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Vermont Edition

Applicants For State Benefits Facing Delays In Processing

By Jane Lindholm | December 6, 2010

The state is having trouble processing all of the applications it’s receiving for benefits like food stamps, health care and housing assistance within the state and federally mandated 30-day window. Plus, the number of people incarcerated in Vermont is on the decline.

VPR News

Food assistance benefits increase

By Ross Sneyd | April 1, 2009

Vermonters who qualify for food stamps will be getting a raise today . The federal stimulus bill includes $34 million to increase benefits to people in the "3Squares-Vermont” program, which was formerly called Food Stamps.

Vermont Edition

Food Stamps Revamped: 3SquaresVT

By Jane Lindholm | February 11, 2009

As of the first of this year, thousands more Vermonters could qualify for the program formerly known as Food Stamps. The program has a new name, too: 3SquaresVT. Also, a new, toll-free hotline helps dairy farmers cope with mounting economic stress. And ski jumping returns to Brattleboro.