Path

The Vermont Agency of Human Services received a $311,303 Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) formula grant (CFDA 93.150) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services, awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. The PATH program provides comprehensive services to individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Services delivered under this grant include outreach, screening, diagnostic treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, community mental health services, substance abuse treatment, case management, residential supportive services, and housing assistance designed to stabilize vulnerable populations and facilitate transition from homelessness.

The Vermont Agency of Human Services distributed PATH funding to three local sub-awardees to implement these services: Groundworks Collaborative, Inc. (doing business as Empty Bowls) in Brattleboro, Community Health Centers of Burlington, Inc., and Good Samaritan Haven. These sub-recipients, representing both non-profit housing and homeless services organizations and a Federally Qualified Health Center, collectively provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, outreach, basic needs support, healthcare services, and housing assistance to seriously mentally ill homeless individuals throughout Vermont, ensuring coordinated and comprehensive service delivery to the state's homeless population with mental health and substance use disorder needs.