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Offers the services of Certified Recovery Coaches/Peer support specialist, who work both one-on-one with people on all paths to recovery to help them plan and make positive improvement in their lives, as well as with their families. Recovery Coaches also help guide people in recovery to finding resources such as detox and treatment, housing, food, heat, clothing, and transportation, and resources for improving relationships and getting connected with others in recovery with whom they can relate.

Administers a network of state service programs that engage volunteers, both full and part-time, to serve in nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations where they provide intensive services to meet needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. Members' services may include opportunities to tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disaster. AmeriCorps' programs include AmeriCorps VISTA, the AmeriCorps NCCC Program (National Civilian Community Corps), FEMACorps, and Senior Corps. Senior Corps volunteer opportunities include RSVP (Retired Seniors Volunteer Program) that matches skills and experiences with needs of the community, the Foster Grandparents Program, a tutoring and mentoring program, and the Senior Companion Program, assisting and caring for the elderly. Full-time AmeriCorps members also receive a modest living allowance, health care benefits, and child care.

Provides classes for non-English-speaking and limited-English-speaking individuals to learn listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with an emphasis on developing the level of communication competence necessary for community life and workplace participation.

Supports the successful re-entry into the community of people released from incarceration through Circles of Support and Accountability (COSAs). COSAs are made up of citizen volunteers who work with participants to help them learn to manage the challenges of everyday life, be accountable for their actions and become responsible community members. Volunteer coordinators may help establish links to employment, housing, transportation, and benefit programs.

Provides services and supports to prevent individuals falling into homelessness, stabilize their housing, move to more sustainable housing, or get assistance with rehousing

Provides legal information and lawyer referral services to ensure that individuals know their legal rights and how to assert them when facing discrimination or legal concerns.

Provides a webpage with a map of Vermont divided into towns. Each town is color-coded to indicate which Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) covers that town. The key to the map provides the phone numbers for all the SWMDs. The website itself (as well as individual SWD websites) contains important information about hazardous waste disposal, including how to properly dispose of such items as computers, tires, and batteries. The website also provides detailed information about Act 148, Vermont's Universal Recycling Law, which covers how to comply with the law's requirements on how to dispose of plastic, paper, yard debris, clean wood, food scraps, and other organic materials.

Provides hands-on learning opportunities to teach skills that promote success in life. Young people can join a 4-H club, Cloverbud, special interest, or school enrichment group. Activities include project learning, community service, and recreational activities.

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 Work Incentives Counselors who can help individuals decide whether to work, keep necessary benefits while they work, and avoid work/benefits conflicts. The program is also available to youth in high school who are in transition to adult life. Youth and their families can receive accurate information about the impact of employment on all Federal and State benefits they receive. Provides the Vermont Work/Benefits Helpline.

Provides free clothing to individuals in need. Participates annually in providing free winter clothing. Types and sizes of winter clothing availability is dependent upon donations received.

Fields questions about the status of current legislation.

Offers a way to compensate for food lost during a disaster, such as a flood or fire, loss of electricity, or equipment failure. Recipients are eligible to have a portion or all of their benefit replaced, depending on the value of the food they lost due to the disaster.

Responds to reports of suspected child abuse and neglect, and helps parents get the services and supports they need. Vermont Department for Children and Families Family Services Division (DCF/FSD) is also responsible for placing children in temporary out-of-home care when necessary to keep them safe, working with parents and relatives toward children's safe return home, and finding permanent homes for children who can't return home safely. The program provides a hotline number for reporting suspected cases of child abuse, neglect, or risk of harm. Social workers who answer the line take reports, conduct investigations, assess families, and make recommendations for services to alleviate family stress and improve parenting skills.

Offers wellness, fitness, and fall prevention programs that may include classes in yoga, strength training, and tai chi. The Secrets of Healthy Aging, a twice monthly facilitated discussion group that is followed by a social pot luck lunch is currently on hold until further notice.

Provides financial assistance to help Green Mountain Power (GMP) customers pay their bill when they have received a disconnect notice. Part of the bill will be paid by the program, and payment arrangements will be made for the balance.

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

Provides shopping routes to the public. Morrisville Shopper is daily, Monday-Friday. Runs between Stowe and Morrisville.

Meets people with empathy and practical tools, offering one-on-one problem-solving to meet urgent needs while helping to promote long-term stability. Prevents utility shutoffs and restores heat and electricity, Stabilizes housing by providing emergency rental and back rent assistance, Supports flood recovery and disaster response, Helps unhoused families and individuals move into permanent housing. Also offers Community Resource and Food navigation and Application support.

Provides an intensive inpatient treatment program that includes 24-hour nursing, on-site medical detoxification, individualized treatment, medication management, family and significant other programs, and management of co-occurring disorders.

Provides screening, diagnostics, and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Offers individual, group, conjoint (couples), and family counseling, therapy groups, medication and other mental health services for community residents, including those who have may be experiencing difficulty resolving personal or interpersonal conflicts or making personal adjustments to stressful life situations.

Provides families with modest financial assistance, as well as basic necessities such as diapers, clothing, gas cards, grocery cards and children's items.

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 weekly online peer support via Zoom led by trained volunteers who have recovered from their own eating disorder, or volunteer professionals in the eating disorder field.

Facilitates professional case management for individuals in need of mental health or substance abuse services. Services are provided in the privacy of their homes and both individual and family counseling are available.