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From YouTube: Congressman Peter Welch: Welch Wagon - Chittenden County
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U.S. Rep. Peter Welch visits Chittenden County as the next stop on the “Welch Wagon” 14 County Tour across Vermont. He is joined by small business owners, elected officials, and community leaders – highlighting Rep. Welch’s commitment to connect with Vermonters in their own communities throughout his 15 years as their Congressman. Rep. Welch will continue working to earn Vermonters’ support for U.S. Senate.
10/26/2022
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A
Thank
you
for
coming.
Thank
you,
everyone
for
coming.
You
know,
I
invited
folks
together
today
with
the
intent
of
sharing
specific
challenges
that
we
face
in
when
you
ski,
probably
not
specifically
in
Winooski
kind
of
focused
on
the
intersection
of
Workforce
Development
housing
Transportation,
to
lift
up
where
specific
Federal
actions
could
be
helpful.
A
B
B
I
also
remember
back
years
ago,
when
I
walked
around
I.
Think
with
you
dig
and
I
was
just
astonished
at
the
number
of
languages
that
were
spoken
at
the
winter
sea
schools,
and
this
is
like
the
Melting
Pot,
you
know
of
Vermont,
and
it's
just
such
a
community
in
transition,
where
the
challenges
that
you
face
her
in
many
ways
unique
to
an
intense
here
in
uniski,
much
more
so
than
many
other
the
it's
not
unique,
because
these
are
challenges
all
around
the
state.
B
But
it's
very
intense
here
and
I
I
just
have
is
still
memory,
Christine
of
going
out
to
the
school
and
asking
teachers
how
in
the
world
do
you
teach
somebody
who
shows
up
young
child
that
speaks
no
English
at
all
in
a
language
that
not
many
of
us
speak
and
somehow
you've
found
a
way
to
do
it
and
you've
had
to
contend
with
all
these
challenges
in
this
community.
That's
really
changing,
and
it's
in
this
escalating
real
estate
values.
B
It's
amidst
worker
shortage,
it's
in
it
with
the
pressures
of
coven,
so
I
just
have
always
been
really
an
admirer
of
how
some
somehow
some
way
you
all
have
managed
to
to
keep
taking
a
step
forward
and
maintain
community
support,
and
that's
really
hard.
I
remember
going
out
to
the
school
too
at
the
beginning
of
covet,
where
you
were
having
such
an
elaborate
effort
involving
the
staff
and
separating
students
enough.
B
B
D
E
F
E
I
bet
to
all
of
us,
we
would
say
the
same
thing:
it's
an
honor
to
serve
the
folks.
We
get
to
work
with
I'm
now
the
executive
director
of
the
housing
authority
and
so
I
had
my
first
glance,
my
first
glimpse
into
the
regulatory
environment
at
the
federal
level
and
how
it's
not
keeping
up
with
the
real
challenges
that.
E
F
E
Know-
and
we
moved
to
the
rad
program,
which
is
out
of
public
housing
and
into
a
private
model,
thinking
that
that
was
going
to
help.
But
when
you,
when
you're,
not
keeping
up,
you
know,
but
we're
figuring
it
out
because
we're
when
you
ski
and
we're
small
enough
to
talk
to
each
other
and
figure
it
out
so
I
I
would
say
that
you
know
our
big
challenge
is
losing
affordable
families
housing,
because
that
touches
everything
right,
because
you're
folks,
who
we
need
to
to
do
a
lot
of
our
front
line,
work.
E
Your
housekeepers
your
weight
weight
staff,
whatever
are
often
are
not
people
that
are
going
to
want
a
eighteen
hundred
dollar
a
month.
One
bedroom
apartment
right,
we're
building,
we
need.
We
need
three
plus
bedroom
homes
to
to
house
folks.
So
you
know
any
support,
but
the
money
comes
in
seems
to
be
developing
these
one
bedroom
homes-
and
you
know
that's
kind
of
a
not
I'd
like
to
you
know,
figure.
E
E
All
those
Frontline
staff
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
refer
to
to
welcome
folks
in
the
refugee
resettlement
program.
