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Partners with senior meal sites and senior centers to provide hot, nutritious, noontime meals. Home-delivered meals are often available for those who are unable to reach a meal site because of illness or frailty.

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 the Rent Right Program, designed to provide participants with the skills, materials, and confidence necessary to find and maintain stable housing. Upon completion of the program, participants receive a Preferred Renter Certificate, which shows landlords that they have made an investment into being a good tenant.

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.

Provides individualized, comprehensive, outpatient treatment services that address both the users' needs and the needs of those affected by the users' addictions. Groups are gender and trauma specific and are designed to build relapse prevention skills. As the Public Inebriate Program's designated agency, provides assessment and placement of individuals requiring medically monitored detoxification. The "public inebriate bed" provides an alternative for those detained by the police for public intoxication who would otherwise be placed in protective custody.

Governs labor relations primarily between public sector employers and employees, including Vermont State Colleges, University of Vermont, school districts, and small private operations. The Board determines appropriate bargaining units, conducts union representation elections, adjudicates unfair labor practice charges, and arbitrates grievances.

Sells new and gently used furniture, building supplies, appliances, tools, housewares, clothings and home improvement products. The Franklin Grand Isle Habitat Warehouse Store accepts donations of used vehicles for scrap. Proceeds help to fund area Habitat for Humanity.

Provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services for women from puberty through the post-menopausal years. Services include well-woman exams, contraception, menopausal and post-menopausal management services and urogynecology services.

Provides immediate assistance via telephone by connecting idividuals to local sexual assault services or via centralized one-on-one live chat by trained support specialists. Specialists provide short-term emotional support, information regarding the person's rights and alternatives, and referrals and to resources for medical, legal and emotional needs, advocacy and other related services.

Provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and 24-hour emergency care. Services include 24-hour physician staffed emergency room services, diagnostic imaging, general medical and surgical services, lab testing, blood supply services, hospital-based outpatient services, disease specific treatment, pain management, adult and children's services.

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.

Head Start (ages 3-5) and Early Head Start (ages 0-3) provide high-quality education, healthy meals, medical and dental screenings, and holistic support for the entire family to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. Head Start also connects families to social services and resources for housing, employment, education, food, health, mental health counseling, substance use disorder, domestic violence, English as a Secondary Language, and other family needs. Space is reserved for children with special needs (hearing, speech, vision impairment, emotional or physical challenges). Families with foster children are automatically eligible. A limited number of families that exceed the income guidelines can enroll.

Provides an individual employment coach that supports employment searches, the application process, resume writing, and interview coaching, as well as offering emotional support and peer guidance in securing employment.

Provides individualized, comprehensive, outpatient treatment services that address both the substance use of the individual and the needs of those affected by the individual's substance use. Groups are gender and trauma specific and are designed to build relapse prevention skills and harm reduction. 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 temporary home environment and care for surrendered cats, dogs or other small animals. Provides adoption services and enlists volunteers for variety of shelter tasks to assist the professional staff.

Offers a variety of exercise and aquatic program opportunities. Programs include entry-level exercise classes, group exercise classes, youth fitness classes and prescription exercise programs for participants referred by a physician, as well as water aerobics, family swim hours, swimming lessons, rock climbing clinics and more.

Assists individuals seeking to improve their money management skills in monthly bill paying, debt reduction, savings and credit reports and credit repair. The process generally involves analysis of the individual's income, expenses, debts, taxes and other factors to create a personal financial assessment; development of a budget for basic living expenses. Also offers workshops that address a wide variety of money management issues including banking services, consumer credit lending, debt consolidation/repayment.

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

Provides in-school youth the opportunity to develop the personal and professional skills needed to succeed in the job market. Offers customized training based on each individual's needs.

Provides the loan of an electric usage meter for up to three weeks, so that electric customers can be better able to identify the connection between their appliance use and the amount of their electric bills. Meters can be used to measure energy usage of appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, home entertainment systems, electric space heaters, and air conditioners. Meters CANNOT be used for appliances over 120 volts/15 amps, such as clothes dryers, electric ranges, or water heaters.

Administers programs that work with farmers and others in the food system to engage in and share research, information, technical assistance, and educational opportunities. The Pasture Program offers technical and outreach assistance to help livestock farms reduce purchased feed and labor costs to maximize local farmland and assets. The Land Access Program helps new and existing farmers find the land they need to grow crops, raise livestock, and care for the natural environment while building financial viability. The Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)/ Farm Produce Safety program helps farmers learn the best ways to ensure the safety of their produce, an increasingly common requirement among retail and institutional buyers. Our Local Food program fosters relationships between farms and food-insecure people, gives farmers resources to help them work effectively with food access organizations, and helps identify policy actions to support getting Vermont-produced food to under-served Vermonters.

Provides a voluntary, confidential alternative to the regular court process, which allows selected offenders the opportunity to take responsibility for their actions and make amends to victims and to the community. The offender meets before a Community Review Board that creates an individualized contract. The contract attempts to repair the harm done to the community and the victim. Upon completion of the contract, the charge is dismissed. Two years later the record is sealed.

Provides monthly cash assistance to low-income households in which a person's care or services are essential to an elderly or disabled person's remaining in his or her home. Benefit can be directly deposited into a bank account, or put onto an EBT card.

Provides a safe, stable, drug and alcohol-free home and supportive services with the goal of helping residents transition to independent living and re assimilation into communities. Home environments are "family-style" where residents support one another in their recovery and cooperate to manage the household.

Provides a searchable online database of Vermont Mental Health Counselors Association members. Information includes therapist/counselor locations, types of therapy provided, areas of expertise, types of insurance accepted, and contact information.

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.