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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 a free and anonymous syringe exchange program. Program distributes new syringes and disposes of used syringes, safer use supplies, naloxone, wound care kits, fentanyl test strips, xyalazine test strips, and overdose prevention education.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations.

Administers the registration and title of all motor vehicles. Issues Vermont license plates. Issues Vermont Driver Licenses, Commercial Driver Licenses, School Bus Driver Licenses, and Motorcycle Driver Licenses. Provides driver training information and issues ID (Non-driver) cards and Learner Permits. Provides school bus driver training information and administers scheduling for driver's license exams. Issues Foreign and International Licenses.

Oversees complaints of violations of civil law. These include violations of laws regarding traffic, the environment, fish and wildlife, hazing, and minors' possession of alcohol and tobacco. Also includes violations regarding animal control, cruelty to animals, public nuisances, junkyards, recycling, liquor control, non-criminal marijuana violations, health regulation, and zoning.

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

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 safe, confidential, temporary emergency shelter and supportive services.

Provides rehabilitative therapies including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology to help individuals recovering from surgery, stroke, or illness. Also provides pediatric rehabilitative therapies.

Provides limited emergency funds to qualified applicants for utility, housing costs, and other urgent needs, which are paid directly to utility company or vendor.

Offers a 12 Step recovery program for individuals who wish to stop the compulsive behavior of drinking. Also provides information about dates, times, and locations of meetings.

Provides a co-working facility with access to affordable equipment, work spaces, and conference/class/meeting areas.

Provides scholarships for people pursuing associate or bachelor's degrees in early childhood education or early childhood special education. Also provides financial bonuses for program reaccreditation and incentive payments for programs and staff.

Offers a series of health-related workshops and presentations for the community, many of which are offered by health professionals. Information about local wellness programs is provided on line and is also published in flyer form. Topics may include movement and exercise, nutrition, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Addresses complaints regarding housing discrimination, mobile and manufactured homes, deceptive contractors, issues with poor maintenance, health and safety risks. Also handles complaints about mismanagement and fraud on the part of landlords or property managers of HUD-insured and HUD-subsidized housing.

Provides interactive tools for finding Vermont state parks (Find a Park) and trails in both Vermont and New Hampshire (Trail Finder). Also available is an online and phone number registration system for reserving campsites, cabins, cottages, picnic areas and group sites in Vermont state parks. Park passes can be purchased online.

Provides supplemental food, including fresh produce. Personal care items may be available depending on donations.

Pursues the preservation and protection of endangered land resources from indiscriminate development. Partners with local and statewide conservation organizations to conserve Vermont lands for the future. Conservation efforts include acquisition of development rights transferred through conservation easements for Vermont farms, working forest projects, and community projects. Also offers an online directory of conserved land open to the public for recreational trails.

Sells new and gently used furniture, building supplies, appliances, tools, housewares, clothings and home improvement products. The Franklin Grand Isle Habitat Warehouse Store accepts donations of used vehicles for scrap. Proceeds help to fund area Habitat for Humanity.

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.

Helps Vermonters with disabilities to find and keep meaningful employment. HireAbility VT works closely with employment specialists at Supported Employment Programs who provide a wide range of services designed to teach necessary skills, help a person transition into a job, and ensure that employers meet the needs of their employees.

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 2-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.

Provides safety information regarding smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, and fireworks.

Provides involuntary, intensive psychiatric care for individuals unable to receive treatment and care in other settings. Also provides court-ordered secure observation of individuals for evaluation and determination of competency.

Provides funding for vehicle repairs required to pass the emissions portion of the annual state inspection. Funding is for vehicle emissions systems repairs, covering up to 50% of the vehicle's fair market value, with a maximum of $2,500.