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		<title>Vermont Children&#8217;s Foundation Genesis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the process of starting a charitable foundation called the Vermont Children&#8217;s Foundation. Briefly, the foundation will take an innovative approach to both social issues and funding. After years in the human services field, I have found one thing to be true: the supports that work -that change lives- are flexible, fast and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What am I all about?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t write here often, but I tried out a neat tool that builds word maps based on any website or blog.  This is what was produced after entering cyruspatten.com: Given how little content is on this website, I can&#8217;t make any assumptions about the importance of this image, but it seems to sum my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Human Services Testimony April 13</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Human Services Testimony &#8211; Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair 4/13/2012 Cyrus Patten President, Vermont Coalition of Residential Programs Director, HowardCenter Comprehensive Care Programs &#160; My thanks to the committee for your time today and for your commitment to evaluating the progress of Integrated Family Services.  The Vermont Coalition of Residential Programs is a collective of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Complex System Change Takes Guts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change is hard.  Especially large, complex systems with multiple layers of stakeholders.  Senator Brock, in announcing his bid for Governor, recently commented that “Vermonters don’t want to live in a laboratory for change.” Whether you agree with his statement or not, Vermont is most certainly ripe with change that predates the recent initiatives that dominate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Services and Appropriations Testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I gave the following testimony to the House Human Services and House Appropriations committees in the Vermont Legislature on January 10th and 11th respectively. Thank you for your time today.  My name is Cyrus Patten and I represent the Vermont Coalition of Residential Providers.  We are a coalition of 21 nonprofits serving Vermont children and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In A Down Economy, Non-Profits Need to Think Like Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In lean economic times, it’s said that needs for social services spike while financial support for them plummets.  Ask any development team across the country, contributions are down and demand is up.  Now, more than ever before, is the time for non-profits to innovate.  Over my decade of experience in non-profit administration, I have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are failing to keep up with the safety needs of Vermont children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This op-ed was originally published at VTDigger.org As a new father, I see an innocent and optimistic little girl striving to absorb the world around her. My wife and I returned to Vermont to raise a family, and because I love this state where I grew up. I am excited for my daughter to experience [...]]]></description>
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