Shumlin was responding to a request from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made to the states asking about the availability of a 90,000-square-foot facility that could host up to 1,000 children. The Burlington Free Press (http://bfpne.ws/1lW5YdE ) reports that in a letter to the regional HHS director, Shumlin said Vermont can only offer smaller facilities that would hold 75 to 100 children.