Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

AGENDA

Room 11 and Zoom

October 9, 2026

Last Updated 10/6/2026 9:29 AM

This is a joint meeting with the House Committee on Human Services and will be livestreamed here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9RE-K5ZL_Egtle9AdAI-g/featured.

Friday, October 9, 2026

10:00 AM                   Green Mountain Youth Facility

Wanda Minoli, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Emily Kisicki, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Lauren Higbee, Deputy Advocate, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate (10:15 AM)

Sandi Hoffman, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

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

Tyler Allen, High-End System of Care Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division

12:00 PM                   Lunch

12:30 PM                   Act 143 of 2026: An act relating to establishing the Vermont Homelessness Response Continuum

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Invited

-                                   Act 143 of 2026: An act relating to establishing the Vermont Homelessness Response Continuum

Alison Lamagna, Executive Director, United Ways of VT / VT 211

Chad Simmons, Director, Housing and Homeless Alliance of Vermont

Drew Bulfer, Owner, Deer Run

Sarah Russell, Director of Emergency Services, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO)

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Mayor, Burlington

Brenda Siegel, Executive Director, End Homelessness Vermont

Rebecca Reese, Homelessness and Community Health Manager, City of Burlington

-                                   Department for Children and Families

Response to advocates

Sandi Hoffman, 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

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Megan Cannella at Megan.Cannella@vtleg.gov