REACH UP | VERMONT DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES - ECONOMIC SERVICES DIVISION
Helps families with children by providing case management services that support work, training and education, and cash grants for basic necessities. Reach Up helps with identifying skills, abilities, interests, training or education needs, preparation for work, childcare costs, transportation costs, and work-related costs such as clothing, tools, and supplies. Each person on Reach Up works with a case manager to create a Family Development Plan. Benefits paid through direct deposit or EBT card. Child-Only Reach Up provides cash assistance to help eligible adults care for the minor, dependent children of relatives or family friends. Reach First helps families overcome temporary, short-term financial crises and avoid the need for longer-term assistance, providing case management, financial help, and support services. Reach Ahead helps families transition from Vermont's Reach Up or Post-Secondary Education (PSE) programs to working, with supports to help maintain a job, including cash incentives for working and help paying for car repairs, work clothes, and work supplies, a 100% childcare subsidy, and a cash benefit for food. Reach Up recipients, except Child Only Reach Up, may be eligible for emergency rent payment assistance.
Last Assured
10/02/2024
Physical Address
118 Prospect Street, White River Junction, VT 05001
Hours
In Person: Monday-Friday: 7:45am-4:30pm; By Telephone: 8:00am-4:30pm
Fax
(802) 295-4148
Voice
Voice
Application process
Reach Up: By Telephone; By Website; Appointment may be required for face-to-face interview; Emergency Rent Assistance: By Website or contact caseworker
Eligibility
Reach Up: Visit website for eligibility requirements for each type of Reach Up; Emergency Rent Assistance: Visit webpage for details
Service area
Vermont
Agency info
VERMONT DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES - ECONOMIC SERVICES DIVISION
The Vermont Department for Children and Families - Economic Services Division (DCF-ESD) administers state and federal programs that help individuals and families meet their basic needs, including 3SquaresVT, Essential Person, Fuel Assistance, and Reach Up.