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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for Sunday June 09, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Alliance Defending Freedom: Vermont to Foster Parents - Promote Gender Ideology or Lose Your License
BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 5 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of two Vermont families after the state revoked their foster-care licenses because of their religious beliefs. Inspired by their faith, two couples wanted to help meet Vermont's "desperate" need for foster families. Pastor Brian Wuoti and his wife, Katy, became foster parents in 2014 and successfully adop  more

Institute for Local Self-Reliance: New Report Reveals Community Broadband Making Vermont One Of Best-Connected States in the Nation
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 6 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: As the national "Internet For All" Initiative moves into full swing, a new report published today by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) Community Broadband Networks Initiative and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society details Vermont's unique approach to bridging the digital divide in the Green Mountain State, offering hard-won lessons and practica  more

National Alliance on Mental Illness: Leading Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Organizations Celebrate Major Milestone for the 988 Lifeline and Crisis Response
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: With this week's enactment of Vermont H. 657, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant), Inseparable and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) celebrate Vermont marking the 10th state in the nation to adopt measures that will sustainably fund the statewide operation of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The 988 Suicide & Crisi  more