Important Events and Programs

 

  • AHS Secretary Mike Smith announced that starting April 12th financial assistance will be available for families who lost a family member to COVID-19 (reimbursement for funeral expenses). Call FEMA hotline: 1-844-684-6333.
  • 2021 VCHIP ICON (Improving Care for Opioid-Exposed Newborns) Statewide Teleconference: “Adaptations and Innovations:  Providing Care for Opioid-Exposed Newborns and Their Families in a Pandemic.” April 13 8AM - 12Noon. Agenda and Registration Link: here
  • Child Maltreatment conference “Recognizing and Responding to Child Maltreatment - Promoting Child Abuse Awareness in VT Conference” 4/29/21 8AM to 12:15 PM. Course Director: James Metz, MD, MPH.  Registration: here

  • VT Public Health Association webinar “The Vermont Way:  Communicating through science and clear public health messaging.” May 5 at 12 noon – 1:30 PM with Rebecca Brookes and Shari Levine. Co-sponsor New England Public Health Training Center. Free. Register: here
  • Child Psychiatry in Primary Care Conference is on June 4, 2021. Information: here
  • VCHIP Adolescent Health/Youth Health Improvement Initiative (YHII) Youth Vaping Resources: (1) For Quality Improvement coaching and support implementing strategies or tools to address youth vaping and quitting in your practice, contact Alyssa.Consigli@med.uvm.edu.  (2) For a program overview, and resources, including a provider toolkit “Clearing the Air:  A toolkit to address youth vaping for Primary Care Practices” go here. (3) If you missed “The Other Epidemic:  Next Steps to Address Youth Vaping and Nicotine Dependence” LCOM Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, presented (3/31/21) by Lauren Faricy, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, you can request the link for the recording from: Penelope.Marchessault@med.uvm.edu.  
  • VDH COVID-19 Vaccine Registration and sites: here. Eligibility:  Who is eligible now? Who will be eligible next? Check it out here. If unable to make an appointment online, call:  855-722-7878 to make an appointment. Phone # for homebound patients only: 1-833-722-0860. 16-17 YO may register on-line/through call center (Pfizer).  Eligibility Status and list of high-risk health conditions included in Phase 5 link: here  
  • Mental Health and Wellness: “COVID Support VT: Supporting Wellness During the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Grant funded program offering mental health and wellness supports and resources. Three Support Counselors available by calling 2-1-1. All supports are confidential and free (information on CHAMP COVID-19 website).
  • Opportunity to Benefit Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Mount Mansfield Maple Products, 100% profits to Generosity Brings Joy. - Jen Ellis (crafter who made Bernie Sanders’ Inauguration Day Mittens). Commemorative bottle of pure VT maple syrup. Visit: here

 

Recorded Event

  • Now Available in case you missed this UVM/LCOM Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Event (presented 1/20/21): Topic: “Health Deficit: The Journey to Health Parity”. Keynote Speaker: Leon McDougle, MD, MPH. Recording: here



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Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Please see the archived documents page for March 2020 through February 2021 information. 

CONTENTS

The documents and links found in this section have been reorganized into the following main categories:

Vermont State Government

Federal Agencies

Academic & Medical Institutions

Professional Associations/Publications

Group Media

You will need to scroll through each category to review the information.

Vermont State Government

Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development

UPDATED: NEW WORK SAFE ADDITIONS TO THE BE SMART, STAY SAFE ORDER (4/2/2021)

Vermont Agency of Education and Agency of Natural Resources

Spring Sports Programs for the 2020-2021 School Year - Rev. March 23, 2021 (3/26/2021)

Vermont Agency of Human Services

Welcome to the Vermont Agency of Human Services!

Vermont Department of Health: Selected Information (See HAN and Weekly Summary Data below.) 

COVID-19 Impact: Fewer Doses of Routine Childhood Vaccines (4/7/2021)

Federal Agencies

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 

Death Certificate–Based ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance — United States, January–December 2020 (3/31/2021)

Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2020 - March 31, 2021 (3/31/2021)

Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers — Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020–March 2021 (3/20/2021)

Counties with High COVID-19 Incidence and Relatively Large Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations — United States, April 1–December 22, 2020 (3/24/2021)

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–December 31, 2020 (3/19/2021)

Association of Children’s Mode of School Instruction with Child and Parent Experiences and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic — COVID Experiences Survey, United States, October 8–November 13, 2020 (3/19/2021)

First Identified Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Variant P.1 in the United States — Minnesota, January 2021 (3/12/2021)

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–December 31, 2020 (3/12/2021)

Estimated SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Among Persons Aged <18 Years — Mississippi, May–September 2020 (3/5/2021)

Association of State-Issued Mask Mandates and Allowing On-Premises Restaurant Dining with County-Level COVID-19 Case and Death Growth Rates — United States, March 1–December 31, 2020 (3/5/2021)

Travel from the United Kingdom to the United States by a Symptomatic Patient Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Variant — Texas, January 2021 (3/3/2021)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (3/1/2021)

Academic & Medical Institutions

Professional Associations/Publications

Group Media