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Capstone Community Action Hires New
Director of Community Economic Development
Capstone Community Action announced
that Elizabeth “Liz” Scharf was hired as the
new community economic development
director. As a member of Capstone’s leadership
team, Liz will work to support and grow
programs that advance economic security
for low income Vermonters through financial
coaching, asset building, micro-business
and workforce development.
Liz has a background in the banking and
credit union industry, and worked as
Capstone’s savings and credit program coordinator
as an AFCPE® Accredited Financial
Counselor for the last five years. She brings a
wealth of knowledge in personal finance and
asset building to help Vermonters achieve
economic well-being.
Sue Minter, executive director of Capstone
Community Action stated “I am delighted to
VCIL Director Elected to Prestigious Post
Sarah Launderville, executive director of
a statewide disability rights organization,
was elected president of the National
Council on Independent Living recently.
She ran unopposed for the position and
was voted in for a two-year term at NCIL’s
annual meeting on July 24 in Washington,
D.C.
Launderville said, “Our work at VCIL
over the past 40 years has been to work in
the community so people with disabilities
can live as they choose. So many systems and
policies have a bias toward people with disabilities.
We, as people with disabilities,
need to help shape these systems at the local,
state and national level. Through NCIL we
band together as advocates across the nation
to work on policy priorities important in
dismantling ableism and creating a world
that allows for greater independence.”
She added, “I’m honored to serve as NCIL
president and look forward to the work
ahead.”
The Williamstown resident has headed up
the Vermont Center for Independent Living
since 2009. VCIL, a nonprofit organization
directed and staffed by individuals with disabilities,
works to promote the dignity, independence
and civil rights of Vermonters
with disabilities.
NCIL is the longest-running national
cross-disability, grassroots organization run
Leahy: Vermont Receives $98,918 to Connect
Schools and Local Farms Under Leahy-Authored
Farm to School Program
A program long championed by Senator
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will invest $98,918 in
bolstering efforts to bring local agriculture
into the classrooms and cafeterias of Vermont
schools. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) has announced Farm to School
grants to connect child nutrition programs
with local farmers.
Leahy said: “Tying local agriculture to
our schools not only provides our children
with healthy meals and improved nutrition,
it encourages a long standing connection to
the farms that define our Green Mountain
State. Every student deserves equal access
to healthy meals, and I’m proud that our
school nutrition leaders will use these funds
to help all children gain a better understand
about where their food comes from. This
announcement is another example of how
Vermont continues to lead the nation in
implementing this effective strategy.”
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food
and Markets received a $98,918 grant to
strengthen farm to school programing in 20
schools in Franklin and Grand Isle counties.
Project partners, including Hunger Free
Vermont, VT FEED, and the Healthy Roots
Collaborative, will work with schools to integrate
farm to school activities into curriculums.
Together, these activities will
strengthen the local agricultural economy in
northwestern Vermont and increase the
health and wellness of students. This grant
builds on the Agency’s 2015 Farm to School
training grant focused on encouraging
Vermont supply chain partners to engage in
agriculture learning in schools.
“This important support is great news for
the people living and working in Franklin
and Grand Isle Counties,” said Vermont
Secretary of Agriculture, Food, and Markets
Anson Tebbetts. “This important project
will help schools, students and Vermont’s
farmers. We look forward to working with
all the partners on this project.”
This award was part of more than $9 million
in grants for 126 projects across 42 states
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have Liz as part of our senior management
team and leading the organization’s community
economic development department. I
know she will bring great talent and dedication
to champion successful and innovative
programs that grow Capstone’s impact
throughout Central Vermont.”
Capstone Community Action was founded
in 1965 and works to move Vermonters
out of poverty and create economic opportunity
and strong communities. Capstone’s
programs include: emergency food, heat and
housing assistance, financial empowerment
and workforce development, child and family
development programs in Early Head
Start/Head Start, and weatherization. It provides
over 16,000 services to central
Vermonters through these programs each
year. http://www.capstonevt.org.
by and for people with disabilities. Founded
in 1982, NCIL represents thousands of individuals
with disabilities and organizations,
including centers for independent living,
statewide independent living councils and
other organizations that advocate for the
human and civil rights of people with disabilities
throughout the United States. NCIL
carries out its mission by assisting member
CILs and SILCs in building their capacity to
promote social change, eliminate disabilitybased
discrimination and create opportunities
for people with disabilities to participate
in the legislative process to effect
change.
that were announced this week as part of a
program that Leahy championed in the creation
of the child nutrition bill of 2010, the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. These projects
are expected to serve more than 3.2 million
students in over 5,400 schools nationwide.
Since the program began awarding
grants seven years ago, Vermont has received
more than $585,000 in federal funding.
Results from the 2015 USDA Farm to School
Census showed that schools with strong
farm to school programs are seeing reductions
in plate waste, increases in school meal
participation rates, and an increased willingness
on the part of children to try new foods,
notably fruits and vegetables. Students at
Vermont schools with Farm to School programs
were above the state and national
averages for fruit and vegetable consumption.
The Leahy-authored USDA Farm to
School program receives $5 million per year
in annual appropriations. As Vice Chairman
of the Senate Appropriations Committee,
Leahy has been instrumental in securing
additional discretionary funding for this
important program through annual appropriations
bills. Earlier this year, Leahy and
Senator David Perdue (R–GA) introduced
bipartisan legislation to raise the program’s
funding level from $5 million to $15 million,
and increase the maximum grant award to
$250,000. The legislation also expands the
scope of the program to include pre-schools,
summer food service programs, and afterschool
programs, and it enhances access to
tribal foods and other farming, such as aquaculture.
The legislation also helps grantees
improve procurement and distribution of
local food.
Leahy added: “In Vermont we’ve long
seen the benefits of farm to school programs
in addressing child hunger. Since we started
the USDA program, grant applications have
far exceed the funds available. It is time we
provide additional support to this commonsense
strategy.”