by Brett Yates | Jun 14, 2022 | news
This spring, the Vermont General Assembly rejected an ambitious bid to expand and improve peer-based mental health services throughout the state. Neither of the two complementary bills drafted by Vermont’s five peer-led mental health organizations – Alyssum, Another...
by Brett Yates | Jun 14, 2022 | news
The Vermont General Assembly concluded the legislative session on May 12 by passing an $8.3 billion state budget for fiscal year 2023 (FY23), which begins on July 1. $294,407,829 will go to the Department of Mental Health (DMH), $10 million more than it received in...
by Brett Yates | Jun 14, 2022 | news
A new law aims to improve “cultural competency, cultural humility, and antiracism” among Vermont’s mental health professionals. It also intends to find ways to expand the mental health workforce by identifying barriers for aspirants in underrepresented groups. H. 661...
by Brett Yates | Jun 14, 2022 | news
Nonprofits had an opportunity this spring to bid on a contract with the Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) to provide peer support for parents of children within the mental health system. DMH’s request for proposals (RFP), issued on April 11, also asked for an...
by Brett Yates | Jun 14, 2022 | news
Nine years after Vermont legalized medical aid in dying through Act 39, the General Assembly updated the statute to permit physicians in virtual care settings to write prescriptions for life-ending medication for terminally ill patients. “When we passed this law,...
by Brett Yates | Jun 14, 2022 | news
In February, the Vermont Department of Mental Health hired Daryl Hall as the CEO of the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (VPCH) in Berlin. VPCH’s prior CEO, Emily Hawes, became the Commissioner of Mental Health last year. Hall previously served as the CEO of the...
