Gov. Peter Shumlin will be traveling to Brattleboro for a ribbon-cutting today at a newly renovated section of the Brattleboro Retreat psychiatric hospital that will house state patients.

Changes are underway at the Brattleboro Retreat. The psychiatric hospital will open a new Adult Intensive Unit next week. The facility is part of the state's new plan to serve mental health patients following the closure of the Vermont State Hospital by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.

On the eve of the Legislative session, the Shumlin Administration says a big funding question has been settled. Federal funds and insurance payments will cover about 70 percent of the cost of a new state hospital and other improvements to the mental health system.

We discuss the challenges the Department of Mental Health is facing and the plans for navigating forward as it still feels the effects of Tropical Storm Irene.

The state is moving with plans to replace its Waterbury psychiatric hospital with new beds at other facilities around Vermont. But the transition has been rough for patients and the medical hospitals where they've been cared for since the Waterbury facility was flooded by Tropical Storm Irene.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ruled against the state of Vermont in a decision that affects plans to replace the state hospital in Waterbury. FEMA determined this week that the hospital was damaged but not destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene.

It looks like the state of Vermont will not meet its goal of starting construction on a new psychiatric hospital in Berlin before the end of this month.

The plan for building a new state mental health hospital cleared a key hurdle Monday.

A legal challenge may delay plans to open a secure residential facility for people with mental illness displaced by Tropical Storm Irene.

A panel of lawmakers and state officials will take testimony this afternoon from people concerned about the future of mental health and substance abuse services in Vermont.

When Tropical Storm Irene forced the closure of the Vermont State Hospital last year, it meant the loss of more than 50 beds for psychiatric patients. And that has resulted in an increase in the number of people who are waiting in emergency rooms because there aren't enough mental health beds available.

We get an update from Mental Health Commissioner Patrick Flood on how the state is coping a year after the closure of the state hospital in Waterbury and we hear about a new program that helps families discuss end-of-life care.

The Shumlin Administration was hoping to demolish more than 20 buildings in the State Office Complex in Waterbury that suffered extensive damage from Tropical Storm Irene. But now the Administration is considering the option of renovating many of these buildings and flood proofing them as much as possible.

State government has learned that money it was hoping to get from FEMA to rebuild its Waterbury office complex is going to be delayed.

Ever since Tropical Storm Irene the buildings at the Waterbury office complex have been largely empty, but they're still full of history.

Vermont's mental health system is a step closer to recovering from damage from Tropical Storm Irene.

The Shumlin administration says it intends to build a replacement for the Vermont State Hospital adjacent to the Central Vermont Medical Center.

Town officials in Berlin say they prefer the state build its new mental health hospital next to Central Vermont Medical Center rather than adjacent to the town's elementary school.

Town officials in Morristown have formally approved an agreement with the state to host some beds from the state mental hospital. The agreement comes nearly nine months after Tropical Storm Irene devastated the State Hospital in Waterbury.

Officials in Berlin are slated to hold a joint meeting on a plan to build a new state psychiatric hospital in the town.

A bill calling for a major reorganization of Vermont's mental health system is headed to the desk of Gov. Peter Shumlin.

Officials in Morristown are adding up the costs they expect to incur when some beds from the state mental health facility are moved to their community temporarily.

Governor Peter Shumlin discusses the future of the Waterbury office complex, his plan to build a 25-bed psychiatric hospital and to add beds at Rutland Regional Medical Center and Brattleboro Retreat.

The Shumlin administration and the union representing Vermont state workers are in talks about a possible retirement incentive program for workers at the now-closed Vermont State Hospital.

The state Senate has responded to concerns raised by Governor Peter Shumlin and has limited the size of the proposed new state hospital.