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Vt. officials explain juvenile center plan

THIS ROUGH PRELIMINARY sketch shows what a proposed locked treatment center for troubled juveniles on 8 acres off Comfort Hill, a road in northern Vergennes, could look like.
Image courtesy of Department of Buildings & General Services
May 2, 2024
Two high-ranking state officials told the Independent last week there would be a thorough public process before a secure 14-bed facility to offer treatment to traumatized “justice-involved” juveniles would be built on Comfort Hill in Vergennes.
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