Migrant and immigrants are essential workers across Vermont’s economic sectors. The stability of the agricultural and service industries depends on a healthy and productive workforce which is made possible by access to health services for these workers and their family members. Bridges to Health supports timely access to needed services for hundreds who work in restaurants (Fast food, American, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Fusion, Italian, Thai), winter and summer resorts, construction, painting, roofing, landscaping, housekeeping, demolition, food packaging, quarries, chimney building and cleaning, manufacturing, waste management, health care, lumber, grocery stores, plumbing, retail, and more.
BY THE NUMBERS
- 2,375 unique individuals received support accessing health care services since 2022
- 1,156 farmworkers and family members
- 183 farms
- 160 dairy farms
- 183 farms
- 1,189% increase in number of children supported between 2020 and 2024 (35 to 451)
- 1,140% increase in number of pregnant women supported in navigating prenatal care and related support services between 2020 and 2024 (5 to 62)