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Offers trained volunteer peer support operators to answer calls of individuals about to use alone. Volunteers remain on the call to ensure the individual remains responsive during the process. When an individual calls, they are asked for their first name, phone number, location, and substance being used. If the operator detects the caller stops responding, emergency medical services are called to respond and reverse an adverse drug event.

Offers a complete line of home health care products and services, including respiratory and home medical equipment, stairway lifts and scooters, and specialty products such as back and leg braces. Provides home assessments, free equipment delivery, in-home set-up and training, and 24 hour on call service.

Partners with senior meal sites, senior centers, and restaurants to provide hot, nutritious, noontime meals. Home-delivered meals are often available for those who are unable to reach a meal site because of illness or frailty.

Provides an online list of state-licensed residential care homes in Vermont, including contact information, bed capacity, level of care, Enhanced Residential Care (ERC) status, and Assistive Community Care Services (ACCS) eligibility. Residential care homes are group living arrangements designed to meet the needs of people who cannot live independently but who do not need the level of care provided in a nursing home. They offer assistance with daily activities such as eating, walking, toileting, bathing and dressing. Meals, activities, and other amenities are typically offered but vary by facility.

Provides chat, text, and telephone support services for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis, with the objective of defusing the immediate crisis, ensuring the person's safety, and assisting the person in taking the next immediate steps toward resolving the problem.

Provides an offender re-entry program that is designed to address and repair the harm done to the community and the offender's victims while reducing the barriers to successful re-entry of offenders back into the community as citizens.

Provides health care services at all community outpatient clinics. Homebound Veterans are served by Home Based Primary Care (HBPC). Additional services can include basic nursing services, telemedicine, patient advocacy, hospice care, and physical, occupational, or speech therapies through a Skilled Home Care service.

Provides short term, one-on-one bereavement consultations and bereavement support groups. Offers free educational presentations and in-service trainings to professionals and community groups, as well as community outreach to schools and organizations. Also provides free resource materials and maintains a lending library.

Provides a monthly cash benefit to qualified workers unable to work for a year or more because of a disability. Also offers a process to file an appeal.

Provides assistance with locating, securing and/or maintaining housing. Provides information and guidance about rental costs; 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. assistance with locating, securing or maintaining housing. Develops and manages permanently affordable rental housing.

Provides nurses and/or other trained professionals who visit the homes of women during pregnancy and after childbirth to help women improve their personal health and development during the prenatal period and learn to care for their infant. Services include at-home assessments for expectant mothers and infants, postpartum assessments, newborn evaluations, breastfeeding support, nutrition education, parenting information, family adjustment support, skilled nursing care if needed, and assistance with coordination of family services.

Provides small, limited, community food services. Residents encouraged to take what they need and/or donate what they can in support of the pantry.

Provides mental health clinic services by clinicians who are obtaining their Ph.D.'s with the supervision of licensed clinical psychology faculty. VPS focuses on providing clinical training, while simultaneously offering community services based on empirical research. VPS aims to improve quality of life and enhance mental health outcomes for those suffering with problems including anxiety, depression and other affective disorders, child behavioral problems, eating disorders, neurological and developmental disorders, and other mental health concerns. They provide evidence-based, psychological services particularly to those who identify as a part of a historically underserved population (e.g. low-income individuals, abused and/or traumatized children, families in conflict, refugees, and individuals with HIV).

Provides a method for filing a compliment or a complaint about a member of the Vergennes Police Department.

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 a safe space to explore identity development, family dynamics, academic struggles, peer relationships, and other topics as needed.

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.

Handles cases including evictions, foreclosures, breach of contract, land disputes, orders of protection for victims of stalking and sexual assault, medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death. The Civil Division also includes Small Claims Courts, in which individuals represent themselves in disputes involving damages of $5,000 or less. Appeals from the Probate Division are heard in the Civil Division. Also may provide passport application service.

Provides residential options ranging from group homes to individual apartments and provides housing support services for residents living with long term mental illness. Support services promote social interaction, personal development, and independent living skills to assist them in becoming more independent in their living environment.

Provides shelter to lost and unwanted pets, matches pets to be adopted with appropriate individuals and families, provides discounts for older pets to older adopters, and maintains information about local animal control contacts and other animal shelters to assist with finding lost pets.

Provides youth employment services that include vocational testing and assessment to help identify skills, talents and experience; career guidance to help plan and map out a career strategy; tutoring and study skills training; summer employment opportunities; paid work experience including internships and job shadowing; leadership development opportunities; and support services to help overcome employment barriers.

Provides enrichment activities that include a wide variety of recreational games and activities. Early Promise programming provides one on one tutoring and homework help. Summer programming is also available.

Provides customer service for postal complaints, questions, and issues.

Sells household items, appliances, electronics, and building materials. Provides relief for low-income or disadvantaged people to receive assistance with obtaining essential household items through the use of vouchers. Local services agencies participate in distributing vouchers to individuals in need. Also offers repair service for appliances, electronics, and computers.

Provides a crisis intervention and assessment program that includes telephone or face-to-face consultation and assessment for admission to local and/or statewide residential crisis programs. Also provides crisis intervention referral services and follow-up. When deemed warranted by the emergency intervention specialist, individuals may be placed in a Public Inebriate Program bed, a safe alternative to incarceration for individuals who require ongoing supervision during withdrawal from drug and/or alcohol intoxication.