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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.

Offers restorative justice programs that require that the person who committed the offense meet with a group of trained citizen volunteers to be accountable to their community. Affected parties and others impacted by the incident are welcomed into the process. Offenders are expected to engage in dialogue with the Panels or conference attendees and the affected parties in order to deepen their understanding of the harm they caused to the individuals and their community. They also must collaboratively develop and complete activities to make amends, reduce the likelihood to re-offend, and connect positively with their community.

Develops partnerships, coordinates volunteers, and supports program initiatives that address specific issues in the areas of education, income and health. This includes programs that strengthen financial stability, financial literacy, individual nutritional and physical well being, early learning, addiction prevention. Additionally, support is provided for programs addressing basic needs such as housing, food, and accessibility in service communities.

Provides training that introduces new riders to the public transit system and teaches them to use bus service effectively. Participants are educated first in a classroom setting and then paired with an experienced travel advisor to learn the basic components of the system, including routes, fares, schedules, and policies. Helps build confidence in riding the bus and traveling independently. Accepts volunteers to serve as travel advisors.

Provides a crisis intervention program that offers face-to-face recovery coaching to individuals admitted to Northwestern Medical Center Emergency Department.

Administers a six-week work opportunity program for employers and job seekers to work together toward a successful job match. In return for reduced payroll expenses, the employer agrees to provide training and support to the incoming worker. During the assessment period the employer pays only the hourly wage. At the completion of the six-week training and assessment period, if the match is successful, the employer adds the worker to the regular payroll. Services to job seekers include providing information about employment rights, accommodations, and resources; job skills training, and job search assistance. Services to businesses include providing education and awareness of issues involved in working with individuals who have disabilities, job assessment for accommodations, help in strategizing ways to retain employees who become disabled while in their employ, and consultation on job descriptions, interview techniques, and other employment areas in which disability issues arise.

Grants the wishes of children with critical illnesses.

Provides Vermont's sole public law library, located at the Vermont Law and Graduate School. The Community Legal Information Center (CLIC) offers free walk-in legal reference services, including legal research databases, legal self-help books, and Vermont legal materials. Also provides an Ask a Law Librarian Information Line and an online civil legal resources flowchart by county.

Provides an on-site Resource Coordinator to participating employers for the purpose of assisting employees with issues (financial, state benefits, housing, transportation, medical insurance/bills) that may hinder workplace productivity, maximizing the value of employer and community supports and benefits, and reducing manager time spent on these issues and solving problems before they happen.

Works to bring community members together by offering a range of programs, including a community meal; limited support fund; community events such as music, theater, clothing repair, and Haiku; and youth enrichment and organizing activities.

Provides shelter and care for surrendered and stray animals, including dogs, cats, and other small furry pets. Facilitates pet adoptions, matching shelter animals with appropriate households. Also offers low-cost microchip clinics, volunteer opportunities, dog training, and educational programs on pet care.

Provides information and assistance with Medicare, including Part D Drug benefit, Medigap Supplemental Insurance; managed care and long term care insurance; durable medical equipment; and pharmacy assistance programs. Healthcare Benefits Specialists can explain how the different programs work, can help sort through medical forms and bills, and can evaluate medical insurance needs.

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

Provides physical health exams, acute and chronic health care, immunizations, women's health screenings, limited mental health counseling by appointment, lab and blood work, x-rays (Castleton and Mettowee only), and assistance with finding affordable prescription medications. Provides patient-centered physical and mental health care delivered by a team of primary care and mental health clinicians .The clinics also provides referrals to other health and non-health services, and will screen patients and callers for eligibility for other health services and public insurance programs, as well as assisting with the application process. The Brandon, Castleton, and Mettowee clinics also hold diabetes education classes. This location also serves as an Express Care urgent care clinic.

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 in-home pediatric care under physician orders for episodic skilled care and specific procedures. Provides physical therapists at request of physicians to do growth and development assessments, to establish exercise routines, to monitor progress, and to assist families with obtaining adaptive equipment.

Provides mobile library services that include a Story Time and summer lending program.

Provides individualized outpatient substance abuse assessment and treatment services for adolescents who are dependent upon, or at risk of becoming dependent upon, alcohol or other substances. Also provides family substance abuse counseling for families dealing with adolescent substance abuse issues, and provides group treatment services for adolescents.

Provides intensive wraparound services based on the distinctive needs, strengths, values and preferences of the child and family. Services include clinical case management; comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment; psychiatric consultation and medication management; individual, group and family therapy; substance abuse services; respite, education, community skills training; family reintegration; parent education; 24-hour crisis response; and other individualized services as needed.

Provides a broad selection of recreational opportunities and leisure time activities.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations. Emergency supply of diapers is provided to families in financial crisis. Information and referral is provided to individuals to assist with their accessing food shelves in towns where they live.

Provides a method for filing a complaint about a member of the Winooski Police Department.

Provides assistance and education to protect consumers from financial fraud, and offers help with filing complaints. Regulates state-chartered banks, credit unions, and lenders, and can answer related questions and concerns. Provides information about mortgage assistance programs, approved reverse mortgage counselors, and foreclosure filing. Also enables consumers to check to see if their lender is licensed.

Provides preventive health care, as well as diagnosis and treatment of illness in children, adolescents and adults. Behavioral health services to include mental health and substance use disorder services.

Provides a single serve Thanksgiving meal and the makings of a Christmas meal.