Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 2115
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 2115
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner for Children and Families. See
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- General Assistance: means financial aid to provide the necessities of life, including food, clothing, shelter, fuel, electricity, medical care, and other items as the Commissioner may prescribe by rule, when a need is found to exist and the applicant is otherwise found eligible. See
- House: means a structure in which people live, including a hospital. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 2115. General Assistance program report
On or before September 1 of each year, the Commissioner for Children and Families shall submit a written report to the Joint Fiscal Committee; the House Committees on Appropriations, on General, Housing, and Military Affairs, and on Human Services; and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and on Health and Welfare. The report shall contain the following:
(1) an evaluation of the General Assistance program during the previous fiscal year;
(2) any recommendations for changes to the program;
(3) a plan for continued implementation of the program;
(4) statewide statistics using deidentified data related to the use of emergency housing vouchers during the preceding State fiscal year, including demographic information, client data, shelter and motel usage rates, clients’ primary stated cause of homelessness, and average lengths of stay in emergency housing by demographic group and by type of housing; and
(5) other information the Commissioner deems appropriate. (Added 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2017, No. 85, § E.321.2; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 609, eff. July 1, 2022.)