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Provides information on degrees and credentials, career paths, and required skills and competencies for people interested in a career in early childhood education.

Offers free clothing to individuals and families. Provision of fall and winter clothing is dependent upon types and sizes that have been donated.

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 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.

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, immunizations, acute and chronic health screenings, laboratory testing, and birth control counseling. Provides onsite coordinated primary care, mental health services, and substance abuse services to enhance access to appropriate prevention, treatment, recovery and wellness services and activities. Programs for health maintenance and public health awareness services are also offered. Coordinates and supports provision of non-emergency medical transportation through local transportation programs to health and wellness appointments.

Provides formal supervision of offenders released conditionally on probation or parole or confined to their homes or other venues in the community.

Provides public bus transportation services in local and long distance routes. Offers commuting services with the Waterbury Commuter and Northfield Commuter. Provides regional commuting service to Burlington via the Montpelier LINK Express. Offers deviated fixed routes within certain distance from standard routes.

Offers ongoing one-to-one programs and summer camps that reconnect youth with the skills and values of Vermont’s traditional working landscape. Activities may include classical horsemanship, the arts, gardening, and sustainable agricultural practices. Participants build confidence and social skills as they learn about the work and play of a working beef and horse farm.

Provides flexibly scheduled and routed door-to-door (or curb-to-curb) transportation services. Coordinates and provides non-emergency medical transportation to health and wellness appointments, including for individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid or Senior Rides transportation programs. Offers transportation for individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorder to support groups, job training and access, recovery centers, drug testing, and other services. Provides transportation service to and from areas outside of the Northeast Kingdom and the state, provided the client prepays the negotiated cost of the trip(s). Offers volunteer driver opportunities.

Provides monthly supplemental nutrition assistance benefits to low-income households to purchase food. Households in which any person is younger than 65 access their benefit using a Vermont Express electronic benefits transfer (EBT) debit card. If everyone in a household is 65 or older, or receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), benefits are deposited as cash into the recipient's bank account. Expedited benefits are available in emergencies and other specific situations. EBT cards may also be used to buy fresh, local products at certain farmers' markets in Vermont. A list of farmer's markets that can accept EBT cards is available on the website. In addition, 3SquaresVT benefits may be used for seeds and plants that grow fruit and vegetables at any retailer or farmer's market that accepts EBT cards.

Works to reduce the over-population of unwanted cats by stabilizing barn cat colonies and reducing the number of free-roaming cats through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Organizes humane trapping of unowned and loosely owned cats from farms, outbuildings, and the streets; provides spay/neuter services, vaccinations, and needed medical care; and returns them to their original environment or partners with other agencies that place adoptable animals in appropriate homes. Also provides periodic spay/neuter clinics.

Offers a restorative justice program focused on holding individuals accountable for their actions while learning ways to repair the harm they have done and to not re-offend.

Offers weekly home visits of 2-3 hours for three consecutive months by trained volunteers to families with new babies. Provides support, health and safety information, practical assistance, and information about appropriate community resources. Practical assistance may include respite child care, transportation as available, meal preparation, light housekeeping, companionship, and errand running. Also serves expectant mothers on bed rest.

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 money management counseling services that include credit counseling, debt counseling, personalized budgeting, credit report education, bankruptcy counseling, and financial literacy training.

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 an educational series designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. Skilled trainers provide lessons on reducing stress, communicating effectively with others, reducing guilt/anger/depression, setting goals, problem-solving and taking care of oneself.

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

Enforces federal and state statutes and regulations in order to assure the safety and well-being of persons who are elderly or disabled. Receives and investigates complaints about providers of health care services. Licenses and provides information to the general public about health care facilities and services such as nursing homes, residential care homes, hospitals and home health care.

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

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 direct mental health and substance use disorder services via private, non-profit service providers, called Designated Agencies (DAs), located in each region. DAs offer prevention services to reduce risk factors and increase resiliency and protective factors for children and youth at risk for serious mental health needs, as well as their families. Also provides intervention and treatment services.

Provides a flexible-schedule, flexible-route curb-to-curb service. MyRide is an on-demand travel service that takes multiple passengers heading in the same direction and books them into a shared vehicle.

Provides safe, confidential, temporary emergency shelter and supportive services.