We
need
that
inventory.
It's
it.
We
can't.
We
can't
do
it
with
just
one
bedroom.
So
it's
not
that
the
one
bedrooms
are
bad
if
they're
important,
but
they
can't
be
the
only
thing
and
because
everything
else
is
getting
unaffordable
because
of
just
real
estate,
values,
making
sure
we're
paying
attention
to
the
affordable
piece
of
of
that
and
the
subsidized
piece
of
that.
F
E
That
voucher
follow
the
person
so
it'll
help
fund
the
programs
it'll
reduce
the
cost
of
those
programs.
We
want
to
run
and
keep
people
out
of
that
eviction.
Merry-Go-Round
that
ends
up
with
with
people
getting
housed
with
a
promise
of
support
having
a
mental
health
breakdown,
refusing
to
get
any
support,
causing
a
health
or
safety
issue
in
in
a
apartment,
building
getting
evicted
getting
into
the
hotel
getting
back
into
the
cycle
and.
D
B
A
Heard
from
the
Chittenden
County
homeless,
Alliance
that,
because
of
the
federal
definition
of
homelessness,
they
can't
deploy
resources
to
people
that
are
facing
homeless
until
they
have
a
14-day
eviction
or
a
30-day
notice
to
terminate,
and
so
the
help
is
coming
too
late
to
address.
If
there's
like
a
mental
health
issue
or
addiction
issue
and
like
degrading
conditions,
so
they've
raised
that
up,
as
that
definition
is
too
narrow
like
could
that
be
expanded
to
kind
of
help
get
do
more
proactive,
homeless
prevention.
A
E
Because
that's
where
we
are
right,
we
we
can't
get
emergency
support
to
a
person
until
we're
ready
to
evict
them,
because
that's
the
trigger
that
suddenly
brings
out
the
troops
to
rescue
the
situation,
but
by
then
the
person's
lost
credibility.
Their
neighbors
are
now
afraid
of
them.
You
know
there's
the
whole
set,
so
if
preventing
homelessness
means
that
we
have
to
I,
think
we
have
to
identify
early
in
the
process.
E
Wait
give
us
a
tool
other
than
eviction
way
earlier
in
the
process,
and
even
if
it's
like
I
said
the
voucher
could
follow
a
person
into
another
house
situation
rather
than
having
to
make
somebody
homeless
or
threatened
to
make
somebody
homeless.
So
because
we
work
with
these
folks
all
the
time
and
they're
great.
But
you
have
to
have
a
crisis
in
order
to
to
trigger
everything
that
needs
to
happen,
and
that's
not
good
for
anybody.
It's
not
good
for
the
person.
It's
not
good
for
the
you.
H
E
F
H
E
D
B
It's
interesting
listening
to
this
because
that
that
is
a
that's,
a
real
Challenge
and
once
they're
out
I
mean
first
of
all,
all
that
suffering
that
occurs
on
that
floor,
not
just
with
the
family
per
person,
that's
in
crisis,
but
the
neighbors
who
are
freaked
out
and
understandably
so
right,
because
they're
scared
and
you
don't
know,
what's
going
to
happen
so
it
just
it
really
kind
of
erodes
that
sense
of
community
or
any
chance
of
getting
it,
and
then
folks
then
end
up
out
on
the
street.
And
how
do
you
unwrap?
G
I
would
just
add
the
impact
on
learning,
so
we've
got
a
family
that
gets
a
evicted.
You
know
it's
through
mckinney-vento
act,
which
is
great.
It
allows
for
some
choices
for
family
to
continue
and
and
to
provide
that
stability
and
education.
However,
there's
not
enough
funding
for
that
which
then
it
falls
on
the
local
school
district
to
make
up
that
Gap
in
in
helping
with
Transportation.
You
know
temporary
housing,
food.
G
Whatever
is
needed
to
continue
that,
but
you
know
the
research
will
show
when
you
have
inconsistent
education
and
we
have
a
Pre-K
12
Continuum,
which
is
unique
where
students
and
families
can
live
in
our
community
for
that
whole
entire
time
and
be
in
the
same
system
and
have
a
coherent
experience.
