Vt as an entire state cannot operate without federal funding. Every public service grant is being gutted and the ones that still exist even as a non-profit now has management that’s getting salaries significantly higher than years past but without an increase in funding. Look at mental health/addiction at Bratt. All but gone. Not enough money to maintain the facilities or pay staff. Word on the street is that they couldn’t get an increase in federal funding but everyone at the top got raises and bonuses for years. Source: program director for veteran PTSD left and went back into food service and bartending for more money.