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Provides patient-centered physical and mental health care delivered by a team of primary care and mental health clinicians. Services include medical, mental health and substance use disorder counseling, psychiatry, family planning, dietary counseling, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening, and on-site lab services. The Community Health Pharmacy program offers discounted prescriptions to all patients. Also provides consultations and support for eligibility for State and Federal Benefits and low-cost drug manufacturer discount programs.

Provides one-stop centers that offer an array of employment and training services. Helps job seekers assess skills and interests, explore training options, create a job search plan, write a resume, and find a job. Job seekers can access computers, educational resources, and information on employers. Training and pre-job assistance services include ICAN, which pairs qualified individuals with an employment coordinator to assist them with resources, support services, job readiness skills, case management, and job placement.

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.

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.

Offers apprenticeship programs for early childhood educators in order to gain education and experience in the field. Also offers pre-apprenticeship programs, which combine classroom-based learning and on-the-job learning, for high school students interested in a career in early childhood education.

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.

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.

Combines legal action, policy advancement, organizing, public education, and planned communications to defend and advance civil liberties for all people across a broad range of protected rights and freedoms.

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

Provides shelter; medical treatment; and other basic care for stray and surrendered animals, including dogs, cats, and other small pets. Facilitates adoption of shelter animals, matching pets with the most appropriate households. Helps reduce feline overpopulation through a trap/neuter/return program for free-roaming (feral) cats. Provides a Foster Care Program that includes food and supplies for foster care volunteers caring for pregnant cats and dogs, animals recovering from minor surgery, and animals in extreme stress in the shelter environment. Provides a wide array of donation and volunteer opportunities.

Provides custom-made hairpieces for each applicant. Application and donation forms are available on the website.

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 telephone and face-to-face crisis intervention services for individuals whose emotional distress may range in severity from difficulty in coping with daily stress to the crisis of a psychotic episode. Enhanced Mobile Crisis Services provide rapid mobile response for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. A trained 2-person team can meet the individual at home, workplace, or another community setting, providing support and comfort including safety plans, peer support, care coordination and follow up and, if needed, temporary overnight accommodation.

Provides case management services, connects newcomers with community volunteers and organizations, and assists with various resettlement tasks, including housing, education, employment, healthcare, and cultural adaptation.

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

Provides information and assistance with Medicare, including Part D Drug benefit, Medigap Supplemental Insurance; managed care and long term care insurance; durable medical equipment; and pharmacy assistance programs, as well as other benefits that can help with the costs of Medicare.

Provides a one-stop website for a wide range of information about Vermont government, agencies, services and resources. It has links to resources about moving to Vermont, job searching, health care, a list of all Vermont state agencies, and more.

Encourages individuals to pursue education or training beyond high school by providing information about career options, preparing for college, college selection, financial aid, and education planning.

Provides a community-wide, coordinated effort to identify, assess and find appropriate options for homeless individuals and families seeking housing or related services, and/or for those at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

Provides contact information for all Vermont State's Attorneys who charge and prosecute individuals, including juvenile. Each county in Vermont has an elected State's Attorney, responsible for prosecution of cases.

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

Sells new and gently used furniture, building supplies, kitchen cabinets appliances, tools, housewares, linens, clothing, and home improvement products. Accepts donations of used vehicles for scrap. Proceeds fund home building in Chittenden County by Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity.

Provides telephone and face-to-face crisis intervention services for individuals whose emotional distress may range in severity from difficulty in coping with daily stress to the crisis of a psychotic episode. Enhanced Mobile Crisis Services provide rapid mobile response for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. A trained 2-person team can meet the individual at home, workplace, or another community setting, providing support and comfort including safety plans, peer support, care coordination and follow up and, if needed, temporary overnight accommodation.

Offers the services of Certified Recovery Coaches/Peer support specialist, who work both one-on-one with people on all paths to recovery to help them plan and make positive improvement in their lives, as well as with their families. Recovery Coaches also help guide people in recovery to finding resources such as detox and treatment, housing, food, heat, clothing, and transportation, and resources for improving relationships and getting connected with others in recovery with whom they can relate.

Offers a wide array of electronic information databases and e-books on a variety of topics geared to a variety of age levels, for both generalists and specialists. Also offers genealogy specific resources.