So
when
they
get
pulled
out
of
it,
it
can
have
devastating
effects
on
a
student's
learning.
So.
G
Well,
as
Deek
said,
sometimes
they
go
to
a
hotel
and
they
can
continue
and
we
we
try
to
find
other
resources
to
to
help
sometimes
they'll
move
in
with
relatives
or
friends.
In
other
communities,
in
which
case
they
want
to
continue
to
attend
our
school
district,
and
so
you
know
through
mckinney-bento,
we'll
help
with
transportation
and
pay
for
that,
and
sometimes
the
only
that's
a
that's
a.
G
Pickup
and
a
drop
off
yeah
and
it's
it's
kind
of
a
cascading
effect
of
basic
needs
that
start
to
happen.
You
know
when
an
eviction
happens.
It's
it's
food,
it's
clothing!
It's
Transportation!
It's
access
to
after
school
and
pre-care
all
those
types
of
supports
that
we
have
in
place
across
our
city,
amazing.
C
Are
you
do
you
have
so
I'm
here
representing
the
downtown
organization?
So
we
work
with
our
business
Community,
which
is
primarily
in
Winooski.
Small
businesses
and
I'll
say
that
we've
been
really
really
impressed
with
the
small
businesses
doing
their
piece
they're
raising
their
wages,
their
pivoting
dramatically.
It
seems
like
every
six
months
to
make
sure
that
the
safety
of
their
employees
and
their
customers
is.
F
C
All
these
other
pieces
are
what
they
need.
So
when
we're
looking
at
Transportation
or
you
know,
safety,
we
that's
for
their
workers.
So
there's
people
that
are
you
know
having
a
job
or
they've,
had
a
job
in
win
UC
for
a
long
time,
but
because
of
Transportation
issues
or
because
they
were
priced
out
of
Chipman
County
they're
not
having
to
travel
longer
to
get
here
and
then
once
they
get
here.
C
If
there's
safety
concerns
because
of
whatever
it
is,
that's
going
on,
then
they're
less
inclined
to
want
to
stay
here
and
work
here,
and
so
the
businesses
are
doing
their
part,
they're
really
really
trying,
but
it's
it
needs
all.
These
other
puzzle
pieces
So
when
you
say
there's
a
worker
shortage
there.
There
definitely
is,
but
it's
all
dependent
on
Child
Care,
on
housing,
on
safety,
on
Transportation
Asian.
C
Like
how
do
I
tell
these
two
businesses,
what
programs
are
available,
and
maybe
it's
from
a
private
entity-
that's
giving
out
a
grant-
or
maybe
it's
a
federal
program,
or
maybe
it's
a
state
program
or
a
regional
program,
and
what
we're
finding
over
and
over
and
over
again
is
that
eligibility.
Isn't
there
that
the
barriers
to
entry
for
these
programs,
or
even
if
it's
five
thousand
dollars,
is
pages
and
pages
of
applications
and
they're
like
I,
don't
have
I'm
a
sole
proprietor
or
I?
C
Have
five
staff
members
I'm,
you
know
I'm
a
single
mom
or
I'm.
You
know
new
American,
so
there's
translation
issues
and
they
can
do
all
the
things
to
get
that
support,
but
by
the
time
they've
gotten
it
all
they've
already
I
mean
it's
already
over.
It's
like
it's
they've
moved
on
this.
It's
not
worth
this
money,
even
though
it
is
worth
that
money.
They
just
can't
do
it.
C
So
lowering
the
barriers
on
a
lot
of
these
programming
would
also
be
incredibly
helpful
for
our
small
business
community
and
the
small
businesses
that
we
see
in
manuski.
In
particular,
we
are
a
dense
urban
area.
We
are
different
than
other
communities,
but
we
have
those
small
mom
and
pop
businesses
that
every
you
know
Vermont
downtown
has
so
we.
