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Provides shelter for animals who have been abandoned, abused or surrendered by their owners. Services include animal adoption, pet food pantry, spay/neuter services, community education about pet care, and reporting of cruelty and neglect of animals to local authorities.

Provides consulting and support services for Vermont public libraries, support for statewide library networks, including interlibrary loans, library services for the blind and physically disabled, continuing education for librarians, state government information by telephone and website for the general public, support for general public research needs, including pro se legal, grant and genealogy information, access to historical and current newspapers published in Vermont, and access to historical documents of Vermont state government and the federal government.

Provides a daytime drop-in center that offers refuge from the streets, as well as access to COTS Housing Navigators and the Homeless HealthCare project. Offers noontime meal daily and annual Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. Also provides shower and laundry facilities.

Offers the services of specially trained caregivers, including priests and professional counselors, to provide post-abortion counseling regardless of the faith tradition of the individuals.

Provides financial assistance for abortion services. Provides a Telephone Helpline service that enables individuals who are pregnant to talk confidentially about their personal situation with an empathetic listener.

Provides a wide range of recreational activities and services that facilitate positive social goals and healthy personality development. Services include academic support, social and emotional development programs, a monthly teen night, Kids Club, a state licensed after school program, school supplies assistance, and daily meals.

Provides MAT (medication-assisted treatment) for adults struggling with opioid use disorder. Provides assessment and treatment for opiate addiction. Services include screening intake, assessment, treatment planning, methadone maintenance and medically supervised withdrawal, counseling services, case management and referral, medical services for opioid disorder, discharge planning, and follow-up.

Provides a program where families can exchange children's clothing, pregnancy and nursing clothing, baby gear, toys, diapers, and supplies.

Head Start (ages 3-5) and Early Head Start (ages 0-3) provide high-quality education, healthy meals, medical and dental screenings, and holistic support for the entire family to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. Head Start also connects families to social services and resources for housing, employment, education, food, health, mental health counseling, substance use disorder, domestic violence, English as a Secondary Language, and other family needs. Space is reserved for children with special needs (hearing, speech, vision impairment, emotional or physical challenges). Families with foster children are automatically eligible. A limited number of families that exceed the income guidelines can enroll.

Provides a monthly community breakfast.

Provides shelter for animals who have been abandoned, abused or surrendered by their owners. Services include animal adoption, pet food pantry, spay/neuter services, community education about pet care, and reporting of cruelty and neglect of animals to local authorities.

A free parent education program. Families can participate by having home visits, video visits, or phone visits.

Provides free college courses for Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) staff and Vermonters who are incarcerated, including textbooks and fees.

Offers alternative arrangements for repayment of student loans under specified circumstances when borrowers are having trouble making their regular payments. Offers a student loan forgiveness/cancellation program providing specific terms for cancellation of all or some portion of federal student loan balances.

Provides mediation services through which disputes are resolved with the help of a mediator in an effort to avoid resorting to court intervention. Situations that may benefit from mediation are disputes with neighbors, such as noise, vandalism, animal complaints, and parking issues; landlord tenant disputes; school discipline and truancy matters; and problems related to business or workplace conflicts.

Provides information about food safety practices, tips, and alerts. Provides a way to report food poisoning or other complaints about food. Website includes a function called "Ask USDA" that provides answers to commonly asked questions, and a Toll-Free number for assistance with poultry and meat preparation and cooking questions, as well as other food safety information.

Provides free, on demand transportation service within an identified zone in Manchester.

Offers a substance free environment for peer support, educational programs, information and referral to needed services, recovery coaching, socializing, recreational activities, and meeting space for a variety of recovery workshops and meetings. Also provides a community health vending machine which dispenses harm reduction and hygiene supplies located outside on the center's grounds.

Provides free clothing to individuals in need. Participates annually in providing free winter clothing. Types and sizes of winter clothing availability is dependent upon donations received.

Provides diagnostic evaluations and treatment services for speech, language, fluency, voice, social language, cognition, foreign accent modification, and gender aligning voice for individuals of all ages. Speech and language consultations are offered for public and private schools, early essential education and early childhood development programs.

Provides services for opiate addiction including screening, intake, assessment, treatment planning, methadone maintenance, medically supervised withdrawal, counseling services, case management and referral, medical services, discharge planning and follow-up.

Provides fast track medical services to individuals who have minor medical problems that do not require complex diagnostic work, including colds, flu, infections, muscle strains and sprains, cuts, insect stings and bites, rashes and stomachaches. Services include common immunizations, sports and school physicals, lab testing and x-rays.

Assists with personal needs items and incidentals expense assistance as well as emergency dental, medical, and prescription assistance, medical supplies and equipment assistance, and burial costs.

Provides screening, diagnostics, and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Offers individual, group, conjoint (couples), and family counseling, therapy groups, medication and other mental health services for community residents, including those who have may be experiencing difficulty resolving personal or interpersonal conflicts or making personal adjustments to stressful life situations.

Pursues the preservation and protection of endangered land resources from indiscriminate development. Partners with local and statewide conservation organizations to conserve Vermont lands for the future. Conservation efforts include acquisition of development rights transferred through conservation easements for Vermont farms, working forest projects, and community projects. Also offers an online directory of conserved land open to the public for recreational trails.