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Provides cancer risk assessment and counseling for individuals who may have increased risk of cancer due to family history. Genetic tests may be used to establish whether a predisposition to some types of familial cancer exists. Participation in confidential research studies designed to learn more about familial cancer available to those interested. Education and recommendations for cancer screening and prevention are also provided.

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 direct support to individuals, including assistance with medical or dental appointments, accessing Medicaid or other health insurance, and referring individuals to specific service providers.

Provides access to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs for older adults and individuals with disabilities by paying a portion of the cost of a CSA share. This program helps participants access a reliable source of fresh, healthy, local food and connects them with other community members.

Provides intensive inpatient and outpatient medical services to treat specific traumatic injuries generally incurred in or around combat. Amputee rehabilitation, brain trauma, case care management, and physical therapy are all included in the medical services.

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 temporary emergency shelter for families, along with supportive services for housing and employment, help with budgeting skills, connecting with appropriate state agencies, establishing child care, and transportation to meetings and appointments.

Provides a list of deadlines, benefits, resources, and common legal problems that can come up after a flooding disaster. Also includes dates and times for free flood legal assistance clinics.

Supports young adults who are stably housed and seeking to move forward with their personal goals. Program goal is to improve access to mental health services for young adults most at risk of poor life outcomes.

Takes reports about and investigates crimes relating to prescription drug abuse and misuse.

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.

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 a recovery program for individuals with substance use issues. The program offers the opportunity to form close relationships with peers and recovery coaches that can support them in developing a healthy lifestyle that is rewarding and free from substance use.

Provides individuals who qualify with legal interpretation and "translation" support for court proceedings, including divorce, custody, child support, relief from abuse, eviction, small claims, probate/guardianship, Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS), and Termination of Parental Rights (TPR). Also provides interpretation and explanation for Vermont administrative proceedings, such as 3SquaresVT or Medicaid appeals.

Provides a transitional housing program to individuals leaving incarceration and transitioning to the community.

Offers a court diversion program that connects participants with substance use, mental health, and other community-based service supports, 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

Engages in early childhood care and education legislative advocacy. Let's Grow Kids Action Network works with statewide partners to advance the policy agenda both in Vermont communities and in the State House and provides educational resources for community members who want to help advocacy efforts.

Provides access to community resources, including financial, medical, and legal information. In addition, a coordinator works with peers to improve options for independent living in the community.

Provides licenses to establishments that prepare and serve food or offer lodging to the public for more than one day a month. Provides information about Vermont restaurant and lodging rules. The establishments licensed by VDH include, but are not limited to, restaurants, delis, bakeries, seafood vendors, food caterers, fair stands, B&Bs, children's camps, grocery stores, and hotels. Accepts complaints about restaurant sanitation, as well as reports of possible food poisoning.

Offers a support group facilitated by a local therapist.

Provides financial assistance of up to 50,000 dollars per unit to make vacant rental units available by assisting with health and safety repairs, as well as repairing code violations such as electrical, plumbing, water, septic, heating systems, roof, accessibility, and other structural repairs. Program participants are required to provide a 20% match of grant funds and rent units at or below HUD Fair Market Rent prices. Program can also assist with the creation of new units, including accessory dwelling units.

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 information and referral services, a family resource library, emotional support, and help locating mental health services and other services a family or a youth in transition may need. Provides information about specialized summer camps and camperships.

Provides contact information for Vermont's County Foresters, state employees who are available to provide information, technical assistance, and outreach to Vermonters about managing and stewarding forest land.

Provides assistance to libraries in the form of training, program materials and promotional items for participants. The libraries in turn create story times focused on early literacy skills and readiness for school. Participating libraries bring early literacy experiences to children, parents and childcare providers. Provides the public with list of participating libraries.