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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).

Provides a confidential support and information 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals.

Head Start (ages 3-5) and Early Head Start (ages 0-3) provide high-quality education, healthy meals, medical and dental screenings, and holistic support for the entire family to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. Head Start also connects families to social services and resources for housing, employment, education, food, health, mental health counseling, substance use disorder, domestic violence, English as a Secondary Language, and other family needs. Space is reserved for children with special needs (hearing, speech, vision impairment, emotional or physical challenges). Families with foster children are automatically eligible. A limited number of families that exceed the income guidelines can enroll.

Provides trained volunteers who offer non-medical assistance to hospice patients and their families. Assistance includes companionship, personal care, assistance with daily living, transportation. Additional services include provision of vigil sitters who provide a loving presence during the last days of life, respite for caregivers, and bereavement follow-up support.

Provides comprehensive medical care to individuals of all ages including physical exams, immunizations, and routine screenings, treatment of short-term injuries or illnesses, treatment of chronic illnesses, minor surgery and office procedures, gynecological exams, contraception, care for women during pregnancy and childbirth, and other special programs. Provides onsite coordinated primary care, mental health services, and substance abuse services to enhance access to appropriate prevention, treatment, recovery and wellness services and activities.

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 an intensive outpatient counseling program for people who receive Medicaid. This short-term program includes evening group sessions, weekly individual sessions, and peer coaching.

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 individualized outpatient mental health and/or substance use disorder assessment and treatment services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use issue. Also provides family, couples, and group mental health or substance use disorder counseling for families dealing with adolescent substance use disorder issues and provides group treatment services for adolescents.

Provides on demand service without program guidelines. Passengers can request trips to anywhere in the designated service area for any reason, including shopping, medical, lunch, beauty shop, or to visit a friend. Offers RCT Rides, a mobile app for scheduling rides.

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 small, limited, community food services, consisting mostly of fresh produce from garden surplus. Residents are encouraged to take what they need and/or donate what they can in support of the Farmstand.

Offers services to help Vermonters quit smoking and vaping. Program provides telephone, online, and text support, access to free nicotine replacement (gum, patches and lozenges), and self-help tools. Specially designed phone coaching sessions and self-help materials are available for Black and African Americans, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ2+, people with disabilities, parents and guardians of teens, and pregnant smokers.

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

Provides licenses to establishments that prepare and serve food or offer lodging to the public for more than one day a month. Provides information about Vermont restaurant and lodging rules. The establishments licensed by VDH include, but are not limited to, restaurants, delis, bakeries, seafood vendors, food caterers, fair stands, B&Bs, children's camps, grocery stores, and hotels. Accepts complaints about restaurant sanitation, as well as reports of possible food poisoning.

Provides disposable diapers and wipes to families in need.

Provides a range of disaster assistance programs that are aimed at both prevention of damage and restoration and financial help following a natural disaster. Does not provide disaster assistance for damaged equipment.

Offers a 12 Step recovery program for individuals who wish to stop the compulsive behavior of drinking. Also provides information about dates, times, and locations of meetings.

Provides an online refund-tracking tool allowing taxpayers who have filed a federal tax return to check the status of their refund. Also provides a toll-free Refund Line. Offers a free smartphone app that allows checking for refund status, paying tax bills, and finding tax preparation assistance.

Provides energy conservation services that improve efficiency, comfort, safety and save money on fuel. Includes a thorough inspection of a home to pinpoint areas where energy loss is the greatest and provides the needed improvements. Works on reducing drafts, installing insulation, repairing heating systems, caulking, and improving indoor air quality.

Provides take-out prepared, refrigerated Thanksgiving meals and Christmas Meals. Allows patrons to have access to limited Library services.

Provides individualized outpatient substance abuse assessment and treatment services for individuals 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 information about alcohol and drug use, the effects on individuals, families and communities, as well as information to the public about strategies for prevention and early intervention.

Provides home visits to provide families with support, education, and resources to help them with parenting, child development awareness, and family wellness goals.

Makes available certified child passenger safety technicians who provide free child safety seat inspections at various permanent locations throughout Vermont, as well as occasional mobile sites. Inspections include checking for correct fit of the car seat to the child, proper installation of the car seat in the vehicle, and screening for car seat recalls. The child and the child’s safety seat must be present to receive personal instruction on proper installation and use. The website lists the locations that provide regularly scheduled and by-appointment child safety seat checks by county, as well as mobile site inspection events. Free car seats are available to income-eligible households.

Helps youth with disabilities plan and prepare for life after high school. HireAbility Vermont vocational counselors work with both students and school personnel. Services include career counseling, assessment, job search skills, work experiences, exploration of post-secondary education and training programs, workplace readiness, instruction in self-advocacy, and guidance and information on IEP and transition planning, 504 accommodations, benefits planning, and other needed services.