C
Have
that
same
Spirit
of
Vermont,
we
just
happen
to
have
a
lot
of
bipoc
women-owned
new
American
businesses,
so
those
businesses
need
to
be
supported
even
more
because
there's
so
many
barriers
anyway,
and
so
we're
really
trying
hard
we're
all
working.
You
know
we're
working
with
a
lot
of
different
puzzle
pieces,
a
lot
of
different
partner
organizations
and
we're
seeing
that
even.
C
C
Sole
proprietor-
and
you
know
women
owned
by
a
pack.
Don't
the
reality
is
that
when
you
say
those
words,
what
it
means
is
they
have
no
capacity.
Zero
capacity,
emotional
physical,
like
any
labor
and
all
they're
trying
to
do
is
serve
their
Community,
so
I
do
feel
like
all
those
pieces
are
like
coming
in,
but
they're
just
not
clicking
into
place
in
a
way,
that's
actually
supporting
the
most
vulnerable
Community.
C
F
C
C
Program
like
that
with
the
the
charity
like
the
Navigator
program,
and
they
have
some
hubs
and
some
different
things,
but
there's
challenges
there
too,
because
a
lot
of
those
organizations
are
don't
have
capacity
to
execute
these
programs.
So
if
you
know,
if
my
organization
was
handed
a
program,
we
would
have
to
hire.
C
Order
to
actually
get
the
money
out
in
an
equitable
way-
and
that's
the
other
part
about
this-
is
that
for
our
community
in
particular,
equity
and
inclusion
is
incredibly
important.
It's
not
just
a
buzzword,
it's
a
real
thing,
and
it
you
see
it
every
single
day,
so
again
lowering
any
barriers
that
we
can
even.
H
C
Want
to
make
sure
that
people
are
using
the
money
for
the
right
reasons,
I
get
it,
but
ultimately
none
of
these
businesses
are
trying
to
pull
the
wool
over
anyone's
eyes,
they're
just
trying
to
keep
their
doors
open,
they're,
trying
to
pay
their
employees
and
they're
trying
to
serve
their
community,
and
a
lot
of
our
businesses
is
our
serving
their
minority
businesses
serving
a
vulnerable
population.
So
it's
it's
like.
C
Not
only
are
the
businesses
supporting
themselves
and
their
employees
they're
supporting
all
the
kids
that
walk
by
their
school,
their
you
know
their
store
and
walk
to
school,
and
then
they
hop
in
and
get
Halal.
You
know
food
for
their
family
on
the
way
home,
so
that's
kind
of
what
we're
looking
at.
It's
all
connected
a
web.
It's
I,
don't
even
know
it's
web.
It's
a
tangled.
C
Web,
but
that's
where
you
know,
I
feel
really
strongly
that
every
single
piece
of
housing
of
infrastructure,
of
everything
of
the
school
that
happens,
child
care.
All
of
that
will
support
our
business
Community,
which
this
is
not
really
a
main
thing.
So
I
apologize
for
bringing
it
up,
but
thinking
about
the
school,
a
huge
problem
that
Vermont
has
in
the
workforce
is
kids
leaving
when
they
graduate
and
in
Winooski
we
do
have
a
lot
of
jobs.
C
We
actually
do
have
a
lot
of
programming,
that's
available
for
high
school
kids
to
kind
of
come
in
and
go
into
a
kitchen
or
go
into
a
manufacturing
facility
and
we're
not
able
to
convince
them
to
stay
here.
Part
in
part
because
of
housing
in
part
because
of
the
culture
of
like
everyone
leaves,
and
so.
C
If
we
do
have
all
those
pieces
in
place,
then
we
can
also
look
to
the
Next
Generation
to
kind
of
keep
them
here,
because
if
we
want
to
keep
that
diversity
and
that
strength
of
our
communities,
you
know
when
kids
turn
18,
they
leave
the
state.
That's
not
helping
anyone
so
again,
kind
of
looking
at
that
piece.
