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Provides adaptive sports equipment grants. Funds a wide range of equipment, including handcycles, monoskis, sport and racing chairs, hockey sleds, and more.

Provides resource coordination, an online resource directory, free short-term counseling for farmers and farm families, a peer farmer program, post-disaster planning assistance, and an after hours hotline staffed by trained mental health practitioners.

Provides a support line which can connect callers to the VA, a Caregiver Support Coordinator, or just listen. Peer Support Mentoring is also offered, as well as a variety of other services.

Provides advocacy and individualized support for families of children, youth, and young adults in transition to help them receive needed support and services. Also promotes the creation of a full array of easily accessible, high-quality family and youth-driven services at the state and local level.

Provides a suite of free tax services for members of the military including easy-to-use tax preparation and e-filing software, personalized support from a tax consultant, and current information about tax filing specifically for the military.

Provides three separate supportive counseling groups, one for adults and two for different adolescent age ranges, which provide training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills, which help them cope with difficult and intense emotions. The groups explain the DBT skills in an easy-to-learn manner and help them implement these skills into their everyday lives, enabling them to accept, validate, and tolerate their emotions in a healthy way and replace certain behaviors with new coping skills.

Offers free playgroups, walks, and support groups. Sleep Support Baby Playgroup is a monthly free sleep support gathering and playgroup led by a postpartum doula and certified pediatric sleep consultant.

Educates families about preventing abduction and empowers kids in grades K-5 to practice safer behaviors. This program offers resources to help parents, caregivers, and teachers protect kids by teaching and practicing the 4 Rules of Personal Safety using classroom lessons, at-home lessons, parent tips, and fun printable activities.

Assists individuals in finding or maintaining employment of their own choice. Services for finding employment include career exploration, aptitude testing, counseling and guidance, transition services for students, vocational training, small business development, technology, and education. Services for maintaining employment include jobsite evaluation, adaptive equipment, low vision services, and support.

Provides individuals who qualify with legal interpretation and "translation" support for court proceedings, including divorce, custody, child support, relief from abuse, eviction, small claims, probate/guardianship, Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS), and Termination of Parental Rights (TPR). Also provides interpretation and explanation for Vermont administrative proceedings, such as 3SquaresVT or Medicaid appeals.

Provides confidential consultations by trained professional case managers and pre-dismissal hospital assessments to determine eligibility for a variety of programs including Medicaid, SSI, food stamps, fuel assistance, housing, transportation, state pharmacy assistance programs, Lifeline telephone credit, respite and in-home services. Provides assistance with filling out forms for submission. Case managers also work with the VA in assisting veterans with applying for the Veterans Independence Program.

Provides care coordination and family training on palliative care principals, medical treatment regimens, medical equipment use, how to provide in-home care, and expressive therapies (art, music, and play). Pediatric palliative care may also include skilled respite and family grief counseling/bereavement counseling, both during the patient's life and for up to six months in the event of the patient's death.

Provides free telephone resource navigation by professional resource navigators and oncology social workers.

Provides nutrition information and general education for the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Educates health professionals about the most current information in diabetes research and treatment options. Advocates for national funding for diabetes research.

Offers a case management program that provides access to a wide range of services designed to help youth transition from State care and custody to self-sufficiency and independent living.

Provides access to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs for older adults and individuals with disabilities by paying a portion of the cost of a CSA share. This program helps participants access a reliable source of fresh, healthy, local food and connects them with other community members.

Provides adult literacy education services for individuals who are seeking assistance with learning to read and write in English.

Conducts confidential ongoing outreach to current and former military members and their families, to identify potential needs and provide access to available services, including advanced outpatient mental health clinical services such as counseling and traumatic brain injury assessment. Also provides dental referral for veterans. Members of the outreach team can meet with veterans and families at home, at work, or any place in the community.

Assists victims of federal crimes in Vermont through the criminal justice process. The Victim Witness Specialist also maintains and distributes the Vermont Victim Services Resource Directory, a comprehensive guide to Vermont's state and federal resources that is made available to all service providers in Vermont.

Conducts confidential ongoing outreach to current and former military members and their families, to identify potential needs and provide access to available services, including advanced outpatient mental health clinical services such as counseling and traumatic brain injury assessment. Also provides dental referral for veterans. Members of the outreach team can meet with veterans and families at home, at work, or any place in the community.

Provides telephone information and assistance for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Also provides information about chapter services and community resources like home care, adult day care, care coordination, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, eldercare lawyers, financial planners, and transportation.

Offers new and diverse learning opportunities for serving the intellectual needs of Vermont’s older citizens through non-credit courses and programs offered at an affordable cost.

Assists families with financial support for respite care and unmet medical expenses.

Offers a virtual social time.

Offers a variety of health and wellness programs that offer individual and/or group sessions which assist participants to understand how their lifestyle impacts their physical and mental health and to develop personal practices that enhance their total well-being. Wellness programs are subject to change.