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Provides financial and technical assistance to income-eligible landlords and homeowners in Vermont to reduce the risk of lead poisoning caused by lead-based paint hazards. VHCB also provides lead information for parents, homeowners, renters, landlords and contractors via the LeadSafeVermont website; offers a free guide to lead paint safety for painting, home maintenance, and renovation; and provides free trainings on lead paint safety for rental property owners, managers and contractors.

Offers a pre-apprenticeship hands-on training program to support the entry and success of women and gender-expansive individuals in the construction trades, including electrical, plumbing, and solar skills, and other jobs that are in high demand. For employers, it is a way to develop existing staff and identify new candidates to fill critical job openings.

Promotes and advocates for the economic interests of Vermont business and industry statewide. Also, presents food safety certification training and exams for the food industry, provides a directory of its members, publishes official travel guides for the state of Vermont, and maintains a tourism information website.

Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helping 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.

Provides housing search assistance, including help with applying for any available subsidies.

Provides rehabilitative therapies including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology to help individuals recovering from surgery, stroke, or illness. Also provides pediatric rehabilitative therapies.

Provides driver training or re-training to adaptive driving candidates. Adaptive equipment is provided as necessary. Also provides services to individuals with learning challenges, anxiety, or low vision.

Provides school backpacks containing essential school supplies that will be available at local pick-up sites. Check website for pick up locations and phone number.

Provides mobile library services that include a Story Time and summer lending program.

Connects eligible, uninsured or underinsured individuals to free or low-cost eye exams and medical eye care.

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.

Provides a flexible-schedule, flexible-route curb-to-curb service. MyRide is an on-demand travel service that takes multiple passengers heading in the same direction and books them into a shared vehicle.

Provides a fixed-route bus service that can deviate up to 1/4 mile from the regular route.

Operates and manages public housing and subsidized housing units.

Provides assistance with locating, securing or maintaining housing. Provides information and guidance about rental costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to budget for insurance, utility costs and other requirements related to paying for housing. assistance with locating, securing or maintaining housing. Develops and manages permanently affordable rental housing.

Supports the successful re-entry into the community of people released from incarceration through Circles of Support and Accountability (COSAs). COSAs are made up of citizen volunteers who work with participants to help them learn to manage the challenges of everyday life, be accountable for their actions and become responsible community members. Volunteer coordinators may help establish links to employment, housing, transportation, and benefit programs.

Provides preventive health care, as well as diagnosis and treatment of illness in children, adolescents and adults. Services include primary medical care such as physical health examinations, immunizations, acute and chronic health screenings, obstetric care, laboratory testing, and birth control counseling. Provides onsite integrated health services to enhance access to appropriate prevention, treatment, recovery and wellness services and activities. Pediatric primary care is staffed by specialists who are concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of infants, children and adolescents from birth to young adulthood.

Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences and unique circumstances and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Provides nurses and/or other trained professionals who visit the homes of women during pregnancy and after childbirth to help women improve their personal health and development during the prenatal period and learn to care for their infant. Services include at-home assessments for expectant mothers and infants, postpartum assessments, newborn evaluations, breastfeeding support, nutrition education, parenting information, family adjustment support, skilled nursing care if needed, and assistance with coordination of family services.

Provides youth employment services that include vocational testing and assessment to help identify skills, talents and experience; career guidance to help plan and map out a career strategy; tutoring and study skills training; summer employment opportunities; paid work experience including internships and job shadowing; leadership development opportunities; and support services to help overcome employment barriers.

Operates thrift stores selling and accepting donations of clothing, furniture, and household items at low cost. Also accepts vouchers from area social service agencies with approval from main office.

Offers monthly foot care clinics provided by a registered nurse. Care includes knee to toe assessments of skin, circulation, and feet; anti-bacterial foot soak; toenails trimmed and filed smooth and calluses reduced; exfoliating foot scrub and therapeutic foot massage, and teaching of appropriate foot care techniques to meet individual needs. The nurse can care for feet of people with diabetes and can also provide referrals to podiatrists when necessary.

Administers cases, according to the Bankruptcy Code and Rules, for the benefit of the public. Bankruptcy is a legal procedure for dealing with debt problems of individuals and businesses; specifically, a case filed under one of the chapters of Title 7, 11, 12, or 13 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code).

Provides information about area senior centers, including addresses, phone numbers, and services provided.

Provides a full range of supportive services for individuals with a limited life expectancy, and their families. Also provides comprehensive Palliative and support care to individuals in need of pain and other symptom management whether or not they have a life limiting illness.