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2017 Vermont Statutes
Title 21 - Labor
Chapter 16 - Displaced Homemakers
§ 1232 Displaced homemaker programs and services

Universal Citation: 21 V.S.A. § 1232
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§ 1232. Displaced homemaker programs and services

(a) Programs to serve the needs of displaced homemakers may be developed in coordination with the Displaced Homemakers Policy Council and implemented by the Commissioner. The programs may provide the following services:

(1) statewide outreach and advertising to inform displaced homemakers of services and programs available;

(2) job counseling and job placement;

(3) crisis intervention;

(4) peer counseling;

(5) life skills counseling;

(6) resource information and referrals to other State, federal, or private nonprofit programs which provide pre-vocational and vocational training, educational financial support, and other appropriate services; and

(7) any other service which helps displaced homemakers.

(b)(1) The Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Joint Fiscal Committee, may accept federal grants or funds to assist the Department in providing displaced homemaker services and programs.

(2) Upon receipt of such funds, the Commissioner shall make those funds available to carry out the goals of the Federal Displaced Homemakers Self Sufficiency Assistance Act, Public Law 101-554, which may include providing funds to existing or new services and programs for displaced homemakers including those mentioned in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) The Commissioner shall coordinate with existing services and other related State and federal organizations to ensure communication and cooperation among programs and to share efforts and resources for new services and programs for displaced homemakers, including the Secretary of Education, the Department for Children and Families, VISTA, the Vermont State Colleges, the University of Vermont, the Vermont Extension Service, and the Governor's Commission on Women. (Added 1991, No. 44, § 1; amended 1995, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 53; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 267, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)

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