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Provides transportation to senior meals, medical appointments including hospital visits to Central Vermont Medical Center and Dartmouth, as well as shopping and the Mad River Valley Food Shelf. Offers transportation volunteer opportunities.

Provides services that may include transportation, errand-running, friendly visiting, computer/internet assistance, occasional help with gardening and lawn care, loans of mobility equipment, delivery of food shelf items, and referrals to state, county, and federal 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 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 social and emotional support for children with challenging behavior and/or who have or are experiencing trauma, and consultation and partnership with families and early care and education providers.

Offers two prescription drug programs. VPharm provides a discount on prescription medicines with no monthly premiums. Healthy Vermonters helps pay for prescription medicines with affordable monthly premiums.

Provides a central location to wait for the bus, obtain customer service, as well as to get schedules.Also serves as a warming center during cold weather and a cooling center during hot weather.

Offers a collection of five step by step video tutorials that help individuals move through the steps of common legal and benefit issues. Tutorial topics include divorce, relief from abuse orders, security deposits, small claims, and social security appeals. Also included is a video overview on what to expect when getting ready for a court hearing.

Provides low-cost or free health care for adults. Vermont Medicaid includes doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions, vision, and some dental care. Also covers long-term care in a nursing home or at home, and physical therapy. Medicaid for the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (MABD) is also available. Assists Vermonters in enrolling in (and answers questions about) Medicaid and MABD. The member services line can help with filling out the application.

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.

Educates the public about alternative, renewable energy sources, promotes investment in clean, safe renewable energy, and works to reduce toxic threats to the environment and human health throughout the state. VPIRG is also the lead advocacy agency for accuracy in labeling, requiring clear and specific disclosure of all ingredients, including genetically modified organisms (GMOs), that go into the production of food being sold in Vermont.

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

Provides individualized outpatient substance use assessment and treatment services for individuals who are dependent upon, or at risk of becoming dependent upon, alcohol or other substances. Also provides family substance use counseling for families dealing with adolescent substance use issues and provides group treatment services for adolescents. Provides information about alcohol and drug use, the effects on individuals, families and communities, as well as information to the public about strategies for prevention and early intervention.

Provides children's hospital services and primary care services staffed by specialists who are concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of infants, children and adolescents from birth to young adulthood. Pediatricians have advanced training in the biological, social and environmental factors that have an influence on a developing child and have expertise in diagnosing and treating the acute and chronic diseases that are common to individuals in this age range.

Provides comprehensive cancer-related treatment in a research-based, clinical care environment. Services include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgical treatment, and palliative care for individuals with cancer. Also researches cancer causes, prevention, cures, and treatments.

Provides adoption services and support that includes, but is not limited to: all-options, non-directive, judgment-free pregnancy counseling; free, independent legal assistance; free, independent counseling before and after pregnancy; and lifelong support. Friends in Adoption (FIA) also works with prospective adoptive parents to help prepare and guide them through the adoption process. FIA specializes in "open" adoptions, where birth parents may have contact to some degree with the adoptive family, but also handles closed adoptions. FIA's website has information about different adoption options and a list of potential adoptive families. FIA also provides adoption training for healthcare/counseling professionals.

Offers assistance for navigating the Vermont court system. Provides help with court forms, information about getting help from attorneys, and other administrative processes during court proceedings.

Offers a 12 step recovery program for individuals affected by someone else's drinking. Also provides information about dates, times, and locations of meetings.

Provides a variety of core services in the communities it serves, including emergency support and assistance. Services include problem-solving support, assistance accessing resources, prejob guidance, employment goal setting, budget counseling, tenant-landlord mediation, community food shelf services, and emergency assistance with other basic needs such as utility payment assistance and housing. Also provides assistance with filling out benefit program applications and other forms.

Provides scheduled long distance bus services from Colchester to Albany and Rensselaer, New York via Route 7 with stops in Burlington and South Burlington, Ferrisberg/Vergennes, Middlebury, Brandon, Rutland, Wallingford, Manchester Center, and Bennington.

Provides prenatal and postpartum support including childbirth education, breastfeeding support, parenting strategies, coping skills, and information on health and safety issues.

Offers assistance for navigating the Vermont court system. Provides help with court forms, information about getting help from attorneys, and other administrative processes during court proceedings.

Provides youth employment services that include vocational testing and assessment to help identify skills, talents and experience; career guidance to help plan and map out a career strategy; tutoring and study skills training; summer employment opportunities; paid work experience including internships and job shadowing; leadership development opportunities; and support services to help overcome employment barriers.

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

Provides a post-secondary educational option offering two-year Associates Degree programs and Certificate Programs at twelve regional Academic Centers, as well as through the Center for Online Learning. Classes may be online or in-person.