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The annual Worksite Wellness Awards create a standard of excellence for worksite wellness initiatives and recognize Vermont employers’ efforts to improve employee wellbeing, foster a healthy environment, and improve employee engagement. The full list of award winners can be viewed in VermontBiz’s article: Vermont employers honored for wellness efforts | Vermont Business Magazine UVS remains committed to employee wellbeing and engagement.

While we continue to celebrate the incredible work of our Direct Support Professionals, we caught up with a few Vermonters to chat about how DSPs impact their lives.

On September 9th, Vermont Care Partners kicked off Direct Support Professional Appreciation with a rally on the state house lawn. DSPs show up everyday with compassion and dedication to supportVermonters with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live the life they choose with dignity, respect and independence.

Protecting The Promise of Olmstead: Vermont’s Commitment to Disability Rights and Community-Based Care The measure of a community is reflected in how it values every person who calls it home. People with disabilities have the same right as anyone else to dignity, autonomy, individual choice, and full participation in community life. At Vermont Care Partners, we believe protecting those rights strengthens all of Vermont. The Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. was a l

In our latest episode, Bryce and Misha continue the tour of the Hamesbest ADU. This started out as 2 car garage that was converted into a beautiful living space that will provide permanent, accessible, affordable housing for one individual.

It's official: Along side @downstreetvt , Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living (DAIL) Green Mountain Self-Advocates Vermont Housing & Conservation Board and Vermont Housing Improvement Program(VHIP) we have cut the ribbon to open affordable, accessible permanent housing for 3 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities "Parents deserve to see their adult children grow into the people they want to become, and to know that they can l

"The opening of Marsh House Apartments is a hopeful and tangible step forward for Central Vermont,” said Angie Harbin, Downstreet's Executive Director. “Every new permanently affordable home matters, and this project shows what can happen when a community makes room for people of different incomes, life experiences, and support needs. Downstreet is proud to help create homes that will remain affordable not just today, but for generations to come."

In additional to the Independence in Motion walk-a-thon, there's another way you can help support affordable accessible housing for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We just launched an online silent auction with something for everyone including, tickets to sporting events, music, fine art, pottery and more. Bid now. Bid Often. https://go.rallyup.com/uvs-iim/Campaign/Details

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On today's tour, we'll be learning more about the unique model of these permanently affordable accessible apartment homes. Marsh House will bring 26 apartment homes to the heart of Waterbury's downtown

On today's tour, we'll be exploring the intentional design choices behind this innovative, permanently affordable housing model in the heart of Town of Waterbury, Vermont .

Welcome to Marsh House an innovative, permanently affordable housing model in the heart of Waterbury, #Vermont. Take a tour with us, step inside, and celebrate what we can do together.

2025 Annual Report: Building into our Future at UVS

In this week’s Hamesbest update, UVS Housing and Development Manager Brice Blaisdell, Bryce Douglass, and Misha Aronson give a sneak peek at what’s been happening behind the brick walls.

In this week’s Hamesbest update, we head upstairs with architect Greg Montgomery to discuss the layout and some of the challenges when renovating an old home.

The shortage of housing for the 3,400 Vermont adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities who qualify for supportive living arrangements is about to get worse as the parents many of them live with grow older. And as the Davis family has learned in recent years, there often aren’t any options for families making that transition.

In the latest episode in our series of Hamesbest updates, architect Greg Montgomerry continues our walkthrough of the 1st floor renovations that will provide a fully accessible living space for future residents.

Greg Montgomery and Kaziah Haviland of Osso Studio walk us through the early stages of the Hamesbest project.

Fundraising continues for a new housing project on Water Street in Randolph Center that is expected to provide a home for three individuals with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD) once complete in May 2026. The housing project is a direct outcome of Act 186, Vermont legislation passed in 2022 that mandated a review of housing for individuals with IDD and led to pilot planning grants for new housing models across the state.