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Provides public bus transportation services in local and long distance routes. Offers commuting services with the Waterbury Commuter and Northfield Commuter. Provides regional commuting service to Burlington via the Montpelier LINK Express. Offers deviated fixed routes within certain distance from standard routes.

Offers a substance free environment for peer support, educational programs, information and referral to needed services, recovery coaching, socializing, recreational activities, and meeting space for a variety of recovery workshops and meetings. They offer Narcan.

Provides down payment zero interest loans towards the purchase of a single-family home. If the buyer owns and lives in the home for three or more years, the loan does not have to be repaid.

Offers ongoing support groups. Groups provide emotional support, information, and resources to help participants process and heal from their experiences.

Provides a crisis intervention and assessment program that includes telephone or face-to-face consultation and assessment for admission to local and/or statewide residential crisis programs. Also provides crisis intervention referral services and follow-up. When deemed warranted by the emergency intervention specialist, individuals may be placed in a Public Inebriate Program bed, a safe alternative to incarceration for individuals who require ongoing supervision during withdrawal from drug and/or alcohol intoxication.

Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helps 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. The Wood Warms Program provides two free cords of wood to eligible households that heat entirely with wood or that supplement their primary heat source by burning wood.

Provides safe, confidential, temporary emergency shelter and supportive services.

Issues Social Security numbers and Social Security cards, as well as replacements for lost or stolen cards for all United States citizens. A Social Security card/number identifies the monthly benefits for individuals who are fully insured. Provides information about and assists with filing for social security benefits. Benefit amounts depend upon date of birth, wages earned, and the type of benefit.

Assists with personal needs items and incidentals expense assistance as well as emergency dental, medical, and prescription assistance, medical supplies and equipment assistance, and burial costs.

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

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.

Develops a statewide plan for a system of in-home and community-based services. Oversees the work of the Area Agencies on Aging.

Offers free access to any of the state's day-use parks through a partnership program between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation and the Vermont Department of Libraries. Each of the 182 libraries around Vermont has a one-day pass that can be checked out for free admission to state parks. Each library will determine how long each pass may be checked out.

Provides bullying/harassment prevention information and support, connects individuals with bullying prevention resources on bullying laws and school policies, and makes referrals to additional agencies for services.

Provides individualized outpatient substance abuse 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 abuse counseling for families dealing with adolescent substance abuse 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.

Offers a six-part workshop that addresses myths about 12-Step Programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), or Cocaine Anonymous (CA) by creating a supportive environment for sharing and discussing experiences with recovery, both positive and negative, and 12-step programs. Experienced facilitators assure the group is safe and that whatever is discussed during these sessions will not be shared anywhere else.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations.Offers USDA food commodities, 3SquaresVT application assistance, and seasonal Farm to Family coupons. Farm to Family coupons can be used at farmers markets and farm stands.Also offers diapers. Provides Thanksgiving baskets of sides for the meal and a voucher to purchase a turkey. Also offers a cooked take-out Thanksgiving meal with turkey and all the trimmings.

Provides acute and chronic health care, routine physical exams, certain immunizations, physical therapy and chiropractic services, and prescription assistance. The program also provides limited mental health counseling, lab and x-ray, and healthcare case management. Provides patient referrals to other health and non-health services, and has an insurance assister on staff who can help enroll patients and community members into an insurance plan through Vermont Health Connect.

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

Assists with personal needs items and incidentals expense assistance as well as emergency dental, medical, and prescription assistance, medical supplies and equipment assistance, and burial costs.

Provides rescue, refuge, medical treatment, and other basic care for abandoned, stray, and neglected animals. Facilitates adoption of fostered animals, matching pets with the most appropriate households.

Provides tents, blankets, rain ponchos, and other items necessary for living outdoors.

Provides free, confidential online and telephone business advice and mentoring. Volunteer mentors can provide insight into how to start a business, operate and grow a business, buy or franchise a business, and sell a business.

Provides assistance programs in the form of Rehabilitation Loans, Emergency Repair Loans, Access Modification Grants, and Down payment Assistance (duplexes only).

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.