C
We,
you
know,
we
as
an
organization
really
look
at
that,
because
we
look
at
them,
as
you
know,
incredibly
bright
shining
stars
of
the
community
that
are,
you
know
we
want
them
to
stay
and
we're
like,
but-
and
you
know,
full
disclosure
either
that
so
I
understand
the
the
draw
of
leaving,
but
there's
so
many
ways
that
these
different
pieces
can
come
together
to
also
kind
of
help
capture.
A
major
issue
that
I
feel,
like
you
know,
is
difficult
to
talk
about
right.
F
D
If
I
might
add
to
that,
just
yeah
perspective,
I'm
wearing
a
couple
hats
here
at
the
table
my
day
job,
we
see,
you
know
what
Meredith
is
talking
about
in
terms
of
like
in
Government
Contracting.
The
barriers
to
entry
for
small
businesses
are
very
high.
Everything
that
comes
along
with
that
in
terms
of
reporting,
after
the
fact
or
just
a
really
extensive
rfps
is
to
some
extent
designed
for
large
entities
that
have
a
person
on
staff
that
handles
that.
D
B
They've
got
to
be
right-sized,
you
know
the
the
you
know
an
example.
I
give
is
after
the
the
financial
collapse
in
08,
we
needed
significant
regulations
for
the
Money
Center
Banks.
Well,
a
lot
of
those
Money
Center
Bank
regulations
were
on.
You
know
the
local
bank.
They
had
followed
them
now
and
it
made
no
sense
in
the
threat
of
a
financial
catastrophe,
because
a
local
bank
made
a
bad
loan
was
non-existent
different,
obviously
for
the
Wall
Street
Money
Center.
D
Operations,
we've
rightly
applied
skepticism.
You
know
it's
just
an
issue
of
at
a
certain
level
like
you're,
pointing
out
that
it
just
isn't
as
warranted,
or
it's
just
that
as
just
so
much
that
it's
a
barriers
coming,
and
so
it's
something
that
I
think
we've
been
talking
a
lot
about
is
just
this
right:
sizing
for
right,
right,
place.
F
A
And
and
the
the
Liaisons
at
the
school
district,
and
not
specifically
like
looking
for
business
help,
some
can
be
because
there's
a
lot
of
small
business
owners
here,
but
going
to
these
organizations
looking
for
help
trying
to
navigate
these
systems
and
access
these
programs.
And
then
those
organizations
are
under
resource
to
provide
that
assistance.
B
A
This
is
true
of
support
organizations
and
our
public
transportation
is
like
there's
no
real
base
funding,
and
so
they
are
operating
on.
You
know
like
for
Refugee
resettlement,
they're
being
paid
per
reseller
Refugee,
and
so
when
Refugee
resettlement
was
kind
of
halted
under
the
previous
administration
yeah,
their
funding
was
gutted
and
they
still
haven't
fully
rebuilt.
Their
staff.
A
And
I
think
of
this
issue
with
Transportation
like
I
hear
from
residents.
I
can't
rely
on
it
because
frequency
of
services-
and
it's
not
enough
or
there's
not
a
broad
enough
Network,
but
there's
there's
not
enough
passengers
to
make
enough
Revenue
to
get
there
like.
There
needs
to
be
this.
This
sort
of
bridge
to
like
get
the
service
level
that
would
drive.
Then
the
usage
I.
D
D
D
So
I
imagine
that
would
be
similar
yeah
in
terms
of
federal.
You
know,
legislation
I
mean
one
thing:
we've
we've
seen
kind
of
repeatedly
is
just
CDLs
are,
are
very
difficult
for
folks
that
talk
about
hype,
kind
of
going
back
to
what
I
was
saying:
a
high
activation
energy
we've
really
professionalized
CDL
driving
to
a
point
where
it's
very
difficult
and
in
Winooski
and
there's
been
a
number
of
new
Americans
who
would
love
to
be
CDL
Drivers,
it's
very
difficult
to
learn.
F
E
E
E
I
couldn't
get
there
because
I
couldn't
get
through
the
manual
and
all
of
the
you
know
you
have
to
know
all
sorts
of
mechanical
pieces
of
it
unless
you
have
somebody
showing
you
what
they
are
and
naming
them,
and
that's
that
wasn't
my
background
now.
