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Provides garden space and agricultural support for growing vegetables and flowers for individual use and/or for CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) sales. Technical support includes education about marketing farm produce and starting a small farm business.

Provides screenings and referral services for individuals charged with a crime whose substance misuse or mental health issues may underlie their criminal behavior.

Provides a safe space that is anonymous and confidential where callers can speak on many different issues and concerns including, but not limited to, coming out issues, gender and/or sexuality identities, relationship concerns, workplace and living condition issues, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer sex information, suicide, isolation, community involvement, and more.

Issues medical marijuana licenses to protect patients from state criminal penalties for using marijuana to relieve the symptoms or effects of a debilitating medical condition. Also maintains a list of medical dispensaries, as well as a way to submit a complaint about adult-use cannabis establishments.

Provides legal advice or representation for Vermonters with physical or developmental disabilities when their legal problems arise from their disabilities. Cases include guardianship, special education, discrimination in employment and housing, access to health care, and Social Security Disability-related benefits problems.

Provide support services for complex cases where families or individuals have multiple needs and/or service providers.

Provides ongoing, up-to-date information about national and international public health occurrences such as extreme weather events, contagious disease outbreaks, and natural disaster information.

Promotes the well-being of women in Vermont through provision of publications, workshops, conferences, speaking engagements, and an online resource directory. Some topics include: child support, employment discrimination, nursing mothers returning to work, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and women's entrepreneurship.

Provides an online tool that enables people to fill out and print a personalized wallet-sized medication card that documents prescriptions, dosages and other important medical information. This program makes it easier to refill prescriptions if individuals have to leave their homes after a disaster.

Offers a recovery program for individuals with substance use issues. The program offers the opportunity to form close relationships with peers and recovery coaches that can support them in developing a healthy lifestyle that is rewarding and free from substance use.

Offers a responsible driving education program that provides participants with increased insight into what it means to drive irresponsibly and greater awareness of how victims, others, the community, and themselves are impacted by their distracted and/or impaired driving behavior.

Provides services including: representative payee, information and referral, and facilitates support and advocacy groups, including Self Advocates Becoming Empowered-Rutland (SABE-R) and the Aktion Club.

Provides physical fitness activities to individuals in recovery from substance use disorder, such as crossfit, yoga, and strength training classes. Also provides a variety of health and wellness online classes and events. There is also a mobile app that lists classes and events in the community.

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 assistance for people who need housing including information and guidance about rental costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to provide for insurance, utility costs, and other requirements related to paying for housing. Coordinates with other providers in the community to help individuals and families obtain or maintain housing. May offer limited financial assistance with rent, rental deposit, and other payments. Also provides the Rent Right Program, designed to provide participants with the skills, materials, and confidence necessary to find and maintain stable housing. Upon completion of the program, participants receive a Preferred Renter Certificate, which shows landlords that they have made an investment into being a good tenant.

Provides an experiential learning program for girls that combines life skills lessons with training for a 5K walk or run. Participation provides the girls with tools they need to manage the challenges of adolescence. Objectives include reducing at-risk activities such as adolescent pregnancy, eating disorders, and substance abuse, as well as reducing depression and suicide attempts.

Provides service navigation, workforce development, employment consultant/placement, and educational services to individuals.

Offers urgent care services. Veterans can also receive care through local providers that are authorized by the VA.

Provides year-round shelter to single adults experiencing homelessness, as well as on-site case management services, which include housing advocate help and access to health care. Allows well-behaved pets.

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.

Provides information, education, support, and advocacy on topics such as hearing loss, audiologists, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and telecommunications equipment through local chapters and state organizations. The program offers online peer-to-peer networking.

Provides crisis intervention assistance to victims of crime, past or present. Examples of criminal victimization to which DeafLEAD responds include domestic and sexual violence, bullying (cyber, physical, or verbal), teen dating violence, burglary or robbery, child abuse or neglect, and elder abuse.

Provides information on small business ownership to service members, vets, and their families, including “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” classes known as “Boots to Business” and "Boots to Business-Reboot." Also offers business counseling, technical and financial skill development, business assessments, and one-to-one mentoring. Provides assistance and training on a range of topics, including funding options, business plans, preparation of loan request packages, and business expansion approaches.

Provides transitional housing program that includes case management, housing counseling, life skills counseling, and peer mentoring. Provides emergency shelter bed if one is available.

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.