Template: Smoke-Free Town-Owned Parks, Beaches, and Recreational Areas, VT
Policy Template for Smoke-free Municipal-Owned Parks, Beaches and Recreational Areas, from the VT Department of Health Tobacco Control Program
Audience: Substance Misuse Prevention Organizations
Cannabis Control Board Guidance for Municipalities, VT
Municipal.Guidance_FINAL (1)This guidance is provided by the Vermont Cannabis Control Board to assist municipalities working with individuals and businesses seeking to establish a cannabis business…
Municipal Introduction to Recovery-Friendly Communities
Recovery-friendly communities make it easier for people to stay sober if they are in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. An RFC would consider the…
Creating Healthy Environments for Youth – Town Checklist, VT
This is an assessment tool for towns to see where the town currently stands with in-place youth protective factors, including zoning, town ordinances, health chapters…
Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools, US
“Restorative justice (RJ) is a broad term that encompasses a growing social movement to institutionalize non-punitive, relationship-centered approaches for avoiding and addressing harm, responding to…
Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies, VT
A health impact assessment is a systematic process that uses an array of data sources and analytic methods and considers input from stakeholders to determine…
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…
Alcohol and drug/substance use on school property or at school functions, VT
Example policy from the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union (FNESU) including policy and procedural functions for infraction of the policy
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…
Sale and distribution of marijuana ordinance, Newport, VT
This ordinance prohibits the sale or distribution of marijuana and marijuana-infused products within the city, as well as prohibiting the opening, operation, or location of…
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 marijuana products and equipment on all town owned land.
Smoking and tobacco policy, Ludlow, VT
This policy prohibits smoking (including the use of smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, juuls, hookahs, and marijuana) within 20 feet of all Town and…
Zoning signage regulations, Windsor, VT
Zoning for signage regulations
Youth sports policies, Lyndon, VT
Youth baseball and softball league policies including the prohibition of the use of any of all alcohol, tobacco, or smoking products.
VLCT cannabis resolution, VT
Example resolution by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns to support municipal authority in a commercial cannabis system