Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.org .

Vermont’s Department for Children and Families has appealed an Aug. 7 Human Services Board decision that found the state had incorrectly enforced the 80-day limit on its motel voucher program.

The citizen panel reversed the department’s denial of emergency housing for petitioner “H.D.,” an individual with a severe medical condition whose name is being withheld, on the basis that they had already exhausted the 80-day maximum outlined in state law.

In June, local aid providers expressed surprise and dismay at the state’s enforcement of the time limit in relation to Gov. Phil Scott’s March executive order to extend emergency housing for certain medically vulnerable people and children through the

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