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McGill tallies up the hit to Vt. nonprofits

While state government has an information pipeline to D.C. to help it account for cfederal cuts to programs like Medicaid, what about the hundreds of nonprofit organizations in Vermont that rely on federal money that doesn’t filter through state agencies? “There’s a lot of federal money that comes in directly to organizations around the state that doesn’t pass through state government,” said Rep. Jubilee McGill, D-Bridport. “It’s money that’s being used to support Vermonters and provide essential services. So if we’re not adequately tracking that, we’re only telling part of the story.” McGill, a member of the House Committee on Human Services, has been selected by her legislative peers to tell that story.