Provides individualized outpatient substance use 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 use disorder counseling for families dealing with adolescent substance use issues and provides group treatment services for adolescents. Offers 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.

Provides centralized coordination of substance use treatment and recovery services via a statewide, confidential resource information and referral line, an online self-screening tool, and online resource directory for finding substance use treatment facilities and recovery support services. Trained specialists help callers understand the treatment system and their options. Referrals are made to appropriate available resources.

Provides mental health and substance use disorder services that include psychiatry, clinical mental health counseling, screening for drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, screenings for depression, medications, prescriptions, and medication management, and referrals to specialists.

Provides holistic care services to all community members that may include the following Nursing, Behavioral Health and Physical Health Coaching services: Nutrition education, exercise education and counseling, short-term behavioral counseling, Diabetes education, individual health coaching, medication management, weight management-individual and group support, senior social isolation groups, Senior/ Disabled medical wellness home visits, smoking cessation, Advanced Directives, Fall Safety assessments, medical transportation and dental solutions. Grace Cottage's Community Health Team also provides a Resource Advocate who will assist with completing applications for the following services and assistance: health insurance (VT Health Connect and Medicare and Medicare D comparisons), SSDI/SSI, and prescription costs, as well as application assistance for housing, food, and utilities. Community Health Teams supplement the services available through primary care providers and serve to link individuals with the social and economic services that make healthy living possible for all community members. Each of Vermont’s Health Service Areas designs a Community Health Team to meet the needs of the local population and services may vary.

Provides holistic care services to all community members that may include the following: Nursing, Behavioral Health and Physical Health Coaching services: Nutrition education, exercise education and counseling, short-term behavioral counseling, Diabetes education, individual health coaching, medication management, weight management-individual and group support, smoking cessation, Advanced Directives, Fall Safety assessments, medical transportation and dental solutions. Community Connections Community Health Team also provides Resource Advocates who will assist with completing applications for the following services and assistance: health insurance (VT Health Connect and Medicare and Medicare D comparisons), SSDI/SSI, and prescription costs, as well as application assistance for housing, food, and utilities. The team also includes VT Health Connect navigators and assistors, as well as care managers for individuals who require support maintaining independence and stability within the community. Provides support services for patients and their families during hospitalization and upon discharge, for people receiving outpatient services, for previous patients and for other people not previously associated with the facility who need the service. Implements a Community Health Improvement Program based on the Community Needs Health Assessment.