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Re: Guidelines for Vermont Emergency Economic Recovery Grants

Report Details

Submitting OIG: 
Report Description: 
Act 115 of 2019 established the Vermont Emergency Economic Recovery Grants program and affords the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) and the Department of Taxes (Department) significant discretion for developing guidelines to implement the $152 million program, but the law also requires certain procedures and standards. The guidelines developed by ACCD and the Department – specifically the first-come, first-served distribution of public dollars and the absence of an evaluation of need in the application process – may not be consistent with the legislation. This approach does not foster the equitable distribution of business grants across Vermont geographies sand to those that have suffered the greatest economic harm
Date Issued: 
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
N/A
Location: 
VT
United States
Type of Report: 
Other
Professional Standard: 
Other
Questioned Costs: 
$0
Funds for Better Use: 
$0

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