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Provides assistance with locating, securing and maintaining permanent, affordable housing and will provide intensive case management individually tailored to meet the needs of each family. Counselors work with families to assess needs and to establish housing goals. Provides information and guidance about rental costs, renter responsibilities, how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs, and how to budget for insurance, utility costs and other requirements related to paying for housing. Also provides tenant rights information and landlord/tenant mediation as part of individualized case management.

Offers ParkMobile, a smartphone app that allows user to locate the nearest parking place and pay for parking/extend parking time. Also provides Winter Parking Advisories to alert public about parking bans. Drivers may sign up to receive text messages of street parking bans or may call for recorded message.

Provides a post-secondary educational option offering two-year Associates Degree programs and Certificate Programs at twelve regional Academic Centers, as well as through the Center for Online Learning. Classes may be online or in-person.

Represents Vermonters in involuntary mental health treatment cases and/or involuntary medication proceedings, both in hospitals and in outpatient settings, to ensure their rights and liberty are protected.

Provides 24-Hour personal emergency response services that connect individuals to trained associates who can send medical or other help quickly in the event of a fall or injury. Medication dispenser service is also available, as is SafeCheck, which provides daily check-in calls as an alternative to a personal emergency response system.

Provides confidential, client-directed information and assistance in gaining access to government and community programs including housing, transportation, Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, food stamps, Medicaid, health-care insurance, legal services, adult day services, hoarding issues, and mental health services. Options Counseling is also available to enable older adults to maintain independence. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Supports the successful re-entry into the community of people released from incarceration through Circles of Support and Accountability (COSAs). COSAs are made up of citizen volunteers who work with participants to help them learn to manage the challenges of everyday life, be accountable for their actions and become responsible community members. Volunteer coordinators may help establish links to employment, housing, transportation, and benefit programs.

Provides information about vaccine-preventable diseases such as hepatitis, meningitis, chicken pox, mumps, measles, shingles, polio, tetanus, HPV, and pertussis. Provides information about immunizations needed for international travel.

Provides education and support, including support of individual developmental goals, and transition planning for services after early intervention. Coaches families and early care and education providers around individual child supports.

Provides an interactive decision-support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand the services and assistance available in the community. Helps the individual identify their strengths, needs, preferences, and unique circumstances to weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. Includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, and information about the range of long term care support options (such as personal care, transportation, and medication management). Also helps to identify resources that can help to pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Provides welcome visits upon the arrival of a new child to the family, including information on community resources, health education and services, safety, and parenting.

Owns and manages affordable, income-based housing units.

Provides short-term help with budgeting. Also helps with applications for services to help individuals and families to navigate systems and community resources.

Provides on demand service without program guidelines. Passengers can request trips to anywhere in the designated service area for any reason, including shopping, medical, lunch, beauty shop, or to visit a friend. Offers RCT Rides, a mobile app for scheduling rides.

Provides services to protect the health and safety of working Vermonters. Responsible for State-specific standards concerning permissible exposure limits, lineworker safety, VOSHA/OSHA rules, and Vermont Labor Standards. Employees may contact VOSHA to request information or to file a complaint about the safety of working conditions at their employment site. Whistleblower Protection Program protects employees who raise concerns about safety and/or health at their workplace or participate in other endeavors in the furtherance of occupational safety and health and suffer retaliation as a result. This includes the same protections for employees who report workplace injuries.

Provides comprehensive evaluations with both pre-driving clinical screening and a behind-the-wheel assessment. The service includes assessments by an occupational therapist and a driving instructor.

Provides new and/or used clothing and household goods. Also provides free clothing and household goods to families in need.

Provides loans and/or grants to municipalities and nonprofit organizations to purchase or expand community facilities and equipment, including public services like hospitals, libraries, fire/police stations and schools, water and waste management, and local food systems. Also provides disaster relief funding for communities and organizations impacted by catastrophes.

Provides professional assistance with the assessment and development of plans for the care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for in-home care services. The Hartford community's registered nurse will coordinate the delivery of needed services, provide assistance/education around following medical advice and proper medication taking, assess in-home mobility safety to reduce the risk of falls, assist families with understanding the issues and needs of the family member requiring in-home care services, and provide ongoing follow-up visits to ensure the best possible health outcomes. All services provided are confidential and specific to each individual's need.

Provides individualized outpatient substance use assessment and treatment services for individuals who are dependent upon, or at risk of becoming dependent upon, alcohol or other substances. Also provides family substance use disorder counseling for families dealing with adolescent substance use issues and provides group treatment services for adolescents. Offers information about alcohol and drug use, the effects on individuals, families and communities, as well as information to the public about strategies for prevention and early intervention.

Provides information about travel advisories, airport traffic, border crossings, as well as travel assistance for US citizens and international travelers. Explains declaration and customs duty requirements for travelers returning from international destinations.

Offers reparative panels as a form of community-sponsored probation that brings convicted individuals before a volunteer panel of citizens as part of their sentencing process. Panels work with victims and offenders to identify the harm caused by the crime and how that harm can be repaired while holding the offender responsible and accountable.

Provides location information for Vermont needle exchange sites whose programs help prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other blood borne infectious diseases by providing new, sterile syringes and other sterile injection supplies to needle users in exchange for used ones. Provides information about proper disposal of syringes and other sharps. Provides the public with prevention information to reduce the risk of transmission of blood borne infectious diseases.

Provides nursing and rehabilitative therapies in the patient's home. Skilled Nursing Services include nursing care, case management, and client and family education. Provides clients with social workers who offer coordination of community services and resources, client and family counseling, and navigating the health care system. Licensed Nursing Assistants provide home health assistance, including personal care assistance, light housekeeping, and help with normal daily living activities.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations. Also provides Christmas food baskets of ham and fixings and visitors may select an unwrapped gift.