House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46 and Zoom

February 3, 2026 - February 6, 2026

Last Updated 2/6/2026 9:01 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-human-services.

 

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 594 - An act relating to establishing the Temporary Emergency Housing and Accountability Program and the Return Home Program in fiscal years 2027 and 2028

Paul Dragon, Executive Director, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) - Invited

Chad Simmons, Director, Housing and Homeless Alliance of Vermont

Julie Bond, Co-Executive Director, Good Samaritan Haven, Barre

Brenda Siegel, Executive Director, End Homelessness Vermont

 

2:30 PM                   H. 594 - An act relating to establishing the Temporary Emergency Housing and Accountability Program and the Return Home Program in fiscal years 2027 and 2028

Erin Jacobsen, Chief of Staff, Burlington Mayor's Office

 

2:45 PM                   H. 594 - An act relating to establishing the Temporary Emergency Housing and Accountability Program and the Return Home Program in fiscal years 2027 and 2028

Kate Logan, Director, Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs

 

3:00 PM                   H. 594 - An act relating to establishing the Temporary Emergency Housing and Accountability Program and the Return Home Program in fiscal years 2027 and 2028

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

Pollaidh Major, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

 

-                                   H. 594 - An act relating to establishing the Temporary Emergency Housing and Accountability Program and the Return Home Program in fiscal years 2027 and 2028

Committee discussion

 

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

9:10 AM                   Governor’s Proposed FY2027 Budget

DAIL Budget

Meeting will include a break at 10:15.

Dr. Jill Bowen, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

Angela Smith-Dieng, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

Bill Kelly, Financial Director, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

Jennifer Garabedian, Director, Developmental Disabilities Services Division, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

Angela McMann, Adult Services Division Director, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

Dylan Frazer, Deputy Director of Medicaid Policy, Agency of Human Services

Rebecca Silbernagel, Principal Assistant, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

 

11:15 AM                   Governor's Proposed FY2027 Budget

Individual member and group work time

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   26-0766 - An act relating to emergency housing

Committee discussion

 

-                                   Governor’s Proposed FY2027 Budget

Individual member and group work time

 

3:30 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 5, 2026

9:00 AM                   Governor’s Proposed FY2027 Budget

DCF Budget (continued from 1/23)

Sandi Hoffman, Interim Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Megan Smeaton, Financial Director, Department for Children and Families

Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Janet McLaughlin, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families

Lily Sojourner, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families

Kristin McClure, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services

 

11:45 AM                   3SquaresVT Awareness Day

Ivy Enoch, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Hunger Free Vermont

Katherine LaPrad, Community Member, Burlington

 

11:55 AM                   3SquaresVT

Update on Immigrant Eligibility

Molly Gray, Executive Director, Vermont Afghan Alliance

Drukhshan Farhad, Program Officer, Vermont Afghan Alliance

 

12:15 PM                   Lunch

 

1:10 PM                   Enhanced Residential Care

Deb Wesley, Executive Director, Addison County Home Health and Hospice - Invited

 

1:30 PM                   Governor’s Proposed FY2027 Budget

DCF Housing Budget

Sandi Hoffman, Interim Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Lily Sojourner, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families

 

2:40 PM                   Break

 

3:05 PM                   H. 660 - An act relating to fiscal year 2027 Opioid Abatement Special Fund appropriations

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jessica Schifano, Policy Director, Department of Health

 

3:30 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, February 6, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Governor's Proposed FY2027 Budget

Individual member and group work time

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2027 Budget

Individual member and group work time

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

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 Lori Morse at Lori.Morse@vtleg.gov