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Prepares individuals to make a successful transition to adult life. Services include career exploration, community connection, independent living, and advocacy.

Pays a portion of home heating bills for households meeting income eligibility requirements. Seasonal Fuel Assistance is not designed to cover all of the costs of heating a home or apartment. Active Seasonal Fuel households are eligible for free weatherization services.

Provides comprehensive outpatient substance use disorder treatment services that include substance use disorder counseling, medication-assisted treatment, integrated medical and behavioral services, treatment and counseling for individuals with co-occurring disorders, and psychiatric medication management.

Provides formal supervision of offenders released conditionally on probation or parole or confined to their homes or other venues in the community.

Provides primary police services for approximately 200 Vermont towns out of 10 barracks throughout the state. Troopers perform traditional police services of traffic enforcement and the investigation of crimes, and also enforce snowmobile and recreational boating laws.

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.

Assists veterans with identifying and securing paid employment opportunities that match their abilities, qualifications, experience, and interests. Provides information and guidance regarding preparing a resume, writing job application letters, completing job application questionnaires, responding to job ads, and taking employment tests. Also offers support with preparing for interviews and work, including personal appearance and interview techniques; and addresses other related topics. May provide financial assistance for job training expenses, certification programs, interview and work clothing, preparation, and transportation.

Provides family dentistry services. Comprehensive clinical care services include: preventive, restorative, extractions, crown and bridge, periodontal services, and minor implant restorations.

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 low-interest rehabilitation loans to make essential repairs on homes in order to eliminate health, safety and/or accessibility issues. Home repair assistance also may include technical support, home maintenance workshops, special grants, home inspection, assistance in creating job specifications and finding estimates, and ongoing project support.

Provides a shopping day for parents or caregivers to choose free gifts for their children. Parents/caregivers need to first sign up for their children.

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 family dentistry services, including comprehensive clinical care and prevention services. Comprehensive clinical care services include preventive, restorative, extractions, crown and bridge, periodontal services and minor implant restorations.

Helps youth with disabilities plan and prepare for life after high school. HireAbility Vermont vocational counselors work with both students and school personnel. Services include career counseling, assessment, job search skills, work experiences, exploration of post-secondary education and training programs, workplace readiness, instruction in self-advocacy, and guidance and information on IEP and transition planning, 504 accommodations, benefits planning, and other needed services.

Offers four different programs that help pay for Medicare costs, including deductibles, co-pays, and Medicare Part B premiums. Some of the programs include extra help with prescription drug costs.

Provides fresh produce monthly.

Provides a local shuttle around Bennington for shopping and other errands.

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals.

Provides public awareness and education to promote community wellness and to prevent the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, with an emphasis on youth substance abuse prevention. Collaborates with other wellness programs, schools, and communities to help them promote healthy behaviors and reduce health risks.

Offers help with payment for child care. Support varies according to need.

Operates a thrift shop that offers reasonably priced clothing, housewares, collectibles, toys, furniture, and books.

Provides website with information and answers about a variety of financial institutions and transactions, including mortgages, money transfers, loans, debt, and credit. Consumers may submit a question online or browse popular topics to gain knowledge about personal finance. Provides a searchable directory of counselors for mortgage delinquency and default counseling.

Provides comprehensive medical care including preventive services. Services include pediatrics, adult primary care, chronic disease management, family medicine, and gynecology.

Provides monthly supplemental nutrition assistance benefits to low-income households to purchase food. Households in which any person is younger than 65 access their benefit using a Vermont Express electronic benefits transfer (EBT) debit card. If everyone in a household is 65 or older, or receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), benefits are deposited as cash into the recipient's bank account. Expedited benefits are available in emergencies and other specific situations. EBT cards may also be used to buy fresh, local products at certain farmers' markets in Vermont. A list of farmer's markets that can accept EBT cards is available on the website. In addition, 3SquaresVT benefits may be used for seeds and plants that grow fruit and vegetables at any retailer or farmer's market that accepts EBT cards.

Offers a distribution service that loans qualified individuals with adaptive equipment that enables them to use telephone service. Example loaner equipment includes cell phones, caption phones and tablets. There is an option to purchase equipment by contributing 10% of the equipment cost.