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Offers innovative and often very intensive assistance to youth transitioning to adulthood with accessing and succeeding in employment, education, housing, positive relationships, community connections, and living independently. The JOBS program focuses on youth who have either left or are seriously at-risk-of leaving school prior to successful graduation and are at high risk for involvement with the criminal justice system, substance use, homelessness, physical abuse, abusive behaviors, or other areas of significant concern.

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.

Offers a telephone-based peer support program. Participants are matched with a peer mentor.

Provides information, education, and technical assistance to new and aspiring farmers with the goal of increasing the number of profitable farms. Offers online and on-the-ground resources to provide individualized assistance.

Provides ways to connect with individuals who share common life experiences or goals for support, education and mutual aid. Offers monthly support groups as well as telephone support. Provides new information and strategies for preventing or confronting problems, options to find emotional and other support from others and build confidence, and the opportunity to help others. Lists volunteer opportunities and a search tool for local events for individuals affected by MS.

Represents individuals who receive long term care services in nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living residences, or their own homes through the Choices for Care Program. Issues addressed include quality of care, quality of life, and residents' rights.The project also advocates for systemic change that will improve the quality of care for individuals receiving long-term care services.

Offers a loan program that supports agricultural enterprises that directly support the expansion of the Vermont food system and increase the availability of local foods in Vermont.

Answers questions and concerns about public and private drinking water quality. Offers water testing kits and suggests options for home drinking water treatment.

Offers resources related to perinatal mental health, for both mental health providers and people experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Provides a homeowners' telephone counseling service that offers education and advice about home mortgage foreclosure. Counselors can provide plans of action specific to callers' needs for foreclosure prevention. Pre-purchase counseling, sustainable ownership, and mortgage scam education are also offered.

Provides general and specialized inpatient and outpatient mental health services and intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment. Specialized services include military sexual trauma assessment and treatment, post traumatic stress disorder assessment and treatment, as well as readjustment counseling services.

Offers a free, 10-session educational support group that serves pregnant and parenting women who are at risk for alcohol or drug misuse, or who are experiencing the effects of a partners' substance misuse. The group helps women understand the risks associated with substance use behavior and introduces strategies to overcome the challenges of substance use and raising a family. The program is designed to provide knowledge, build skills, and offer a safe and caring climate for pregnant and parenting women. Child care and meals are provided during program sessions.

Offers healthy foods including fresh produce and provides access to healthy foods, recipes, and other essential items including hygiene products, diapers and wipes.

Offers rapid consultation services for pediatric and perinatal providers in Vermont who have questions about diagnosis and treatment planning for their patients.

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

Provides apartment residences that include education/literacy and support team services for single mothers and pregnant women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness .

Provides non-urgent health care. Includes exams, nutrition counseling, and mental health counseling. Women's health care services provided through partner providers in nearby locations. Also included are acute illness care, chronic care management, vaccines and tobacco cessation. Dental services include cleanings and evaluations. Offers referrals for extractions and fillings. Offers help with signing up for Medicaid, RRMC Free Care, and YOU First. Patients may get help with over-the-counter and prescription medications.

Provides assistance to youth and young adults with stable housing. Offers case management, life, education and job skills training, emotional support, counseling, and wrap-around services for youth to become self-sufficient.

Provides day treatment and education in an accredited independent school setting, with comprehensive academic, special education, behavioral, and clinical support. Identifies and provides support that each student needs to make a successful transition back to their local public school.

Investigates claims of unlawful discrimination in housing, places of public accommodation, and state government employment. A place of public accommodation is any school, restaurant, store, establishment or other facility at which services, facilities, goods, privileges, advantages, benefits or accommodations are offered to the general public. This also includes most hospitals, professional offices (such as doctors, dentists, lawyers, and accountants), retail stores, inns, hotels, and schools. The Commission does not represent or advocate for either the individual who makes the complaint (complaintant) or the individual or entity against whom a petition is filed (respondent). If the Commission accepts a case for investigation, it may provide an independent mediator to seek an informal resolution to the dispute. If mediation does not result in a mutually agreed upon resolution, a member of the Commission's staff will investigate. The Commission does not provide legal advice. The complaintant and respondent may have attorneys to advise and represent them throughout the process, but an attorney is not required.

Provides a trauma informed, family-centered residential program where pregnant and parenting women can live with their children. Services include 24-hour counseling staff and on-site nursing staff, prenatal and postpartum health services, mental health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, group therapy, intensive case management services, individual and group parenting education, children's medical and mental health services; peer support, life skills and transition services. Options Counseling is also available for those who interested in exploring their parenting options.

Provides victims of sexual assault with access to a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) and, if they wish, a Victim Advocate. SARCs and Advocates are not counselors or licensed clinicians, but are a confidential resource specialists. SARCs and Advocates will explain military reporting options available to the victim and connect them to appropriate medical, behavioral health, legal, spiritual, and financial resources available through the military.

Provides legal representation to juvenile clients in a variety of settings, including administrative hearings at the juvenile detention center and case plan review meetings.

Provides care to LGBTQ2+ Veterans. Services include mental health care, hormone therapy, HIV prevention, testing, and other STI treatments and screenings. Also provides gender affirming prosthetics, transgender and other LGBTQ2+ support groups and services.

Provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services for women from puberty through the post-menopausal years. Services include well-woman exams, contraception, pregnancy and delivery services including midwifery services, pregnancy and childbirth education, as well as breastfeeding and postpartum support services. Services may also include menopausal and post-menopausal management services and urogynecology services.