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The Resource Specialist supports families in reaching their goals related to maintaining safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments, by providing resources, referrals, and direct support with benefits/services navigation, application assistance, housing information, and advocacy.

Provides ways to connect with individuals who share common life experiences or goals for support, education and mutual aid. Offers monthly support groups as well as telephone support. Provides new information and strategies for preventing or confronting problems, options to find emotional and other support from others and build confidence, and the opportunity to help others. Lists volunteer opportunities and a search tool for local events for individuals affected by MS.

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.

Provides prevention and rapid re-housing assistance for Veterans and their families to help them obtain or retain stable housing. Program includes needs assessment, intensive case management, and financial and housing counseling. May also provide referrals to, and assistance with, other Veteran benefits and programs in the community.

Provides professional assistance with the assessment and development of plans for the care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for in-home care services. The Sharon Health Initiative's community health care worker will coordinate the delivery of needed services like adequate food and shelter and overall management of th individual's health well-being. This may include provision of assistance/education around following medical advice and proper medication taking, assessing in-home mobility safety to reduce the risk of falls, assisting families with understanding the issues and needs of the family member requiring in-home care services, and providing ongoing follow-up visits to ensure the best possible health outcomes. All services provided are confidential and specific to each individual's needs.

Offers specialized information and referral to resources about living with ALS, including disability benefits and rights, insurance information, and home modification; ALS Equipment Loan Program focused on high cost durable medical equipment (mobility and ADLs) and augmentative communication needs; supports for newly diagnosed persons and caregivers; advocacy and education conferences; ALS Academy for professionals; information about research and clinical trials; and a newsletter.

Provides a variety of life-long, advanced learning opportunities. Students have the opportunity to lead meetings, create their own course catalogs, teach classes to their peers, and organize community service projects.

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

Offers 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.

Assists caregivers in accessing supportive services and programs for which they may be eligible. Caregivers may apply for small grants enabling them to have a period of respite from their caregiving responsibilities. Support services may also include coordination of support groups, caregiver trainings, and self-care informational bulletins and newsletters.

Provides community-based support to persons with a variety of cognitive challenges, including TBI, dementia, and physical impairments. Support includes assistance in accessing the community for housing, employment, medical appointments, and social events. Pride Inc specializes in developing social networks and developing and maintaining positive relationships. Also provides community-based residential living in the shared home of a trained person.

Provides matching services and one-to-one support between community volunteers and individuals. Activities may include attending social activities, running errands, and spending time together. Advocates may also act as spokespersons, assisting with housing, employment, legal, medical or other needs.

Provides an online resource center that includes frequently asked questions and informational articles related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Provides free and confidential emotional support, advocacy, and referrals to LGBTQ+ Vermonters who have experienced violence, including domestic, sexual, or hate violence, bias, workplace or housing harassment or discrimination, trafficking, or stalking. The SafeSpace Anti-Violence Program works in trauma-sensitive ways with LGBTQ+ survivors of violence & harm and LGBTQ+ people who cause violence and harm.

Provides progressive levels of community support and supervision for at-risk youth or for youth who are on probation. Community case managers provide home-based support such as curfew checks and assuring youth’s activities are consistent with probation conditions.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations. Also offers holiday assistance which comes in the form of a gift card to the local supermarket.

Provides case management, advocacy, information, social support, emergency financial assistance, housing assistance, transportation assistance, education, information and referral to social service organizations.

Offers specialized information and referral to resources about living with ALS, including disability benefits and rights, insurance information, and home modification; ALS Equipment Loan Program focused on high cost durable medical equipment (mobility and ADLs) and augmentative communication needs; supports for newly diagnosed persons and caregivers; advocacy and education conferences; ALS Academy for professionals; information about research and clinical trials; and a newsletter.

Provides legal advice or representation to individuals regardless of having filed a police report. Program assists survivors of domestic violence who want protective orders, or advice on divorce, custody, and visitation; elders and vulnerable adults facing abuse or financial exploitation; victims with housing, employment, or government benefits issues; and victims who need help safeguarding their rights through criminal proceedings.

Works one-on-one with Medicare beneficiaries to prevent, detect, and report potential Medicare fraud. Provides a national telephone helpline.

Provides information about kinship care rights and support services. Helps families involved with kinship care make contact with local Kinship Peer Navigators who can provide information, education, and support to ensure families have access to the social services that are available to children in kinship care.

Helps families with children by providing case management services that support work, training and education, and cash grants for basic necessities. Reach Up helps with identifying skills, abilities, interests, training or education needs, preparation for work, childcare costs, transportation costs, and work-related costs such as clothing, tools, and supplies. Each person on Reach Up works with a case manager to create a Family Development Plan. Benefits paid through direct deposit or EBT card. Child-Only Reach Up provides cash assistance to help eligible adults care for the minor, dependent children of relatives or family friends. Reach First helps families overcome temporary, short-term financial crises and avoid the need for longer-term assistance, providing case management, financial help, and support services. Reach Ahead helps families transition from Vermont's Reach Up or Post-Secondary Education (PSE) programs to working, with supports to help maintain a job, including cash incentives for working and help paying for car repairs, work clothes, and work supplies, a 100% childcare subsidy, and a cash benefit for food.

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.

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.