If
that
was
the
only
thing
I
was
doing
and
I
was
hired
as
a
driver
could
I
have
passed
the
test,
probably
right.
B
E
E
G
To
be
done
because
number
one
either
there
was
massive
barriers
at
the
state
and
federal
level
or
there
just
was
no
ability
to
be
able
to
do
it,
our
understanding
of
how
to
do
it
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
particular
community.
So
this
is
just
the
example
of
Transportation,
but
I
think
everybody
could
speak
to
other
examples.
G
G
It
might
be
the
way
the
snow
fell
that
day
it
could
be
resources
as
well,
and
we
have
kids
walking
in
the
streets
because
they're
plowed
and
which
is
really
really
dangerous,
and
many
of
our
students
live
down
in
this
part
of
the
city,
which
is
one
of
the
furthest
points
to
the
school.
So
they're
walking
up,
you
know
through
the
entire
city
right
and
it's
unsafe,
wow.
G
The
other
part
is
getting
kids
to
school
on
time
so
that
they
can
maximize
their
learning
and
instruction
for
teachers
and
the
continuity
and
those
routines
that
are
really
important
for
learning.
So
we've
been
working
on
that
we
started
to
implement
that
and
then
covet
came
and
it
basically
all
shut
down
and
then,
with
the
Staffing
shortages
that
have
been
referenced,
we
found
ourselves
in
a
position
of
like
there's
we're
not
going
to
get
back
to
Transportation.
G
You
know
the
private
providers,
our
neighboring
school
districts,
who
have
worked
with
us
before
they
run
their
own
transportation.
They
all
looked
at
us
and
said
sorry.
We've
got
nothing
for
you,
so
this
is
the
example
of
going
outside
of
our
scope.
We
we
took
money
from
fund
balance
and
we
granted
a
local
community
organization,
organizing
group
of
parents
and
youth,
and
they
have
been
supporting
local
residents
in
working
towards
their
school
bus
driver
licenses,
which
somebody
could
tell
Nicole.
Mace
knows
more
about
this.
Our.
G
F
B
H
G
So
right
now,
I
mean
we're
in
a
position
where
we've
worked
so
hard
on
this
and
we've
spent
countless
hours
and
and
dollars.
You
know
outside
of
kind
of
our
core
mission,
to
provide
this
and
we're
getting
close,
but
we're
still
not
there
and
it's
been
an
incredibly
heavy
lift
I
brought
together
several
cabinet
members
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
You
know
from
transportation
and
labor
and
education
and-
and
they
were
helpful
and
I-
think
this
is
where
I
would
ask
for
for
your
help
too.
F
B
G
F
B
B
Would
not
be
before
that
and
there's
another
agenda
there.
It's
all
in
the
immigration
debate
or
Southern
border
stuff,
I
mean
just
the
stuff
that
gets
injected
into
places
that
doesn't
belong.
I
mean
we
have
an
issue
on
the
southern
border,
but
we're
not
going
to
solve
it
by
making
it
possible
for
another
for
Winooski
to
hire
a
bus
driver
right,
okay
and
but
but
that
case
study.
Where
that's
what
allows
me
to
get
very
concrete,
because.
B
Something
that
cuts
across
all
kinds
of
sectors
in
like
the
local
Bankers,
were
having
a
similar
problem
with
these
JP
Morgan
style
regulation
requirements
when
it's
a
small
community
bank
and
now
these
issues
that
don't
have
anything
to
do
with
the
safety
of
operation,
but
they
have
to
do
with
other
agendas.
Generally
most
people
in
public
office.
Don't
want
that
stuff
to
be
such
an
impediment,
but
being
able
to
be
concrete
would
really
be
helpful.
A
case
study,
if
you
know
we
can
follow
up
on
that,
but
that
would
really
be
helpful.
B
Yeah
I'm
kind
of
diverting
a
little
bit
back
to
you.
