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All posts by Ellen Schwartz
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Pizza & Stories
The Vermont Workers’ Center will host a Pizza & Stories event on May 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Rockingham Free Public Library, 65 Westminster St., […]
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Public Forum: Fair & Impartial Policing in Windham County with Discussion of Proposed Changes around Immigration
Join the Windham County Sheriff’s Office and the Windham County No Más Polimigra Campaign for a public discussion about proposed reforms to the Sheriff’s Fair and Impartial Policing Policy (FIPP) […]
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Huge Health Insurance Rate Hikes: Public Comment through 7/24
Blue Cross and MVP Health Care want to raise rates by an average of 15.5% and 12.8% for individuals and 14.5% and 12.5% for small businesses. The affected plans are […]
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Medicaid & Health Resource Info Hours
This month Medicaid recipients in Vermont will begin receiving letters asking for updated eligibility information. The Vermont Workers’ Center is hosting drop-in information hours at the Putney Foodshelf, Putney Community […]
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Medicaid & Health Resource Info Hours in Putney, 3/24/23
The Vermont Workers’ Center is hosting drop-in informational hours about the upcoming Medicaid redeterminations. We will be at the Putney Foodshelf in the Putney Community Center on Friday, March 24 […]
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Medicaid & Health Info Drop-in Hours
In Dec. 2022, Congress voted to eliminate the extra federal funding and requirement that states keep people on Medicaid. Vermont will be starting Medicaid redeterminations on April 1. According to […]
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Keeping Windham County Safe for Immigrant Communities
Join the Windham County No Más Polimigra campaign and Migrant Justice for an on-line information session on loopholes in the county’s Fair and Impartial Policing Policy that allow the Sheriff’s […]
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March for Medicaid
On October 3 the Vermont Workers’ Center will hold a March for Medicaid in Bellows Falls. This is part of a national week of action coordinated by the Workers’ Center […]
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Public Forum on Healthcare
Do you and your family rely on Medicaid (Green Mountain Care) or Dr. Dynasaur? Do you have to buy private insurance, and worry about the rising costs? Do you have […]
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Effects of Government Shutdown on 3SquaresVT
Hunger Free Vermont has issued this information. If you are applying or recertifying, documentation has to be in by Jan. 15 in order to get February benefits. Here’s the full […]
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Community Meal, Health Fair and Healthcare Meeting
On April 13, the Vermont Workers’ Center will host a health fair and community meeting on health care issues accompanied by a free community meal. This event will take place […]
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Open Enrollment for Vermont Health Connect plans ends Dec. 15
Open enrollment for health insurance plans through Vermont Health Connect runs until December 15, 2017. If you don’t have coverage or if you want to change plans, you need to […]
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Food Justice: To what extent does it exist in our community?
Who in our community has the means and access to grow, sell, and eat healthy food? Is it a reasonable expectation that our food be fresh, nutritious, affordable, and grown […]
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