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Provides one-stop centers that offer an array of employment and training services. Helps job seekers assess skills and interests, explore training options, create a job search plan, write a resume, and find a job. Job seekers can access computers, educational resources, and information on employers. Training and pre-job assistance services include ICAN, which pairs qualified individuals with an employment coordinator to assist them with resources, support services, job readiness skills, case management, and job placement.

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.

Coordinates/Provides transportation to medical appointments, as well as dental, vision, counseling, prescription pick-up, and other covered transportation services for eligible Medicaid recipients. Offers volunteer driving opportunities.

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

Provides a 20% discount off the monthly natural gas bill (except for the line item charge related to funding the low income program itself).

Provides a smartphone app (Transit) with real time route information and trip planning. The real time route information shows potentially available on-demand transportation options. Buses and/or volunteer drivers may be able to pick up users if driver's current location allows.

Works to bring community members together by offering a range of programs, including a community meal; limited support fund; community events such as music, theater, clothing repair, and Haiku; and youth enrichment and organizing activities.

Offers in person and telehealth services including: birth control, well-person check ups, sexual health care, STD testing and treatment, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception, cancer screenings, reproductive life planning, HIV testing and prevention, PrEP and PEP, menopause and perimenopause services, transgender health care, hormone therapy, and medication abortion services.

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, childbirth education, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Hosts two different types of legal clinics. Family Law Clinics connect volunteer lawyers with pre-screened clients for limited counsel and advice on family law related matters. Rent Escrow Clinics offer limited representation to clients facing eviction.

Provides monthly take-away fresh produce and healthy groceries, as well as information/recipes for meal preparation using the fresh produce being given away at each distribution.

Provides assessments for fall risks by licensed professionals including a physical therapist, an occupational therapist and a nurse. Makes recommendations for home modifications that can include ramps, grab bars, and stair adaptations.

Provides a wide range of recreational activities and services that facilitate positive social goals and healthy personality development. Services include academic support, social and emotional development programs, a monthly teen night, Kids Club, a state licensed after school program, school supplies assistance, and daily meals.

Provides opportunities for parents to participate in a wide variety of recreational activities with their children.

Provides loans to qualified homeowners for window energy upgrades, heat pumps and other efficient heating systems, insulation, air sealing, renewables, health and safety measures, and other items that improve a home's energy efficiency.

Represents individuals who receive long term care services in nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living residences, or their own homes through the Choices for Care Program. Issues addressed include quality of care, quality of life, and residents' rights.

Provides assistance for people who need housing including information and guidance about rental costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to provide for insurance, utility costs, and other requirements related to paying for housing. Coordinates with other providers in the community to help individuals and families obtain or maintain housing. May offer limited financial assistance with rent, rental deposit, and other payments. Also provides information on tenant rights and responsibilities.

Provides preventive health care as well as diagnosis and treatment of illness in children, adolescents and adults. Services include primary medical care such as physical health examinations, acute and chronic health screenings, obstetric care, laboratory testing, teen family planning and birth control counseling. Pediatric primary care is staffed by specialists who are concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of infants, children and adolescents from birth to young adulthood.

Provides information, referral, and individual advocacy services, including legal representation when appropriate. Focus is on preventing or redressing abuse, neglect, and serious rights violations in a wide range of areas, including education, the criminal justice system, health care, mental health care, employment, housing, and transportation. Also works to increase access to assistive technology for people with disabilities.

Provides pet adoption services; Community education about pet care; Shelter for animals who have been abandoned, abused or surrendered by their owners; Spay and Neutering programs; and Investigation of reported cruelty and neglect of animals. Also offers Sophie's Seniors, a special reduced-rate adoption and support program for older adults, and a petfood food shelf for those unable to properly feed their animals. With Jake's Friends Fund, provides financial assistance with veterinary expenses for pet owners in need.

Provides a flexible, on demand in-town service for Springfield and North Springfield. Services no longer are restricted to existing bus routes. Trips are offered in a small van or bus and will include other riders. Provides curb-to-curb service.

Assists individuals with regaining their licenses while they are paying off fines and fees. Program participants work with diversion staff to develop contracts that include a payment plan. Participants must satisfy the Vermont Judicial Bureau and the Department of Motor Vehicles requirements. Successful completion of program leads to criminal charges being dismissed.

Offers a series of health-related workshops and presentations for the community, many of which are offered by health professionals. Topics can include movement and exercise, nutrition, childbirth education, car seat safety, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Provides mobile Community Outreach Specialists who work in partnership with local and regional law enforcement to respond to individuals with unmet social services needs, often due (but not limited to) to mental health or substance use issues.

Provides community food shelf services.