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Assists individuals with regaining their licenses while they are paying off fines and fees. Program participants work with diversion staff to develop contracts that include a payment plan. Participants must satisfy the Vermont Judicial Bureau and the Department of Motor Vehicles requirements. Successful completion of program leads to criminal charges being dismissed.

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

Provides a variety of core services including emergency support and assistance. Services include problem-solving support, assistance accessing resources, prejob guidance, 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.

Provides a warm, dry place for people in need due to power outages, flooding, or extreme cold temperatures.

Offers free and confidential service to help Vermont employers to maintain safe working standards. At the employer's invitation, VOSHA staff inspect facilities, list a summary of hazards, and provide assistance in hazard correction. Provides assistance in the form of safety audits, program development and evaluation, chemical exposure assessments, and noise monitoring. The employer avoids any citations or penalties, but is required to correct all hazards discovered during the inspection.

Responsible for licensing, certification, registration, and disciplinary matters for various professions. Provides a list of those professions that includes their requirements. Also offers an online form to register complaints.

Provides access to reading material for all ages for those who cannot get to their local library. Stops at childcare and after school programs on a regular schedule. Visits from the Bookmobile include library story time/early literacy and professional development for early education providers.

Provides information about driving safety issues via online articles that include specifics on Vermont driving laws. Articles available online are entitled: Distracted Driving, Heat Stroke Awareness, Impaired Driving, Motorcycle Safety, Occupant Protection, Older Driver Safety, Slow Down Move Over, and Speed and Aggressive Driving

Provides a monthly cash benefit to qualified workers unable to work for a year or more because of a disability. Also offers a process to file an appeal.

Offers adult education and literacy instruction that provide learners with the opportunity to acquire the education and literacy skills they need either to complete a secondary education or to better achieve post-secondary/career goals. Instruction is provided at six learning centers, as well as at job sites, libraries, homes, and other locations. Services include the following: Functional Literacy Education (Reading, Writing, Math), Computer Literacy, Financial Literacy, English Language Learning and Citizenship Preparation, High School Completion Program, General Education Development (GED) Credentialing, and Career and College Readiness.

Provides individualized outpatient substance use assessment and treatment services for adolescents 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 addictions/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. As the Public Inebriate Program's designated agency, provides assessment and placement of individuals requiring medically monitored detoxification.

Represents individuals who receive long term care services in nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living residences, or their own homes through the Choices for Care Program. Issues addressed include quality of care, quality of life, and residents' rights.

Administers the registration and title of all motor vehicles. Issues Vermont license plates. Issues Vermont Driver Licenses, Commercial Driver Licenses, School Bus Driver Licenses, and Motorcycle Driver Licenses. Provides driver training information and issues ID (Non-driver) cards and Learner Permits. Provides school bus driver training information and administers scheduling for driver's license exams. Issues Foreign and International Licenses.

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 internet-based workshops and events for job seekers. Offerings include Interview Skills, Re-Employment Strategies, Virtual Job Fairs, and Regional Employment Connections. Regional Employment Connections includes information about local job leads, opportunity to network with other job seekers, and notice of upcoming events and job fairs in the community.

Offers an opportunity to connect with other caregivers while babies play peacefully, at their own pace, with less stimulation. Siblings are welcome.

Administers the Meals on Wheels program. Registers and enrolls eligible individuals for meals and coordinates delivery schedules with volunteers. Meals are fully cooked and delivered refrigerated for reheating. Special diets are accommodated.

Provides crews of volunteers to provide repairs to heating systems and other damage to owner occupied single family homes. Also provides information and resources to meet gap recovery needs.

Provides an assistive technology loan program for individuals requiring use of medical assistive equipment in their homes. Items available for individuals to borrow include walkers, commodes, shower chairs, wheelchairs and transport chairs.

Provides fast track medical services to individuals who have minor medical problems that do not require complex diagnostic work, including colds, flu, infections, muscle strains and sprains, cuts, insect stings and bites, rashes and stomachaches. Services include common immunizations, sports and school physicals, lab testing and x-rays.

Provides resource listings and links via the web for county sheriff departments, local police departments, state police offices, and other key law enforcement-related departments.

Provides 24-Hour personal emergency response services that connect individuals to trained associates who can send medical or other help quickly in the event of a fall or injury. Medication dispenser service is also available, as is SafeCheck, which provides daily check-in calls as an alternative to a personal emergency response system.

Provides paid positions for individuals to unite with their community to address the complex issues of hunger, nutrition, food access, sustainable agriculture, and responsible land use. Corps Members plant, grow, harvest, and deliver organic vegetables and poultry to Vermonters through the Health Care Share program.

Provides fast track medical services to individuals who have minor medical problems that do not require complex diagnostic work, including colds, flu, infections, muscle strains and sprains, cuts, insect stings and bites, rashes and stomach aches.

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.