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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 transition planning, case management, and instruction in life skills including self-sufficiency with transportation, post-secondary education support, employment skills, budgeting and financial management, housing education, communication strategies, health education, and risk reduction.

Provides a drop-in community center that offers opportunities to socialize and to access support for help with acquiring supported employment, access to education and housing, peer support, and opportunities to explore holistic health and wellness. Also provides packed meals to go. During the winter months, the center offers extended hours to provide a warm space for individuals to congregate until the overnight shelter opens its doors.

Provides scholarships for people pursuing associate or bachelor's degrees in early childhood education or early childhood special education. Also provides financial bonuses for program reaccreditation and incentive payments for programs and staff.

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 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 information about winter driving safety tips, teen driving tips, and motorcycle safety tips.

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.

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 farmers with opportunities to purchase or lease affordable farmland so that they can start up or expand agricultural businesses. Helps conserve farmland for long-term productive use.

Provides matches of older homebound veterans with younger or more mobile veterans from any branch of the military service for companionship and support. Can offer visiting and friendship, telephone reassurance, help with forms & correspondence, and other activities.

Provides referrals for free, confidential mental health services of an hour per week for a year. Give an Hour also supplies a variety of links to mental health information and resources for military families. Works to reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems through education, training, and outreach efforts. Also provides free webinars for Wellness Ambassadors for promoting and advocating for mental health awareness in communities.

Offers new and diverse learning opportunities for serving the intellectual needs of Vermont’s older citizens through non-credit courses and programs offered at an affordable cost.

Provides information how to create a safe sleeping environment for infants.

Provides confidential consultations by trained professional case managers who can provide assistance with planning and arranging for support services. Assessments are provided both in home or pre-dismissal from hospitals or rehabilitation centers to determine eligibility for a variety of programs including Medicaid, SSI, food stamps, fuel assistance, housing, transportation, state pharmacy assistance programs, Lifeline telephone credit, respite and in-home services. Provides assistance with filling out forms for submission. Case managers also work with the VA in assisting veterans with applying for the Veterans Independence Program.

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 certification program on how to implement recovery-friendly practices and business policies in order to support current and prospective employees in recovery from, or otherwise affected by, substance use disorders.

Provides grants to repair owner-occupied homes damaged in Presidentially Declared Disaster areas.

Provides shelter services for families with minor children experiencing homelessness.

Offers a diversion-like program that connects individuals with substance misuse, mental health, and other community-based service supports, regardless of the participants criminal history, with the aim of improving the person's health and reducing future adverse involvement in the justice system. Successful completion of program results in a dismissal of the criminal charge.

Provides a confidential helpline staffed by trained counselors who offer crisis counseling to individuals in emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. Counselors will provide information on how to recognize distress and the effects of disaster-related stress on individuals and families. Tips for healthy coping will be provided as well as referrals to federal, state, and regional agencies that will assist during periods of post-disaster stress. Specialized services available to the deaf, hard of hearing, and those with hearing loss.

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.

Provides no interest, forgivable loans of up to $30,000 to make necessary improvements on farm worker housing in order to eliminate health, safety and/or accessibility issues. Typical health and safety related repairs/improvements can include, but are not limited to: wastewater systems, air sealing and insulation, noise mitigation measures, overcrowding relief, food prep and storage improvements, mold remediation, electrical/plumbing upgrades, and roof replacements.

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 one-on-one peer support to those recently diagnosed, in treatment, living with cancer, beyond cancer, or caregivers.