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With winter upon us, I know many Vermonters across our state are worried about keeping their families and themselves safe and warm through this season. The good news is that assistance is available to help eligible Vermonters, not only afford their heating bills, but light and weatherize their homes, secure furnace and fuel tank repairs and replacements, and help pay for fuel and utilities.

A few years ago, I secured federal funding to initiate a new program here in Vermont that takes a different approach to criminal justice. The goal of this program, done in collaboration between Community College of Vermont and the Department of Corrections, is to provide educational and job training opportunities to people while they are serving their sentences so that, when they leave prison, they have the opportunity to get decent jobs and become productive members of society. This will provide new opportunities for inmates and, if successful, will save substantial sums of money for taxpayers.