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Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with those in the Vermont juvenile justice system about a proposed temporary facility in St. Albans.

Host Connor Cyrus speaks with a child advocate and member of a state oversight commission, as well as an archivist, who are urging changes to who can access foster care records in Vermont.

To help kids address behaviors that can lead to criminal actions, the state wants to create several smaller facilities to fill the void left when Woodside closed in 2020. One proposed location is in Newbury, but this has met stiff opposition in the Orange County town, where residents argue they should be able to reject the proposal.

This hour, host Connor Cyrus speaks with state and local emergency housing and homelessness prevention officials about keeping Vermonters housed this winter.

Vermont鈥檚 only juvenile detention center shut down in the fall of 2020. Since then, four minors have been detained in adult jails throughout Vermont, according to state officials. But it remains unclear what the long-term plan for Vermont鈥檚 juvenile offenders is, and some advocates don鈥檛 think they should be locked up at all.

A new poll commissioned by one of the state鈥檚 leading child care advocacy organizations shows broad public support for increased state funding for鈥�

Keeping an eye on kids when you can only see them through a screen. Plus: transitioning homeless Vermonters out of hotels, criminal justice reform, and鈥�

Over the past three months, calls to Vermont鈥檚 child protection line have gone down by about half, according to the Department for Children and Families.鈥�

The state has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging youth were subjected to dangerous conditions at Vermont鈥檚 only juvenile detention鈥�

Vermont courts are under a judicial emergency during the coronavirus crisis, suspending most hearings and postponing most jury trials. But what does the鈥