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New Leader For Human Services

Vermont Public | By Patti Daniels,

Published December 15, 2014 at 12:00 PM EST

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In this photo from 2011, workers are starting to re-build the State Office Complex in Waterbury after Hurricane Irene. The Agency of Human Services, based in Waterbury, recently hired Hal Cohen as their new secretary.

Toby Talbot / AP Photo

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The new secretary of Human Services, Hal Cohen, has been leading the non-profit Capstone Community Action for the past 18 years.

Hal Cohen

The Agency of Human Services is the largest division of state government, and it serves the most vulnerable Vermonters. It's also undergone a lot of turnover in leadership this year, with particular scrutiny on the Department for Children and Families. We speak with the new secretary of Human Services, Hal Cohen. For the last 18 years, he's lead Capstone Community Action and now he brings that non-profit background into state government.

Also in the program, a look at Wind Ridge Books inShelburne. Managing Editor Lin Stone explains why the non-profit publishing house has goal of publishing the works of Vermont authors.

Broadcast live on Mon., Dec. 15, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.