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Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations.

Provides eligible pet owners with expense assistance for one-time veterinary problems. Program is not for routine or recurrent veterinary care.

Develops positive relationships between limited income seniors and children in daycare, preschool, elementary, middle, and high school settings. Foster Grandparents Program (FGP) volunteers provide services that include tutoring, mentoring, before and after school enrichment activities, and general classroom assistance to students.

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 preventive health care as well as diagnosis and treatment of illness in children, adolescents and adults. Services include primary medical care such as physical health examinations, acute and chronic health screenings, obstetric care, laboratory testing, teen family planning and birth control counseling. Pediatric primary care is staffed by specialists who are concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of infants, children and adolescents from birth to young adulthood.

Maintains a list of private attorneys and connects individuals who need legal assistance with attorneys who have interest in the required area of law. Provides online printable guides about planning for financial affairs, going to court, and a variety of other topics.

Assist with investigating complaints of discrimination against a school, school district, college, university, or other educational entity covered by law the Office of Civil Rights enforces.

Provides the equipment and 24Hours/7Days personal response services that connect individuals to trained personal response associates who can send help quickly allowing at-risk individuals to continue to live as independently as possible. Activation of the emergency response system can provide an immediate professional response to emergency situations such as falling. By paying more, customers may also opt to get "Urgent Care" service that connects callers with a nurse for medical questions or prescription. Fall Detection is also available.

Provides access to reading material for all ages for those who cannot get to their local library. Stops at childcare and after school programs on a regular schedule. Visits from the Bookmobile include library story time/early literacy and professional development for early education providers.

Provides information about how to create, register, and make changes to an advance directive. Also, provides instructions and order forms for a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order.

Issues Vermont's Disabled Plates and Windshield Placards that allow individuals to park in designated spaces in public areas or in front of their homes. Also allows parking for unlimited periods of time in time limit zones as well as parking in metered parking areas without paying fees.

Investigates complaints of judicial misconduct and reports of physical or mental disability that permanently impairs judicial duties. Recommends necessary action to the Vermont Supreme Court.

Conducts workshops and discussions on issues of racial justice, which can be presented at schools, community groups, private businesses, local governments, and to private individuals. Additionally, The Peace & Justice Center (PJC) hosts speakers, films, workshops, and annual events related to racial justice.

Provides comprehensive and coordinated long term care in an individual's home. Services include case/care management, homemaker assistance, and assistance with the activities of daily living. Also provides Medicaid Waiver, community-based one-to-one long term care services to individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Works with peers one on one and in groups to create independent living plans to reach an individuals' goals. Plans may include moving out of a nursing home, managing attendant care, budgeting finances, acquiring adaptive equipment, communicating more effectively, or finding a job.

Offers apprenticeships in the following areas: Certified Public Bookkeeper, Manufacturing Production Technician, Medical Assisting, Medical Records Assistant, and Pharmacy Technician. All offerings pair credit-bearing classes with on-the-job learning.

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.

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.

Offers a series of health-related workshops and presentations for the community, many of which are offered by health professionals. Information about local wellness programs is provided on line and is also published in flyer form. Topics include movement and exercise, nutrition, childbirth education, car seat safety, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Provides a visor card to help individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing communicate with law enforcement officers if they are pulled over while driving. There are tips for how officers should communicate with the cardholder, followed by options that cardholders can point to indicating how best to communicate (writing, texting, lip-reading, etc.) with them. On the back, there are graphics with one-word labels that officers can point to under “I need to see your” (license, registration, insurance, other) and “Violations.” The last section is “Help” and lists options for cardholders to show the officer what they need (medical, lost, tow, etc.).

Provides personalized coordinated care to help individuals stay safely in their homes. SASH communities include a care coordinator and a wellness nurse who work in partnership with a team of community providers to assist individuals. With the guidance of SASH staff individuals determine their own health and wellness goals.

Answers questions related to the individual federal tax return, adjustments to tax accounts, taxes on wages or bank accounts, and IRS letters and notices. Offers option of payment plans if taxpayer cannot pay the full amount owed. Helps with the preparation of a heavy vehicle use tax return. Provides state income tax and related tax forms, schedules, and publications for individuals and corporate and business entities. Website offers free online tax preparation and e-filing Free File software.

Provides space for cultural expression, support, skill-building, and empowering members to thrive personally and collectively. Initiatives include: BIPOC Playgroup, BIPOC Writers Group, BIPOC Makers Night with Hatchspace, BIPOC Expungement Clinic, BIPOC Financial Empowerment Program, Mutual Aid Support Network (MASN), and BIPOC Adoptees Group. Works closely with a group of white allies, Lost River Racial Justice (LRRJ), co-hosting “Healing in Practice (identifying and addressing strategic ways to support communities).

Offers a way to compensate for food lost during a disaster, such as a flood or fire, loss of electricity, or equipment failure. Recipients are eligible to have a portion or all of their benefit replaced, depending on the value of the food they lost due to the disaster.

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.