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…
Health Policy Clearinghouse
The Health Policy Clearinghouse is a collection of resources for policy makers seeking examples and information to form policies that support healthy communities. You can browse resources in this clearinghouse or refine your selections by choosing a Topic and/or Audience from the drop-down menus above.
Green Peak Alliance is a regional network that promotes healthy communities in East Central Vermont. Projects of the Green Peak Alliance include positive activities and supports for youth, substance misuse prevention education, and prescription medication take-back initiatives.
If you would like to submit a health-related policy from your town to be considered for inclusion in this clearinghouse, please contact Kimberly Gilbert at [email protected]
School Wellness Policy – Guidelines and Implementation, VT
This guide was created for use by Vermont schools to meet federal and state laws and related regulations. Included are policy requirements, recommended evidence-based implementation…
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…
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.
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…
Template: Town Plan Health Chapter, VT
Guide for Municipal Planning Commissions wishing to incorporate health-related language into their town plans
Checklist for Vermont School Substance Use Policies and Procedures
This tool includes numerous best practices that can strengthen a school’s policies and procedures for addressing and preventing substance use. Not all best practices may…
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
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…
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.
Template: Town Smokefree Policy, VT
A template for towns to restrict public use of tobacco, tobacco substitutes, and marijuana/cannabis
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…
Ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries and establishments that sell or display drug and tobacco paraphernalia, Ludlow, VT
This ordinance prohibits the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries and dug and tobacco paraphernalia shops in the Village of Ludlow
Cannabis policy lease addendum, Norwich, VT
Lease addendum to prohibit the smoking and cultivation of cannabis in a rental property
Zoning signage regulations, Windsor, VT
Zoning for signage regulations
No-smoking policy lease addendum, Norwich, VT
Lease addendum to prohibit the smoking of tobacco and cannabis in a rental property