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Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helping with applications. Electric heat assistance is limited to households with primary heat source of electricity or electricity that is essential to keeping other types of heating systems operational.

Provides patient-centered physical and mental health care delivered by a team of primary care and mental health clinicians. Services include medical, mental health and substance use disorder counseling, psychiatry, family planning, dietary counseling, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening, and on-site lab services. The Community Health Pharmacy program offers discounted prescriptions to all patients. Also provides consultations and support for eligibility for State and Federal Benefits and low-cost drug manufacturer discount programs.

Provides free clothing to individuals in need. Participates annually in providing free winter clothing. Types and sizes of winter clothing availability is dependent upon donations received.

Operates a recycling/exchange program that provides used, durable medical equipment including, but not limited to, electric hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, shower chairs, canes and crutches for individuals in need. Provides information and referral to all of Vermont's medical equipment loan/exchange programs.

Provides assistance with locating, securing and/or maintaining housing. Provides information and guidance about rental costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to budget for insurance, utility costs and other requirements related to paying for housing. assistance with locating, securing or maintaining housing. Develops and manages permanently affordable rental housing.

Provides occasional nursing and rehabilitative therapies in the patient's home. Skilled Nursing Services include nursing care, case management, and client and family education. Provides clients with social workers who offer coordination of community services and resources, client and family counseling, and navigating the health care system. Licensed Nursing Assistants provide home health assistance, including personal care assistance, light housekeeping, and help with normal daily living activities.

Provides a process to handle complaints about court staff or court procedures. Court staff include managers, clerks, court officers, court operators, and law clerks.

Issues Social Security numbers and Social Security cards, as well as replacements for lost or stolen cards for all United States citizens. A Social Security card/number identifies the monthly benefits for individuals who are fully insured. Provides information about and assists with filing for social security benefits. Benefit amounts depend upon date of birth, wages earned, and the type of benefit.

Provides flexibly scheduled and routed door-to-door (or curb-to-curb) transportation services within certain 3/4 mile of Barre City routes. Coordinates and provides non-emergency medical transportation to health and wellness appointments. Offers volunteer driving opportunities.

Provides money management counseling services that include credit counseling, debt counseling, personalized budgeting, credit report education, bankruptcy counseling, and financial literacy training.

Offers a series of health-related workshops and presentations for the community, many of which are offered by health professionals. Information about local wellness programs is provided on line and is also published in flyer form. Topics may include movement and exercise, nutrition, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Provides mobile home owners low-interest loans to make their homes more habitable, energy efficient, code-compliant or saleable.

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

Provides rides to a transportation hub, where riders can travel for any reason, including for health and wellness appointments. Provides a public transportation connection between the Downtown Transit Center (Cherry Street platform) and the offices at Tilley Drive off Hinesburg Road.

Addresses complaints regarding housing discrimination, mobile and manufactured homes, deceptive contractors, issues with poor maintenance, health and safety risks. Also handles complaints about mismanagement and fraud on the part of landlords or property managers of HUD-insured and HUD-subsidized housing.

Provides home health assistance, including personal care assistance, light housekeeping, and help with normal daily living activities.

Provides online information about all public transit providers, commercial bus services, rail, and ferry services including service areas and telephone numbers. Offers direct links to the Burlington International Airport and the Southeastern Vermont Airport websites, to the Vermonter and Amtrak websites, and to the Lake Champlain Ferries website. Also provides a map of all airport locations in Vermont with links.

Provides volunteer opportunities for individuals to serve one-on-one with frail elderly and other homebound persons who have difficulty completing everyday tasks. They might assist with grocery shopping, bill paying, and transportation to medical appointments, and alert doctors and family members to potential problems. Senior Companions also provide short periods of relief to primary caregivers.

Provides housing options and housing support services for residents living with long term mental illness. Support services promote social interaction, personal development, and independent living skills to assist them in becoming more independent in their living environment.

Provides clothing vouchers for low income children and adults. Also provides vouchers for basic, essential furniture and household goods to low income households who have experienced a disaster or who are moving out of homelessness and have no household furnishings. Vouchers are redeemable at HOPE's resale store.

Provides small, limited community food services. Residents encouraged to take what they need and/or donate what they can in support of the pantry.

Offers four different programs that help pay for Medicare costs, including deductibles, co-pays, and Medicare Part B premiums. Some of the programs include extra help with prescription drug costs.

Provides screening, diagnostics, and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Offers individual, group, conjoint (couples), and family counseling, therapy groups, medication and other mental health services for community residents, including those who have may be experiencing difficulty resolving personal or interpersonal conflicts or making personal adjustments to stressful life situations.

Offers a collection of five step by step video tutorials that help individuals move through the steps of common legal and benefit issues. Tutorial topics include divorce, relief from abuse orders, security deposits, small claims, and social security appeals. Also included is a video overview on what to expect when getting ready for a court hearing.

Offers confidential HIV and Hepatitis C testing. Provides HIV and Hep C testing via finger stick sample with quick, on-site results.