View Search Results

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 a telephone and/or face-to-face response to individuals in crisis. This service offers an immediate intervention and suicide prevention response by mental health counselors and connects individuals to resources that best fit the needs of their particular situations. Within the First Call program there are specialized services such as crisis case management, crisis respite, support services when a tragic event impacts a child, as well as Safety Net, an urgent response service for families impacted by incarceration. First Call also provides education, support, and "Gatekeeper Training" to community providers to promote prompt and appropriate response to mental health crises.

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 a variety of consultation, assessment and counseling services designed to decrease hazardous use, promote harm reduction, assist in recovery, improve relationships, and develop healthier coping skills. Provides support and counseling for youth, young adults, adults, and families to address substance related issues.

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.

Helps eligible parents earn two- or four-year undergraduate college degrees with the goal of getting good paying jobs so they can support their families. The program provides monthly cash payments, support services, help with childcare, transportation, and school supplies, and may provide benefits through Reach Ahead if the parent is working and the PSE grant closes.

Provides advocacy for the rights and needs of children and youth whose lives have been impacted by domestic abuse. The Children's & Youth Services Program (CYSP) provides parenting education and support, age-appropriate playgroups, crisis-intervention, mentorship opportunities, recreational activities and school-based advocacy. The CYSP aims to provide children, youth, and their parents with the services needed to ensure healthy development, both as individuals and in their relationships.

Offers programs that provide students with opportunities to explore a variety of careers in health care via presentations, shadowing experiences, and hands-on learning. The Institute on Health & Medicine is a one-week residential program provided in collaboration the Governor's Institutes of Vermont.

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.

Early literacy program that provides high-quality books to children from birth to age five. Enrolled children receive a free book in the mail every month.

Supports housing stability for Vermont mobile home residents impacted by floodin, by providing flexible funding for essential goods and utilities. The Fund aims to alleviate immediate hardships and aid long-term recovery. Additional funding may be available to families with young children and those who meet other criteria

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.

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.

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 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 a wide variety of virtual groups for support and socialization for people living with epilepsy and/or their parents/caregivers. Trained coordinators match individuals with the appropriate group.

Provides a free nationwide peer-support helpline service providing information, resource referrals, and support to teens and young adults. Operated by trained peers who have experienced mental health issues.

Provides an information and referral service regarding mental health conditions and mental health services available in Vermont.

Offers services that may include employment counseling and guidance, provision of technical assistance in different settings (such as accommodations at work and home), adaptive equipment, technical assistance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and information about deaf and hard of hearing clubs, associations, and support groups.

Provides links to money management tools and resources for children, youth, and parents. Included is a link to MyMoney.gov. MyMoney.gov has information from 20+ federal websites.

Offers education, support, and empowerment to individuals who are seeking services for a Veteran to help them access needed mental health or substance use care.

Advocates for improved access to the electoral process by individuals with disabilities, working on systems change and outreach to individuals. Provides information and assistance for voter registration, voting rights outreach, and polling place accessibility and voting official training. Also offers a publication, "Voter's Guide for People with Disabilities."

Provides the general public with information about Lyme Disease and Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome.

Provides comprehensive lead poisoning prevention information, resources, and technical assistance to parents and caregivers.

Provides a safe, accommodating, and child-friendly space for victims, as well as a neutral, non-threatening space for investigators, victim advocates, and prosecutors to interview and meet with victims. Victim advocacy services provide support to assure that victims are supported throughout the entire process. Neutral, non-threatening space is provided for provision of therapy to children and non-offending family members if DCF has substantiated that sexual abuse has occurred.