2023-2024 Session
Change SessionAdvisory Council on Child Poverty and Strengthening Families
The Advisory Council on Child Poverty and Strengthening Families was created by 2018, Act 207 (S.280), Sec. 1 to identify and examine structural and other issues in Vermont that lead to families living in povery and create conditions that prevent families from moving out of poverty, and to advance policies that promote financial stability and asset building, support safety nets for families with low income, and mitigate the effects of childhood poverty.
Meeting Record
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- 10:00 AM
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DOC Updates and Response
2-2-3 Schedule and Calculated Leave Time
- Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
- Travis Denton, Facility Operations Division Director, Department of Corrections
- Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association
- Leona Watt, Chair, Legislative Committee, Vermont State Employees Association
- Shawanda Hill, Correctional Officer I, Southern State Correctional Facility
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DOC Updates and Response
Labor partner petition and staff response
- Jeff Reynolds, Correctional Officer II, Northeast Correctional Facility
- Bryant Smith, Correctional Officer II, Northeast Correctional Facility
- John Ouellet, Correctional Officer I, Northern State Correctional Facility
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DOC Updates and Response
VOSHA Protocols
- Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
- Travis Denton, Facility Operations Division Director, Department of Corrections
- 12:00 PM
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Lunch
- 1:00 PM
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Act 125: Raise the Age
July Report
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Matthew Bernstein, Director, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate
- Lauren Higbee, Deputy Advocate, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate
- Chris Winters, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
- Tyler Allen, Adolescent Services Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division
- Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
- Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
- Timothy Lueders-Dumont, Legislative & Asst. Appellate Attorney, Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
- Joshua Rutherford, Operations Director, Department of Corrections
- 2:35 PM
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Act 159: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws
Section 3, Earned time expansion review
- Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Joshua Rutherford, Operations Director, Department of Corrections
- 2:50 PM
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Committee Discussion
Next meeting October 16
- 3:10 PM
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Adjourn