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Helps Vermonters with moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries find a community-based living situation among family and friends. The program provides rehabilitation and support to individuals to help them maximize their independence and ultimately return to work. Services include rehabilitation, 24-hour care and supervision, crisis support, intensive counseling, medication review and instruction, employment supports to assist a person in finding and keeping a job, and other individualized supports and services.

Provides information, advice and advocacy to patients voluntarily admitted to inpatient psychiatric facilities or who are held on an involuntary 72-hour hold as part of an Emergency Examination. Offers outreach to individuals with mental health issues at designated hospitals and emergency departments. Investigates cases of serious abuse, neglect, and violation of rights against persons with mental illness who may not otherwise have access to Disability Rights Vermont services.

Provides a community-wide, coordinated effort to identify, assess and find appropriate options for homeless individuals and families seeking housing or related services, and/or for those at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

Provides information via internet about weather-related road conditions, traffic conditions, and highway construction.

Provides patient-centered physical and mental health care delivered by a team of primary care and mental health clinicians. Services include medical, mental health and substance use disorder counseling, psychiatry, family planning, dietary counseling, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening, and on-site lab services. The Community Health Pharmacy program offers discounted prescriptions to all patients. Also provides consultations and support for eligibility for State and Federal Benefits and low-cost drug manufacturer discount programs.

Provides services for opiate addiction including screening, intake, assessment, treatment planning, methadone maintenance, medically supervised withdrawal, counseling services, case management and referral, medical services, discharge planning and follow-up.

Provides a portal through which Vermonters can apply for health insurance. Offers help in understanding and applying for health insurance. Helps small businesses enroll in group health plans.

Offers help with payment for child care. Support varies according to need.

Provides a safe, supervised visitation and exchange space for children and their non-custodial parents in a child-friendly, secure location.

Assists individuals with finding local resources.

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 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 assessment and treatment for opiate addiction. Services include screening intake, assessment, treatment planning, medically supervised withdrawal, counseling services, case management and referral, medical services, discharge planning, and follow-up.

Provides a noon meal as well as a dessert, and breakfast is served on Sundays.

Offers help with payment for child care. Support varies according to need.

Provides telephone and face-to-face crisis intervention services for individuals whose emotional distress may range in severity from difficulty in coping with daily stress to the crisis of a psychotic episode. Enhanced Mobile Crisis Services provide rapid mobile response for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. A trained two-person team can meet the individual at home, workplace, or another community setting, providing support and comfort including safety plans, peer support, care coordination and follow up and, if needed, temporary overnight accommodation. Also provides the Front Porch, which accepts walk-ins for individuals in crisis, based in Newport.

Provides mediation services through which disputes are resolved with the help of a mediator in an effort to avoid resorting to court intervention. Situations that may benefit from mediation are disputes with neighbors, such as noise, vandalism, animal complaints, and parking issues; landlord tenant disputes; school discipline and truancy matters; and problems related to business or workplace conflicts.

Provides a broad selection of recreational opportunities and leisure time activities.

Provides free, confidential options counseling to assist pregnant people and their supports in exploring their options, including adoption, abortion, and parenting. Counselors provide information about the full range of options and support birth parents as they consider their decision. Counselors provide impartial, non-judgmental, advice and support free from time pressure.

Issues Vermont's Disabled Plates and Windshield Placards that allow individuals to park in designated spaces in public areas or in front of their homes. Also allows parking for unlimited periods of time in time limit zones as well as parking in metered parking areas without paying fees.

Provides shelter for animals who have been abandoned, abused or surrendered by their owners. Services include animal adoption, pet food pantry, spay/neuter services, community education about pet care, and reporting of cruelty and neglect of animals to local authorities.

Provides training that introduces new riders to the public transit system and teaches them to use bus service effectively. Participants are educated first in a classroom setting and then paired with an experienced travel advisor to learn the basic components of the system, including routes, fares, schedules, and policies. Helps build confidence in riding the bus and traveling independently. Accepts volunteers to serve as travel advisors.

Offers talks, courses, ongoing support, and advanced training in a holistic approach to caring for and teaching children and teens that integrates attention to mind, body, inner well-being, and relationship development.

Provides a broad selection of recreational opportunities and leisure time activities.

Provides administrative services, translation and interpretive services, referrals, transportation services, and a free computer lab for community use. In addition, this program currently supports the Direct Services Program in which community members work with volunteers to fill out human services paperwork, study for the GED, TOEFL, and Citizenship exams, fill out college applications, and work on summer-school homework.