{"data":{"id":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-2217","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"33 V.S.A. § 2217","heading":"Reporting","body":"(a) Annually, as part of the Department’s budget presentation, the Department shall provide a status report addressing each level of the Vermont Homelessness Response Continuum. Minimally, the status report shall address:\n(1) the number of households served within each level of the Program;\n(2) the average length of participation for households within each level of the Program and the rate at which households successfully transition to permanent housing;\n(3) the number of households diverted from entering shelters or hotel and motel placements through prevention and diversion services;\n(4) the utilization of hotels and motels, including:\n(A) the average nightly number of rooms used;\n(B) the average and median length of stay;\n(C) the extent to which hotel and motel usage has decreased relative to the prior fiscal year; and\n(D) the number of eligible households denied a hotel or motel room due to authorized rooms being fully occupied;\n(5) housing stability outcomes, including rates of return to homelessness within six and 12 months following exit from the Program;\n(6) an assessment of regional capacity and access to services, including identification of geographic areas with unmet needs or disproportionate utilization of emergency housing resources;\n(7) total expenditures by Program level and funding source, including State, federal, and other funds, and an analysis of cost efficiency across housing models; and\n(8) any operational barriers to implementation of the Program, along with recommendations for administrative or legislative action.\n(b) Annually, as part of the Department’s budget presentation, the Department shall set goals for increased housing capacity, including permanent supportive housing, permanent affordable housing, and shelter beds. The Department shall provide data pertaining to the increased shelter capacity and the extent to which shelter capacity meets the needs of eligible households experiencing homelessness each year.\n(c) On or before the last day of each month, the Office, or other relevant agency or department, shall post on its website a substantially similar report to that due pursuant to 2023 Acts and Resolves No. 81, Sec. 6(b), including the Office’s monthly expenditure on the Program by level.","path":["Title 33: Human Services","Chapter 022: Vermont Homelessness Response Continuum"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/33/022/02217","current_through":"2026 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T17:06:26Z","sha256":"89ccb521be548c4767febef4f3b527019ebd91d9cc915cbcc2a0432c010b0561","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-2216","next":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-2218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}