improve health outcomes for mothers, children, and families. Key priorities include reducing smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy, promoting breastfeeding and safe infant sleep, enhancing developmental screening and physical activity for children, improving transitions to adult care for children with special health needs, and advancing adolescent preventive care and mental well-being. The plan emphasizes family partnership, a two-generation framework, and collaborative efforts to address social determinants of health and reduce health disparities across the state.

This Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) State Plan for Fiscal Year 2021 outlines the State of Vermont's policy, goals, and objectives for addressing poverty. Key priorities include providing services to assist low-income individuals and families in achieving self-sufficiency through meaningful employment, adequate education, improved income management, stable housing, and access to emergency assistance. The plan also focuses on counteracting starvation and malnutrition, fostering greater community participation, and coordinating efforts with governmental, social, and private sector programs. Administrative goals for the state include supporting full-cycle performance management (ROMA), streamlining CSBG operations, and ensuring eligible entities meet organizational standards.