Patti is a kind and generous woman. She loves animals and cared deeply about her fellow guests at Good Sam. Patty has mental and physical disabilities, but was always ready to lend a helping hand. During her time in the Emergency Shelter Program she painted the porch and the dining room! Patty moved on to […]
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Melvin is a thirty-nine year old veteran, and father to an adorable four year old son. His family was displaced in October, after the mother suffered a mental health breakdown rendering both father and child homeless. Good Samaritan Haven worked with multiple community partners to get Melvin and his son rapidly rehoused and reunified. Melvin
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BARRE — Representatives of central Vermont’s only homeless shelter this week got the clarity they wanted and the operational flexibility they needed to strategically open the doors of the Good Samaritan Haven during the day without technically violating the overnight shelter’s 30-year-old permit. The Development Review board ended a busy Thursday night meeting by unanimously
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Affordable housing advocates stood outside the Statehouse in the 27-degree weather Thursday to urge lawmakers to do more to fight homelessness. More than 100 supporters, nearly a dozen lawmakers and members of Gov. Phil Scott’s administration attended the annual event organized by the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition. The
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BARRE, VT A homeless shelter in Barre is turning people away all because of an old law. With winter rolling in, the Good Samaritan Haven wants to change it as soon as possible. Finding a place to warm up in the Granite City for a few hours is hard enough, let alone all all day.
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BARRE, Vt. – Vermont is continuing to make investments to expand emergency community housing for the homeless to reduce its reliance on more expensive motel rooms. This year, Vermont has spent $1.5 million supporting the addition of 101 emergency shelter beds, 18 shelter rooms for homeless families, and 17 short-term stay apartments for families and
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[VT Digger; Sep. 14, 2016, 6:55 pm by Commentary] Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Last week President Obama’s chief housing officer, Secretary Julián Castro of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, accepted my invitation to visit Vermont. In his first visit to
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