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Provides legal advice or representation to individuals regardless of having filed a police report. Program assists survivors of domestic violence who want protective orders, or advice on divorce, custody, and visitation; elders and vulnerable adults facing abuse or financial exploitation; victims with housing, employment, or government benefits issues; and victims who need help safeguarding their rights through criminal proceedings.

Offers assessments and evaluations, supportive counseling, social skills training, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, and outreach in patients' homes. Consultation services on mental health issues that challenge elders and their caregivers are also available.

Provides a suicide prevention and crisis intervention support service.

Assists caregivers in accessing supportive services and programs for which they may be eligible. Caregivers may apply for small grants from the Dementia Respite Program enabling them to have a period of respite from their caregiving responsibilities. Support services may also include coordination of support groups, caregiver trainings, and self-care informational bulletins and newsletters.

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.

Provides a central portal for information about adaptive sports and locations of adaptive sports programs, adaptive equipment, individuals interested in connecting, and resources, including grant sources and vendors. Offers a community of people with spinal cord injuries dedicated to helping each other overcome the barriers to being active.

Provides an online self-study course for EMTs and first responders on how to respectfully support a family when a baby dies.

Provides representation to juveniles in delinquency proceedings, and to parties in juvenile proceedings including children in need of care and supervision (CHINS) and termination of parental rights cases.

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.

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.

Provides shelter services for families experiencing homelessness

Provides advice and guidance on how to identify and prevent bed bugs; information about diseases spread by ticks, including Lyme; information about mosquito-borne illnesses, including EEE, Zika, and West Nile; and information on the prevention, symptoms, and transmission of Mpox and rabies.

Provides referrals to quality child care and specific supports to eligible children, and program consultation for early care and education and after school programs. CIS Coordinators assist families in accessing services appropriate to their needs. CIS teams have expertise in social work and family support, maternal/child health and nursing, child development and early intervention, early childhood and family mental health, and specialized child care. Child care financial assistance may be available.

Provides professional assistance with the assessment and development of plans for the care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for in-home care services. The Sharon Health Initiative's community health care worker will coordinate the delivery of needed services like adequate food and shelter and overall management of th individual's health well-being. This may include provision of assistance/education around following medical advice and proper medication taking, assessing in-home mobility safety to reduce the risk of falls, assisting families with understanding the issues and needs of the family member requiring in-home care services, and providing ongoing follow-up visits to ensure the best possible health outcomes. All services provided are confidential and specific to each individual's needs.

Works one-on-one with Medicare beneficiaries to prevent, detect, and report potential Medicare fraud. Provides a national telephone helpline.

Provides a range of services to improve the safety and wellbeing of children and families. Services include care coordination, family safety planning, family time coaching and family finding.

Offers a variety of wellness and exercise programs that help to reduce stress, develop greater stamina, increase strength and flexibility, improve balance and/or strengthen bones. Programs may include T'ai Chi, light weight workouts, and seated exercise programs.

Offers an educational course for families and friends of individuals with a mental health condition. Provides information and support to help families understand and support their loved ones while maintaining their own well-being. Course is taught by 2-3 trained family members with lived experience.

Offers humanities lectures and presentations to communities across the state by providing lecturers to present at local libraries, historical societies, senior centers, and other places in the community. Grant programs are also available to nonprofits for humanities programs.

Engages in early childhood care and education legislative advocacy. Let's Grow Kids Action Network works with statewide partners to advance the policy agenda both in Vermont communities and in the State House and provides educational resources for community members who want to help advocacy efforts.

Offers a variety of services aimed at keeping families connected when a parent is incarcerated, including case management and coordination of family care plans. The program also facilitates opportunities for incarcerated parents to communicate with their children, including individual and group visits in the child-friendly Kids-A-Part visiting space. Case management for families/caregivers in the community include financial support to facilitate visitation. Services also include statewide education and advocacy to community members and groups working with children.

Provides transitional housing, individual case management, and life skills education. Program is designed to provide support and to teach the skills needed for healthy transition to adulthood and graduation to independent living arrangements.

Maintains a website that helps individuals plan their careers, explore education and training options, and search and apply for jobs.

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 a fund in the form of grants and loans for first-time homebuyers and homeowners. Grants and loans include Down Payment Assistance, Home Improvement, Interest Rate Buydown, and Affordable Housing Construction and Rehabilitation programs.