Growing Vermont’s Kids, VT
LINK A policy vision for Vermont’s early care and learning system
Audience: Selectboard
Link: Age Friendly Community Action Plan, Newport, VT
LINK Newport’s Action Plan of recommendations and implementation tasks was developed by Advisory Council members, community stakeholders, and work groups dedicated to each of…
Vermont Agency of Transportation and Vermont Department of Health – Best and Innovative Practices, VT
LINK Health in All Policies recognizes that health is determined not only by genetics, health care, and individual behaviors but by a complex set of…
Supporting Healthy Communities: What Can Towns Do?, VT
By providing a subset of tools and actionable strategies, this guide attempts to encourage both planning and health promotion efforts to address the environmental factors…
Link: Vermont Municipal Regulation of Alcohol and Tobacco and Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising, VT
Link: https://www.ccrpcvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/VLCT-CCRPC-Study-11-21-FINAL.pdf This report provides an analysis of available authority under Vermont law to regulate alcohol and tobacco at the municipal level and provide specific…
Example goals, policies, and recommendations for Town Plans by health topic – from TRORC Vermont town plans
This document contains a list of example goals, policies, and recommendations to use in town plans. The examples are sorted by the following topics: active…
Sample Health Promoting Language in Town Plans, VT
Sample Health Promoting Language in Town Plans for the following categories: General Health, Increasing Physical Activities, and Increasing Access to Healthy Foods.
Preventing Youth Substance Misuse, VT
A community planning toolkit created by Healthy Lamoille Valley, a coalition of community organizations and individuals working collaboratively to reduce youth substance misuse and encourage…
Template: Town Smokefree Policy, VT
A template for towns to restrict public use of tobacco, tobacco substitutes, and marijuana/cannabis
Smoke-free recreation areas policy, Hartland, VT
This policy prohibits the use and disposal of all tobacco and cannabis products and equipment on all town owned land. Note that public consumption of…
Smoking and tobacco policy, Ludlow, VT
This policy prohibits smoking (including the use of smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, juuls, hookahs, and cannabis) within 20 feet of all Town and…
Zoning signage regulations, Windsor, VT
Zoning for signage regulations Tags: Signs, advertising and marketing, sign standards, cannabis retail
Health impact assessment – marijuana regulation in Vermont
Health impact assessment exploring cannabis use prevalence, traffic safety, impact on mental health, substance use disorders and treatment, academic outcomes, and emergency department admissions. Tags:…
A primer on planning for prevention, VT
Any community member interested in prevention planning and addressing substance misuse may find creative ways to utilize the ideas presented in this primer. TAGS: zoning,…
Link: Addressing the point of sale – options for reducing youth tobacco use in Vermont
Addressing the point of sale: options for reducing youth tobacco use in Vermont Legal considerations for using zoning to regulate the location of tobacco retailers…
Model Zoning Ordinance Regulating the Location of Retail Establishments Selling Tobacco Products, VT
Model ordinance to amend zoning to provide regulations for retail establishments selling tobacco products TAGS: regulation, density, buffer, tobacco substitute