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Provides acquisition, preservation, and management of ecologically sensitive and significant natural areas in the state, including the conservation of plants, animals, natural resources, and natural communities. Advocates for public policies to protect the environment.

Provides working capital for small manufacturing businesses, supporting activities like inventory purchases and new projects.

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.

Administers the registration and title of all motor vehicles. Issues Vermont license plates. Issues Vermont Driver Licenses, Commercial Driver Licenses, School Bus Driver Licenses, and Motorcycle Driver Licenses. Provides driver training information and issues ID (Non-driver) cards and Learner Permits. Provides school bus driver training information and administers scheduling for driver's license exams. Issues Foreign and International Licenses.

Provides confidential services including caring support, peer counseling, and information on the different stages throughout pregnancy. Services provided reflect a faith-based approach to pregnancy, parenting, and relationships.

Oversees complaints of violations of civil law. These include violations of laws regarding traffic, the environment, fish and wildlife, hazing, and minors' possession of alcohol and tobacco. Also includes violations regarding animal control, cruelty to animals, public nuisances, junkyards, recycling, liquor control, non-criminal marijuana violations, health regulation, and zoning.

Offers a 12 step recovery program for individuals affected by someone else's addiction. Also provides information about dates, times, and locations of meetings.

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

Provides restorative panels and restitution case management to children and youth who have been adjudicated in family court. Restorative justice panels hold youth accountable to victims and their community. Case Managers provide follow-up services to assure that restorative conditions of probation are completed. Program also provides young offenders with an opportunity to learn new skills and participate in a variety of community service activities.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations. Home delivery is available to eligible individuals who are without transportation. Also provides a grocery home delivery service for seniors once a month.

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.

Provides crisis and stabilization services to at risk youth and families. Assists youth with supports toward developing well-being, education, employment, permanent connections, and stable living environments as they transition to adulthood. Compass works with youth and their families to make a plan of care that will assist them in accomplishing their goals. Youth meet with a case manager approximately once a week. If a youth's family is available for services, they will have the opportunity to work with Compass' Family Preservation Specialist around normal adolescent development, verbal de-escalation techniques, mediation, and other approaches. Provides crisis management for enrolled clients and families 24 hours a day through a pager. There is a rotating staff member on call at all times.

Manages water and air quality, regulates solid and hazardous wastes, and administers a number of voluntary pollution and waste reduction programs. Program also provides environmental permit information and assistance, business and municipal compliance assistance, a number to call to report hazardous materials spills, and an Environmental Enforcement Division, which takes complaints regarding potential violations of Vermont's environmental laws. Also offers sampling of drinking water, well tests, and other resources during water-related emergencies.

Provides community food shelf services. Pet food, personal care and household items also available.

Provides information about foster care and coordinates support and resources for foster parents of children in State of Vermont custody.

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

Provides a safe, accommodating, and child-friendly space for victims, as well as a neutral, non-threatening space for investigators, victim advocates, and prosecutors to interview and meet with victims. Victim advocacy services provide support to assure that victims are supported throughout the entire process. Neutral, non-threatening space is provided for provision of therapy to children and non-offending family members if DCF has substantiated that sexual abuse has occurred.

Assists individuals seeking to improve their money management skills in monthly bill paying, debt reduction, savings and credit reports and credit repair. The process generally involves analysis of the individual's income, expenses, debts, taxes and other factors to create a personal financial assessment and development of a budget for basic living expenses. Also offers workshops that address a wide variety of money management issues including banking services, consumer credit lending, and debt consolidation/repayment.

Provides public awareness and education about cybercrime and online fraud such as identity theft, financial/purchase scams, imposter scams, hacked accounts/devices and cyberbullying. Provides information on how to protect against cybercrime incidents. Also provides public alerts on scams affecting specific populations, including older adults, children, teens, military personnel, and small businesses.

Provides a way to locate unclaimed property by its rightful owners or their heirs. Property may include forgotten bank accounts, uncashed checks, and security deposits.

Provides home entry and bathroom accessibility modifications. Offers financial assistance for nonprofit housing providers for accessibility modifications in their affordable rental housing.

Assists farmers with moving local produce to institutional buyers who are prioritizing fresh and local products. Purchases, inspects, washes, and prepares Vermont-grown produce for institutional kitchens both large and small and collects and processes root and storage crops at regional hubs. Acts as processor as well as distributor.

Offers adult education and literacy instruction that provide learners with the opportunity to acquire the education and literacy skills they need either to complete a secondary education or to better achieve post-secondary/career goals. Instruction is provided at six learning centers, as well as at job sites, libraries, homes, and other locations. Services include the following: Functional Literacy Education (Reading, Writing, Math), Computer Literacy, Financial Literacy, English Language Learning and Citizenship Preparation, High School Completion Program, General Education Development (GED) Credentialing, and Career and College Readiness.

Provides a warm, dry place during the daytime for people in need due to power outages, flooding, or extreme temperatures.

Provides nationally certified adaptive riding, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and mental health services for persons with disabilities, including veterans. Professional staff, volunteers, and horses work as a team to provide case-specific sessions addressing the physical, emotional, and cognitive challenges of participants.