Vermont
Recovery nonprofit Jenna’s Promise wins Vt. Corrections grant
WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – A nonprofit recovery organization in Vermont has won a grant from the state Department of Corrections.
The Johnson-based Jenna’s Promise works to provide support to people suffering from substance use disorder and to remove barriers for people seeking treatment. Among the organization’s network of services, they provide reentry services to formerly incarcerated women, helping them heal from addiction.
The $240,000 Justice Reinvestment Grant from Vermont Corrections will help fund the expansion of services and community supports for the organization.
Corrections officials say the funds will help address current gaps for women exiting incarceration and reduce the need for incarceration in the future.
Corrections awards grants to support reentry initiatives and alternatives to incarceration, like transitional housing, reparative processes, community justice centers and reentry services.
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Vermont
Vermont law enforcement officers petition for highway dedication in honor of David Chris Maland
SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Police say a woman was shot and injured at her home in Swanton Town by a stray bullet.
It happened Wednesday at about 12:30 p.m. at a home on Ceres Circle in Swanton. Vermont troopers say the stray bullet was fired nearby and went into the woman’s residence.
Police say they have identified those involved, and there is no danger to the public.
The woman was taken to the hospital in St. Albans. We do not know her condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call the state police in St. Albans at 802-524-5993 or to submit an anonymous tip online.
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An investigation is underway in Vermont after two people were found dead following an early morning fire at a home in Chelsea.
Vermont State Police say the fire at a single-family residence at 5 North Common was reported around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, prompting a response from firefighters from multiple fire departments.
It took about 3.5 hours to extinguish the blaze, according to police, and the building is a total loss.
During a subsequent search of the home, investigators found the remains of two people, police added. Their bodies will be brought to the chief medical examiner’s office in Burlington for autopsies to confirm their identities and determine the cause and manner of their deaths.
Additional details about the fire, or the victims, were not immediately available. The deaths are being investigated by state police detectives, and the original and cause of the fire is under investigation by the Department of Public Safety Fire and Explosion unit.
Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to call state police at 802-234-9933, or provide an anonymous tip online here.
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