The long-awaited LIHEAP funds will provide heating assistance to low-income Vermonters and reimburse the state for its fuel assistance spending during the federal shutdown this past fall.
Medicare payments to ambulance services were frozen for the first two weeks of the shutdown, impacting rural rescue squads.
Area schools and nonprofits were working overtime this week to gather extra food for low-income families who faced suspension of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to the federal government shutdown.
Vermont joined a multi-state lawsuit on Tuesday that seeks to force the federal government to fund its largest food assistance program.
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