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Offers innovative and often very intensive assistance to youth transitioning to adulthood with accessing and succeeding in employment, education, housing, positive relationships, community connections, and living independently. The JOBS program focuses on youth who have either left or are seriously at-risk-of leaving school prior to successful graduation and are at high risk for involvement with the criminal justice system, substance use, homelessness, physical abuse, abusive behaviors, or other areas of significant concern.

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Provides families and individuals with a transition program that moves them from experiencing homelessness to long-term self-sufficiency and housing stability. Program includes extensive case-management for budgeting, parenting, crisis management and intervention.

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Provides assistance for applying for and filing claims for all federal benefits, including pensions, healthcare, and burial benefits. Also provides information on obtaining representative payee services.

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Provides contact information for the Jury Central Administration Office, as well as an online directory of regional court-specific reporting instructions. Offers online answers to frequently asked questions about jury duty, as well as basic information about jury selection and expectations, trial procedures, and jury history.

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Provides an online directory of libraries that includes public/private town libraries and school libraries with addresses, contact information and hours.

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Promotes volunteerism and provides assistance with finding volunteer opportunities within the community, Provides an online volunteer match/referral service where individuals who would like to volunteer in their communities can find a listing of opportunities and where agencies and organizations seeking volunteers can post volunteer opportunities. During times of regional disasters or emergencies provides information intended to help everyone in their communities get to the resources they need quickly and efficiently.

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Provides spaying service for the mother cat, dog, or rabbit of an unwanted litter, who is returned to the owner. The offspring are signed over to the Humane Society to be put up for adoption when ready. Litter must be fully weaned and no longer nursing. Mothers must be in good health and no longer producing milk.

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Provides rental assistance to help individuals live in safe and decent housing of their choice.

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

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Provides a five-day supply of groceries. Food shelf orders are made up of perishable and non-perishable items. Provides ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner. Deliveries are available to households who are unable to visit the food shelf.

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Offers a diversion-like program that connects participants with substance use, mental health, and other community-based service supports, regardless of the participants criminal history, with the aim of improving the person's health and reducing future adverse involvement in the justice system. Successful completion of program results in a dismissal of the criminal charge.

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Offers secondary school students the opportunity to earn up to 6 college credits while still enrolled in high school. Classes may be online or in-person.

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Provides a variety of core services in the communities it serves, including emergency support and assistance for low-income families and individuals in crisis. Other services include problem-solving support, employment goal setting, budget counseling, tenant-landlord mediation, emergency food services, and emergency assistance with other basic needs such as utility payment assistance. Also provides assistance with filling out benefit program applications and other forms.

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Provides links to resources on money management. Topics include budgeting, credit, credit scores, identity theft, and online data protection. Also offers a savings calculator.

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Provides access to justice for asylum-seekers in Vermont by offering pro bono legal services and promoting the rights of the State’s immigrant communities. Volunteers provide rides, interpretation, and social support to asylum seekers.

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Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helping with applications. Electric heat assistance is limited to households with primary heat source of electricity or electricity that is essential to keeping other types of heating systems operational.

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Provides legal advice or representation for Vermonters with physical or developmental disabilities when their legal problems arise from their disabilities. Cases include guardianship, special education, discrimination in employment and housing, access to health care, and Social Security Disability-related benefits problems.

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Provides Christmas food baskets and clothing to children for Christmas.

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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.

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

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Places individuals in paid community service positions, up to 20 hours per week, for the purpose of training and improvement of skills that may lead to permanent employment. Participants may be offered supportive services such as transportation, counseling, work equipment, and other supports.

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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 community (volunteer) driving opportunities.

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Provides case management, clean up, donation matching, financial resources, home repair, and rebuilding assistance to those impacted by the flood, and volunteer opportunities.

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Offers a Pregnancy Group, Parent-Baby Group, and Play Group for Vermonters to meet with other families, share experiences, and learn from local experts. The Pregnancy Group is hosted by a maternal child health nurse and visited by local pregnancy and early childhood specialists. Partners, children, and key supporters are welcome. The Parent-Baby Group is attended by a maternal child health nurse and a lactation professional. Infants, children, partners, and expectant parents welcome. The Play Group includes snack and a story time and is attended by early childhood specialists and is open to families with children from birth to age 5.

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Provides supplemental food for families with young children. WIC also provides breastfeeding support and nutrition education. Participants can get Farm to Family coupons to use at local farmers' markets.

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