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Offers parenting education, answers child development questions, provides information about housing, budgeting, and other concerns new parents have at times and places convenient to families. Family Support Home Visitors are available for those parents who are unable to travel to appointments or who are reluctant to meet outside of their homes.

Provides online information about HIV/AIDS and STI's, including prevention, testing, and referrals to health care providers. Also provides financial assistance for purchasing prescription medications for those living with HIV and may also help pay for insurance premiums, co-pays, and/or deductibles if eligible.

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 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.

Offers free assistance to park residents for a wide range of services. Services include assistance with the sale or closure of tenant's park, lot rent increase, habitability issues, and help forming or revitalizing a resident association. Also offers information about the laws affecting parks and help developing a strategy to deal with a complicated park problem. Provides public education about mobile home parks. Advocates for the development of programs and services for park residents, and provides workshops and training on various mobile home park issues.

Provides assistance for applying for and filing claims for all federal benefits, including pensions, healthcare, and burial benefits. Also provides information on obtaining reprensentative payee services.

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 online support group options via Zoom led by trained volunteers who have recovered from their own eating disorder, or volunteer professionals in the eating disorder field.

Offers a diversion-like program that connects participants with substance use, 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.

Offers free twice-weekly group sessions facilitated by trained volunteers who provide strength training designed to prevent and reverse osteoporosis, improve balance, provide companionship, prevent isolation, and enhance energy and well-being. A pre-recorded Bone Builders class is available online for experienced Bone Builders participants.

Provides an evidence-based fatherhood program designed specifically for incarcerated fathers. It aims to help individuals improve their parenting skills and develop stronger relationships with their children. Some topics covered include Fathering on the Inside, Men's Health and Communication.

Provides a support line which can connect callers to the VA, a Caregiver Support Coordinator, or just listen. Peer Support Mentoring is also offered, as well as a variety of other services.

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 and answers to frequently asked questions about pets and COVID-19, such as: transmission to pets, care of pets if owners test positive for COVID-19, what to do if your pet tests positive, and other topics.

Provide patients and families with comprehensive education and resources regarding available options for gender affirming care.

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, bullying, isolation, anxiety at school, family issues, HIV/AIDS concerns, safer sex information, suicide, and more.

Offers peer support for individuals who are having mental health and substance abuse challenges while returning to the community. Tasks may include assisting their peers in articulating their goals for recovery and learning and practicing new skills, helping them monitor their progress, supporting them in their treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self help strategies based on their own recovery experience, and supporting them in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services.

Inspects and licenses pet sellers, livestock dealers, transporters, and packers. Registers animal shelters, rescue organizations, certified euthanasia technicians, and their facilities. Provides a way to file a report about poultry and other domestic birds that died from a disease. Also publishes information about various diseases that affect livestock and poultry.

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.

Offers online resources about domestic violence issues

Offers short term, holistic, intensive clinical case management, and social support services. Vermont Chronic Care Initiative (VCCI) licensed case managers meet with members in their homes to work on self-management plans. Case managers collaborate with providers and attend provider appointments to help facilitate collaborative care planning, meet clinical gaps in care. They also work with community/state agencies to address other needs, such as housing and transportation.

Provides workshops and groups to assist individuals with their relationship with food while connecting with a community of like-minded individuals.

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 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 nutrition information and general education for the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Educates health professionals about the most current information in diabetes research and treatment options. Advocates for national funding for diabetes research.