{"id":2681,"date":"2019-07-11T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T22:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/blog\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2019-07-24T06:44:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:44:50","slug":"what-is-the-vermont-remote-worker-grant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/what-is-the-vermont-remote-worker-grant-program\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Vermont Remote Worker Grant Program?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.-Remote-1-1024x5921.jpg\" alt=\"What Is the Vermont Remote Worker Grant Program?\" class=\"wp-image-2682\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you ever think about moving to\nVermont? What if someone reimbursed you $10,000? Well, it is precisely the\narrangement drawn up in Vermont\u2019s Remote Worker Grant Program. It is an effort\nto get working professionals to leave their homes and move to Vermont, to\nincrease the small state\u2019s portion of educated, young, working residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Does Vermont Want Remote Workers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is more possible to work from home today\nthan at any time in history. The Internet allows people to have viable careers\nat well-known companies without ever setting foot at headquarters. Many people\nprefer the peace and flexibility that this career lifestyle affords. It is an\narrangement that does tend to make remote workers more than a little bit\nuntethered from their place of residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The logic is that if you are a remote worker\nand can work anywhere, you might as well live in Vermont as part of the\nprogram. Vermont only has about 625,000 residents. Recent statistics showed\nthat Vermont is losing its residents. The decline is slow, at only about 0.12%\nper year. However, any reduction in size makes it very difficult for the state\nto improve its station. It can be tough for regions as progressively-minded as\nBernie Sanders\u2019 Burlington (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/south-burlington-in-vermont-to-use-propys-technology\">Propy\u2019s technology\nin South Burlington<\/a>). If Vermont can get a large number of remote workers to become\nresidents, the movement can help to turn the tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Does the Remote Worker Grant Program Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, if you are a remote worker who\nbecomes an official resident of Vermont, the state will give you $5,000 two\ntimes: once in your first year of residence and once in your second year. To\nqualify, you must be employed remotely full-time and work from home or\ncoworking space in Vermont (see other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/remote-worker-grant-program\">Remote Worker Grant\nProgram<\/a>&nbsp;rules).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other terms apply, but that is the gist\nof this rewarding program. Vermont will not be the first U.S. state to offer\nfinancial incentives to new potential residents, but it may be the first state\nto target the remote worker segment so aggressively. Hopefully, the strategy\nworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you ever think about moving to Vermont? What if someone reimbursed you $10,000? Well, it is precisely the arrangement drawn up in Vermont\u2019s Remote Worker Grant Program. It is an effort to get working professionals to leave their homes and move to Vermont, to increase the small state\u2019s portion of educated, young, working residents.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/what-is-the-vermont-remote-worker-grant-program\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Is the Vermont Remote Worker Grant Program?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4106,5578],"tags":[8268,5904,27,5607],"yst_prominent_words":[8132,8131,8127,338,1379,8129,8123,8122,8121,8128,5020,2614,5512,350,8126,8130,8125,8124,1781,1303],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-tech","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-new-tech","tag-real-estate","tag-vermont"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propy.com\/browse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}