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Provides free college courses for Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) staff and Vermonters who are incarcerated, including textbooks and fees.

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 a twice-weekly balance and strength-training exercise program. Sessions are for up to 15 participants.

Provides low-interest rehabilitation loans and grants to make essential repairs on homes in order to eliminate health, safety and/or accessibility issues. Home repair assistance also may include technical support, home maintenance workshops, special grants, home inspection, assistance in creating job specifications and finding estimates, and ongoing project support.

Offers the services of Certified Recovery Coaches/Peer support specialist, who work both one-on-one with people on all paths to recovery to help them plan and make positive improvement in their lives, as well as with their families. Recovery Coaches also help guide people in recovery to finding resources such as detox and treatment, housing, food, heat, clothing, and transportation, and resources for improving relationships and getting connected with others in recovery with whom they can relate.

Provides syringe exchange services, narcan, safe disposal of syringes, safer sex supplies, harm reduction education, and treatment referrals.

Provides one-on-one instruction, as well as instruction in group settings. All instruction is student centered and strength based. Tutoring supplements the regular school program and may be provided at community education centers, school facilities, student homes and town public facilities, or an appropriate site selected by the student's parent/guardian.

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.

Provides monthly cash assistance to low-income households in which a person's care or services are essential to an elderly or disabled person's remaining in his or her home. Benefit can be directly deposited into a bank account, or put onto an EBT card.

Assists individuals with regaining their licenses while they are paying off fines and fees. Program participants work with staff to get their license reinstated. Participants must satisfy the Vermont Judicial Bureau and the Department of Motor Vehicles requirements. Staff may be able to help individuals be reinstated prior to completion of payments for traffic tickets. For individuals who have been charged with a criminal driving violation, successful completion of this program leads to criminal charges being dismissed.

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 contact information for all Vermont State's Attorneys who charge and prosecute individuals, including juvenile. Each county in Vermont has an elected State's Attorney, responsible for prosecution of cases.

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 can include movement and exercise, nutrition, childbirth education, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

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.

Provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and 24-hour emergency care. Services include 24-hour physician staffed emergency room services, diagnostic imaging, general medical and surgical services, lab testing, blood supply services, hospital-based outpatient services, disease specific treatment, pain management, adult and children's services.

Provides rehabilitative therapies including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology to help individuals recovering from surgery, stroke, or illness. Also provides pediatric rehabilitative therapies.

Provides assistance for applying for and filing claims for all federal benefits, including pensions, healthcare, and burial benefits. Also provides information on obtaining reprensentative payee services.

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 also published in the Healthy Plus, a publication of the hospital. Topics may include movement and exercise, nutrition, childbirth education, car seat safety, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helping with applications. Electric heat assistance is limited to households with primary heat source of electricity or electricity that is essential to keeping other types of heating systems operational. The Wood Warms Program provides two free cords of wood to eligible households that heat entirely with wood or that supplement their primary heat source by burning wood.

Offers an after-school program with daily activities including arts and crafts, science, sports, hikes, homework help, and gardening. Snacks are provided. During the summer, offers a five week camp.

Provides promotion, education, and awareness events that bring together the products of local and regional farms with Upper Valley consumers. Maintains an online directory, the Vital Guide to Food, Farm, and Businesses.

Provides free college courses for Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) staff and Vermonters who are incarcerated, including textbooks and fees.

Provides nurses and/or other trained professionals who visit the homes of women during pregnancy and after childbirth to help 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 a form for the collection of information from individuals to help local law enforcement in their response to calls for emergency assistance. This may include locating a missing person, medical emergency, crisis situation, behavioral episode or other interactions.

Provides tarps and tents (when the temperature is above freezing), sleeping bags/blankets, warm clothing, hand warmers and shelf stable foods. Will provide start-up items like small household items, bedding, toiletries, and clothing for those leaving homelessness and setting up a home. Assists with accessing community services and resources including flood recovery.