Administers programs that assist families with children with developmental disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum. Works with community agencies, support groups, and government departments to address system issues, enhance service delivery, and develop or provide training.

Provides case management, benefits advocacy, volunteer support services, health and addiction treatment referrals, condom and safer sex information, nutritious food program, and limited financial assistance to help with basic and emergency needs.

Provides management and surveillance of wildlife diseases including rabies, avian influenza, and chronic wasting disease. Offers a Vermont-specific rabies hotline in partnership with the Vermont Department of Health. Responds to questions and concerns about nuisance wildlife. Individuals concerned about safety due to an animal entering their home, yard, highway/road, or municipalities should contact their local police. USDA Wildlife Services offices are not public. Phone calls to local office may go directly to Rabies Hotline if no one is in office.

Offers confidential, supportive services to individuals and their families. Services include case management, a food pantry, and short-term financial assistance for emergencies. Staff and volunteers provide practical assistance such as transportation to appointments, respite care, and help with daily tasks.

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 case management, benefits advocacy, volunteer support services, health and addiction treatment referrals, condom and safer sex information, nutritious food program, and limited financial assistance to help with basic and emergency needs.

Maintains a database of audiologists and speech-language pathologists, searchable by location, language of practitioner, areas of focus, and/or age group of patient.

Provides telephone support and information about emotional changes during and following pregnancy, about available social supports, and about professional care to deal with issues related to childbearing. Lists contact information for Vermont's PSI Trained Facilitator support group meetings. Also provides information and resources for providers who are caring for pregnant and postpartum women.

Provides confidential, client-directed information and assistance in gaining access to government and community programs including housing, transportation, Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, food stamps, Medicaid, health-care insurance, legal services, adult day services, hoarding issues, and mental health services. Options Counseling is also available to enable older adults to maintain independence. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Provides preventative health care education and referrals for individuals and families. Services include assistance with accessing benefit programs, assistance finding housing and employment, health education and wellness programs, and referrals to health care and to local resources such as volunteer drivers, utility assistance, and food assistance programs. Also provides meeting space for social services agency use and health and wellness programs.

Provides specialized information, referral, and advocacy in the areas of treatment, driver's licenses, employment, and education for people with epilepsy.

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 meetings. They offer Narcan.

Provides advocacy for early childhood service delivery system improvements from local communities to both the Building Bright Futures Council and the legislature. Each council provides information about regularly scheduled opportunities for parents to participate in a wide variety of recreational activities. All councils serve as local hubs of information for early childhood and family resource networks. The Statewide BBF Council is comprised of 21 appointed members. Five members are state agency or department heads from the Agency of Human Services, the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, the Agency of Education, the Department of Health and the Department for Children and Families. Other members include two to four legislators, two business representatives, and a variety of community, health and early childhood representatives.

Provides education and support, including support of individual developmental goals, and transition planning for services after early intervention. Coaches families and early care and education providers around individual child supports. CIS Coordinators assist families in accessing services appropriate to their needs. CIS teams have expertise in social work and family support; maternal/child health and nursing; child development and early intervention; early childhood and family mental health; and specialized child care.

Assists individuals with finding local resources.

Provides a perinatal home visiting program that increases expectant and new parents' knowledge of and access to supports and services for their families. HEART home visitors are able to offer an array of support services, access to concrete supports, and referrals to additional programming and services. This program provides counseling, in the home, or via telemental health (online), or the office setting for mothers. For families who need a higher level of care, home visitors are able to refer families to their HEART home visiting perinatal mental health clinicians. The HEART In-Home Counseling program clinicians can address a variety of symptoms including depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD following a traumatic birth experience. This program also offers various groups connected to the perinatal period, pregnant and postpartum workshops, and support for non-birthing partners.

Provides services including: representative payee, information and referral, and facilitates support and advocacy groups, including Self Advocates Becoming Empowered-Rutland (SABE-R) and the Aktion Club.

Provides access to service options that help older adults remain in their homes. Also provides a registered nurse for home health services. Other services may be available.

Provides an information line for the autism community. The Autism Response Team provides personalized information, tools, and resources. Autism Speaks does not provide medical or legal advice/services.

Works to protect the public's health by effecting changes at the environmental, policy, and systems levels. The goals of the Tobacco Control Program are to prevent youth and adults from becoming tobacco users, to support those looking to quit, and to change the overall acceptance of tobacco use. Provides information about Vermont's Smoke Free Laws: the Clean Indoor Air Act (Act 135) that provides protection from secondhand smoke by banning lit tobacco products in nearly all common areas of indoor public places and the expansion of that protection (Act 108) that restricts the use of e-cigarettes or other vaping devices, defined as tobacco substitutes, wherever smoking is prohibited. Smoking and vaping are not allowed on school grounds, during school events, at licensed childcare facilities, or in vehicles with children seven years old and younger.

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.

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 meetings. They offer Narcan.

Offers a 24Hour helpline staffed by Cancer Information Specialists who answer cancer-related questions. Cancer Information Specialists can also link callers to local programs and resources, such as peer support groups, patient housing, financial assistance, and medical transportation. Website provides extensive information about all aspects of the disease, including articles on types of cancer, understanding the diagnosis, finding and paying for treatment, and cargiver support.

Provides a list of resources for older adults living at home. Resources include medical equipment loans, volunteer, minor home repair assistance, and referrals to service providers. Contact Aging at Home Resource Manager for further details per resource offering.

Provides communities and individuals with information and resources about substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.