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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 community food shelf services. Provision of personal care items, household cleaners, and pet food is dependent upon availability. Home delivery is available for those who have mobility or transportation issues.

Offers eye exams and treatments to adults and children of all ages. Services include diabetic eye exams, glaucoma exams, and emergency eye care. Also offers a selection of eyewear.

Provides public awareness and education to promote community wellness and to prevent the misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, with an emphasis on youth substance use prevention. Collaborates with other wellness programs, schools, and communities to help them promote healthy behaviors and reduce health risks.

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, 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 education services are also offered. Coordination of transportation to medical appointments and wellness programs is available for patients.

Provides outpatient substance disorder treatment that includes assessment and mental health evaluations, observed and random urinalysis screenings, individual, family and couples counseling, child and family therapy, clinical group treatment, coordination of case and care management, aftercare and peer support. Co-occurring mental health needs may also be addressed. The program works with the hub at the Howard Center in management of medication assisted treatment (MAT) and required counseling as a spoke in Vermont's Care Alliance for Opioid Addiction.

Assists schools, students and families in the development and implementation of strategies to overcome barriers to school attendance.

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 online and is also published in flyer form. Topics can include movement and exercise, nutrition, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Provides disability determination services for applicants who have applied for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and disability-based Medicaid. Services are provided in accordance with Social Security federal statutes, regulations, and policy.

Provides primary health care, as well as prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. Services include primary medical care such as physical health examinations, immunizations, acute and chronic health screenings, obstetric care, laboratory testing, and birth control counseling. Provides onsite integrated health services to enhance access to appropriate prevention, treatment, recovery and wellness services and activities. 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 family dentistry services, including comprehensive clinical care and prevention services. Comprehensive clinical care services include preventive, restorative, extractions, crown and bridge, periodontal services and minor implant restorations.

Provides small, limited, community food services. Residents encouraged to take what they need and/or donate what they can in support of the pantry.

Offers the Extension Master Gardener Course, which covers the fundamentals of home gardening and plant and soil sciences, and is adapted to local needs and the Vermont environment. Program also provides a year-round toll free Extension Master Gardener Helpline, an office location for submitting plant and pest specimens for analysis, and an e-mail address to which the home gardener's horticulture questions can be addressed. The website provides information about the program; the garden help services it provides; instructions for sending plant, insect, and soil samples; and downloadable Extension Master Gardener Course registration forms.

Operates thrift stores selling and accepting donations of clothing, furniture, and household items at low cost. Also accepts vouchers from area social service agencies with approval from main office.

Increases awareness of disability issues and effects systemic change through legislative and administrative processes. Provides position papers and legislative alerts.

Provides comprehensive and coordinated long-term care in an individual's home. Services include case/care management, homemaker assistance and assistance with the activities of daily living. Also provides Medicaid Waiver, community-based one-to-one long term care services to individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Lists contact information online for pre-approved bail bond agents serving Vermont.

Offers an emergency financial program to assist on a case-by-case basis.

Provides the public with an emergency alert messaging service via mobile phone, land line, text, and e-mail. Alerts include information about disasters, weather advisories, fire advisories, traffic bulletins, road closures bulletins, Amber Alerts, product safety alerts, hazardous materials advisories, and public health notifications. Individuals are able to choose receipt of alerts for the entire state or for specific areas within Vermont that they wish to be contacted about, such as their home locations, their relatives' home locations and their places of employment.

Provides a broad selection of recreational opportunities and leisure time activities.

Provides acquisition, preservation, and management of ecologically sensitive and significant natural areas in the state, including the conservation of plants, animals, natural resources, and natural communities. Advocates for public policies to protect the environment.

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 a safe space in the community for local teens to connect with each other, have fun and be creative, develop leadership skills, and have access to support and mentorship.

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

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.