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Provides a safer, supervised visitation and exchange space for children and their non-custodial parents in a child-friendly, secure location,staffed by trained monitors.

Provides home entry and bathroom accessibility modifications. Offers financial assistance for nonprofit housing providers for accessibility modifications in their affordable rental housing.

Provides legal advice or representation for Vermonters who have a civil legal problem. Areas of priority include: housing, relief from abuse, financial exploitation, victim’s rights, Social Security, Medicaid, and protection of personal autonomy. Represents Medicare beneficiaries who also receive Medicaid in Medicare appeals concerning home health services, durable medical equipment, nursing care and prescription drug coverage.

Insures deposits at federally insured credit unions, protects the members who own credit unions, and charters and regulates federal credit unions. Provides services through its online Consumer Assistance Center, which include answers to questions, a complaint process, and a toll-free hotline. Informs consumers about fraud alerts and prevention strategies through its Fraud Hotline and online Fraud Prevention Center. Provides a Financial Literacy & Education webpage with links to informational material.

Provides a Thanksgiving meal.

Provides screening, diagnostics, and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Offers individual, group, conjoint (couples), and family counseling, therapy groups, medication and other mental health services for community residents, including those who have may be experiencing difficulty resolving personal or interpersonal conflicts or making personal adjustments to stressful life situations.

Co-sponsors an annual Bike Safety Fair with Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital providing residents with information about safe biking practices and offering bike helmets to all participants. A minor bike repair station may also be available.

Offers strength and balance training for older adults

Provides a voluntary program for youth who have received a civil violation for underage drinking or possession of alcohol, or a civil violation for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. The program consists of a substance abuse assessment, screening, an education program, and community service. Once clients successfully complete the program, their civil violation is voided.

Provides hands-on learning opportunities to teach skills that promote success in life. Young people can join a 4-H club, Cloverbud, special interest, or school enrichment group. Activities include project learning, community service, and recreational activities.

Provides spay services for cats who are pregnant or who have given birth. Once the pet is done weaning her kittens and her milk has dried up, she will be spayed and receive any other medical care she needs, before being returned to her owner. All offspring will be kept by the PMFAS to be placed up for adoption.

Provides comprehensive services to individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, and other pervasive developmental disorders. Individuals are assigned professional service coordinators who are responsible for clients' Individualized Support Agreements, and for assisting them in achieving success in the community. Services include personal support and case management, specialized residential programs, psychiatric and medical care, vocational and skill acquisition training, family support services, and support services to individuals in nursing homes. Provides a spectrum of supported living arrangements to meet the needs of each person. Clinical services for individuals include provision of a psychiatrist to provide evaluation, medication checks, and after-hours consultation on medication issues. Also provides care coordination services.

Provides legal services to individuals who are at risk of losing their homes due to financial hardship. Also helps with estate planning and legal assistance to heirs who need help getting the deed to the home they inherited.

Provides reimbursement for transportation for individuals who have used public transportation or have car pooled or van pooled to commute to work and who need alternative transportation to get home because of disruption in their commuting arrangements. Causes of disruption included can be a family emergency or an unexpected requirement to work overtime. Guaranteed Ride Home reimburses travel fees up to $70.

Offers apprenticeships in the following areas: Certified Public Bookkeeper, Manufacturing Production Technician, Medical Assisting, Medical Records Assistant, and Pharmacy Technician. All offerings pair credit-bearing classes with on-the-job learning.

Provides information about foster care and coordinates support and resources for foster parents of children in State of Vermont custody.

Provides rental assistance to help individuals live in safe and decent housing of their choice.

Provides door-to-door transportation in lift-equipped vans to individuals unable to use public transportation. Eligible clients may use transportation for medical appointments as well as errands, shopping, and other non-medical appointments. Offers volunteer driving opportunities.

Provides small, limited, community food services. Residents encouraged to take what they need and/or donate what they can in support of the pantry.

Provides free college courses for Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) staff and Vermonters who are incarcerated, including textbooks and fees.

Provides consulting and support services for Vermont public libraries, support for statewide library networks, including interlibrary loans, library services for the blind and physically disabled, continuing education for librarians, state government information by telephone and website for the general public, support for general public research needs, including pro se legal, grant and genealogy information, access to historical and current newspapers published in Vermont, and access to historical documents of Vermont state government and the federal government.

Provides information about travel advisories, airport traffic, border crossings, as well as travel assistance for US citizens and international travelers. Explains declaration and customs duty requirements for travelers returning from international destinations.

Provides a full range of supportive services for individuals with a limited life expectancy and their families. Also provides comprehensive palliative and support care to individuals in need of pain and other symptom management, whether or not they have a life limiting illness. Provides bereavement support services that include individual grief counseling and/or support groups.

Provides transportation for older adults and people with disabilities for whom regular bus service does not work. Offers rides to medical appointments, senior meal sites, shopping, social activities, work, errands, and essential services. Offers volunteer driving opportunities.

Provides a bi weekly community lunch and dinner. Local businesses or organizations may volunteer to organize, set up, break down, and serve the meal. Reimbursement by Grafton Cares for the cost of ingredients is possible if desired.