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The People's Law School: Understanding Benefits & Eligibility - SNAP, Medicaid, General Assistance 05/19/2021

Come learn about Vermont’s benefit programs—food assistance, housing, health insurance, and more! Experts on these benefits explain how to access Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as 3SquaresVT (food assistance), emergency housing, and health insurance. The presentation also provides an overview of the steps to take when denied benefits.

This session of The People's Law School features experts from:

Vermont Foodbank
3SquaresVT
Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
General Assistance (GA) Housing Program
Attorney General’s Office

The People's Law School is a series of free, virtual presentations on contemporary legal topics impacting the lives of Vermonters. It is a partnership of the Attorney General's Office, the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV), the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, the Vermont Institute for Community and International Involvement (VICII), and The Caroline Fund, with support from ACLU of Vermont.

True North Reports TV: Healthcare Freedom 05/17/2019

Meg Hansen from Vermonters for Healthcare Freedom joins host Michael Bielawski as a call-in guest to discuss healthcare, specifically the health insurance mandate for Vermont.

Winning Health Care As a Right in the Trump Era: Lessons from State-Based Campaigns for Universal Health Care 08/06/2017

The Vermont Workers' Center hosts activists from around the country who have worked on campaigns in their states to create a universal health care system. Guests and activists share lessons from their organizing.

Discussion About Universal Subsidized Primary Health Care 07/20/2017

Dr. Michael Fine, joined on this program by Dr. Deb Richter and moderator Alex Lavin, brings decades of experience in medicine to the challenge of providing complete, universal, subsidized primary care to every resident of the United States. The program explores how Vermonters can surmount obstacles to universal primary care in our state.

VT LAW - Burlington City Legal Issues: #1 - Medical Center Hospital of Vermont 10/02/1987

#1 - Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, with John Franco (Asst. City Attorney), Ham Davis (Hospital Data Council), and Jeanne Keller (Former Burlington City Health Insurance Administrator).

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!