I
just
am
amazed
at
how
the
Last
Resort
is
like
the
school
to
just
pick
up
the
pieces
or
the
Housing
Authority.
When
somebody
you
can't
do
anything
in
time,
you
have
to
wait
till
there's
an
eviction
and
everything
gets
more
aggravated,
but
it
becomes
your
problem
even
though
it's
not
your
job
and
I,
don't
know
Christine.
Is
that
really
a
big
issue
for
for
the
city
and
I
mean
it
must
be.
B
A
People
are
actually
okay,
so,
like
SNAP
benefits
only
cover
food.
You've
got
folks
in
highly
like
super
low
income,
households
who
can't
afford
hygiene
products
and
those
aren't
covered,
and
so
this
contributes
to
like
degrading
quality
issues
in
a
household,
the
lack
of
funding
or
priority
so
could
Federal
funding
towards
housing,
somehow
prioritize
or
incentivize
three-bedroom
or
larger
housing.
A
A
C
F
C
D
H
I
mean
in
relation
to
all
of
this
I
think
what
we've
done
is:
do
federal
funding
and
having
it
go
down
to
the
municipal
level,
but
just
to
the
piece
on
Winooski,
this
community
is
so
resilient.
It
is
come
together
what
you
heard
from
each
of
these
stories
and
what
I
hear
constantly
is.
We
saw
the
problem.
We
brought
everyone
to
the
table,
who
needed
to
be
there
and
we
came
up
with
a
solution.
Does
should
it
be
that
way?
H
H
We're
addressing
all
of
these
barriers
when
it
comes
to
rental
protections,
especially
when
it
comes
to
new
Americans,
who
don't
necessarily
know
their
rights
as
tenants,
had
limited
support
during
the
pandemic,
because
of
that
decreased
funding
for
uscri
and
having
ALB
not
necessarily
be
able
to
step
in
and
then
facing
a
fiction
and
not
knowing
that
process,
but
learning
that
they
might
not
be
able
to
bring
their
kids
to
the
same
school
district.
That's
been
supporting
them,
also
receiving
the
services
that
we're
giving
them
the
information
that
was
culturally
relevant
around
covid.
F
B
H
I
think,
where
we're
seeing
a
growing
concern
and
I
think
covet
really
illuminated
for
a
lot
of
folks,
our
mental
health
challenges
and
the
barriers
that
those
present
in
being
able
to
access
the
services
or
being
able
to
talk
openly
about
the
services
that
are
needed,
especially
around
substance
use,
disorder.
I
know
we
just
did
a
tour
of
some
of
the
businesses
downtown
and
we
were
hearing
about
the
safety
issues,
the
safety
being,
that
there
are
folks
who
are
using
openly
because
they
have
nowhere
else
to
go.
H
But
it's
also
the
safest
option,
especially
in
a
market
that
is
so
predominantly
filled
with
fentanyl.
Where
folks
who
are
using
are
then
dying
before
we
were
talking
about
substance
use
as
a
disorder
a
long
term.
How
do
we
get
people
into
treatment?
But
now
I
think
we've
gotten
to
this
crisis
point
that
we've
stayed
there
to
the
point
that
now
we
don't
even
get
to
talk
about
getting
folks
into
treatment,
because
we're
so
focused
on
trying
to
keep
folks
alive
and
so
by
using
openly.
F
H
B
Or
to
have
a
place
that
is
so
hard
on
that
topic,
I
mean
what
do
we
do?
You
know
we've
got
to
partner
right
across
the
city
hall
Park
and
there's
people
openly
using
in
City
Hall
Park.
Now
I
was
walking
through
with
my
granddaughter
and
saw
somebody
literally
shooting
up
and
that's
that's
not
sustainable
at
all
and
I.
Don't
know
what
I.
H
C
And
talking
about
the
housing
thing
that
kind
of
buffer
time
you're
talking
about
someone,
that's
using
and
then
things
in
their
life
are,
you
know
going
on
downhill.
They
get
evicted
now
they're
in
City,
Hall
Park.
They
now
they're
in
a
garage.
You
know
they're.
So
talking
about
all
again,
all
the
pieces
are
part
of
the
puzzle.
A
F
A
B
B
G
Yeah
for
young
people,
it's
about
having
teams
have
trusted.
You
know:
expert
adults,
whether
that's
parents,
teachers,
coaches,
neighbors.
You
know
kids
have
to
feel
cared
about
by
the
adults
in
their
community
and
they
tend
to
make
a
lot
better
decisions
and
then
the
second
piece
is
developmental
assets.
You
have
to
have
you
know
not
just
the
school
curriculum,
but
you
have
to
have
other
opportunities
for
students
to
engage.
You
know
athletically
artistically
collaboratively
in
the
community.
Those.
B
G
B
H
Of
goes
full
circle
to
what
Meredith
was
saying.
Before
of.
Why
do
we
see
young
people
leaving
Vermont,
because
entry-level
jobs
are
some
of
the
lowest
paying,
and
how
long
do
you
have
to
stay
in
that
position
before
you
get
an
increase
or
before
you're
able
to
elevate
yeah
in
the
workforce
to
a
place
where
you're
not
having
to
rent
anymore
and
build
equity
within
a
home?
It's.
E
They
are
and
take
the
voucher,
or
you
know
they
may
be
living
with
someone,
but
you
know
they
may
be
living
in
substandard
health.
I
mean
there's
all
sorts
of
reasons.
But
to
me
one
of
the
scariest
numbers
I,
look
at
in
every
day
is
is
the
percentage
of
people
who
are
offered
vouchers
and
can't
use
them
and
when
you're
down
around
25.
C
E
B
E
B
E
And
that
includes
utilities,
so
we're
just
that.
That
is
that
right,
there
is,
is
killing
us
now
on
the
other
side,
and-
and
you
know
we
sit
here
and
go,
oh,
we
work
together
extremely
well.
You
know
we
all
have
each
other's
cell
phones
numbers,
we
all
text
each
other
and
that's
really
our
strength
and
how
we,
how
we
survive
in
this
I've
got
a
really
cool
project
with
Sean's.
E
E
You
know
when
you
fund
and
and
authorize
states
to
get
a
certain
amount
of
money
and
then
there's
this
minimal
amount
that
you
get
to
small
states
so
that
small
states
aren't,
because
if
you,
you
know
New
York,
getting
a
certain
amount
for
per
person
and
Vermont
getting
a
certain
amount
per
person.
Doesn't.
E
I
mean
at
some
point
you
can
hire
the
person
who
can
write
the
grant,
who
can
get
you
more
money.
Well
we're
we're
that
small
town
in
the
middle
of
Chittenden
County,
where
everything
shows
because
we're
all
neighbors.
So
you
don't
get
to
ignore
a
problem
because
it's
in
another
neighborhood
that
you
never
go
to.
We
don't
get
to
do
that
here.
I
actually
live
down
here
with
my
favorite
places.
If
I
love
living
down.
E
E
F
A
B
Well,
it's
really
wonderful!
Thank
you
for
taking
all
the
time,
but
you
know
and
resources.
You
always
need
that
cutting
red
tape.
You
need
you
need
that
and
having
models
that
fit
the
reality
of
the
situation.
You're
dealing
with
you
need
that
like
it,
it
doesn't
make
sense
to
wait
till
the
eviction
and
then
you
have
to
have
these
other
services
to
go
in
place
and
it's
much
more
difficult
to
have
an
outcome.
B
B
It's
really
quite
remarkable,
so
I
just
appreciate
all
that
you
guys
are
doing
and
you
have
a
lot
to
be
proud
of,
and
you
have
the
hard
work
I
mean
our
job
at
DC
is
to
try
to
get
the
resources
back
here.
So
you
can
do
your
work
and
the
work
that
you're
being
asked
to
do
every
day
is
what
we
there's
a
word
for
it
impossible,
but
somehow
you
managed
to
do
it.
It's
really
quite
extraordinary.
This
wonderful
Community
has
got
tremendous
leadership
and
this
love
representing
it.