View Search Results

Provides supplemental food for families with young children. WIC also provides breastfeeding support and nutrition education. Participants can get Farm to Family coupons to use at local farmers' markets.

Allows qualified people who have Section 8 Rental Vouchers to convert them into Home Ownership Vouchers, which assists with meeting monthly home ownership expenses, such as mortgage, taxes, and insurance.

Provides an educational series designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. Skilled trainers provide lessons on reducing stress, communicating effectively with others, reducing guilt/anger/depression, setting goals, problem-solving and taking care of oneself.

Provides a professional and personal development program that inspires, educates, and engages existing and emerging leaders to better serve Upper Valley communities.

Provides assistance for people who need housing including information and guidance about rental costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to provide for insurance, utility costs, and other requirements related to paying for housing. Coordinates with other providers in the community to help individuals and families obtain or maintain housing. May offer limited financial assistance with rent, rental deposit, and other payments. Also provides the Rent Right Program, designed to provide participants with the skills, materials, and confidence necessary to find and maintain stable housing. Upon completion of the program, participants receive a Preferred Renter Certificate, which shows landlords that they have made an investment into being a good tenant.

Offers reparative panels as a form of community-sponsored probation that brings convicted offenders before a volunteer panel of citizens as part of their sentencing process. Panels work with victims and offenders to identify the harm caused by the crime and how that harm can be repaired while holding the offender responsible and accountable.

Provides services for opiate addiction including screening, intake, assessment, treatment planning, methadone maintenance, medically supervised withdrawal, counseling services, case management and referral, medical services, discharge planning and follow-up.

Provides post-permanency services including in-home adjusted parent education, consultation to treatment teams and advocacy, referrals to community resources, general adoption information, and kinship placements support.

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 a variety of exercise and aquatic program opportunities. Programs include entry-level exercise classes, group exercise classes, youth fitness classes and prescription exercise programs for participants referred by a physician, as well as water aerobics, family swim hours, swimming lessons, rock climbing clinics and more.

Provides modest emergency financial assistance, for expenses such as gas cards, heating fuel, minor car repairs, rent, and other utility bills.

Provides emergency housing in a motel or hotel.

Provides weekday commuter bus service along routes 15 and 14. Also provides a commuter route connecting Morrisville with Waterbury along route 100.

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.

Manages a home medical equipment loan and exchange storage closet where individuals can either donate, borrow, or exchange used in-home medical equipment that assists with daily living.

Offers education and assistance regarding the transition from high school to adult life for students with disabilities. Included is a specialized education program that enables youth to learn self-advocacy skills and participate more effectively in all areas of their transition planning. Maintains a comprehensive electronic Transition Toolkit for Youth for Disabilities for families, professionals and youth.

Provides resource listings and links via the web for county sheriff departments, local police departments, state police offices, and other key law enforcement-related departments.

Provides low-cost or free health care for adults. Vermont Medicaid includes doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions, vision, and some dental care. Also covers long-term care in a nursing home or at home, and physical therapy. Medicaid for the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (MABD) is also available. Assists Vermonters in enrolling in (and answers questions about) Medicaid and MABD. The member services line can help with filling out the application.

Provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and 24-hour emergency care. Services include 24-hour physician staffed emergency room services, diagnostic imaging, general medical and surgical services, lab testing, blood supply services, hospital-based outpatient services, disease specific treatment, pain management, adult and children's services.

Pursues the preservation and protection of endangered land resources from indiscriminate development. Partners with local and statewide conservation organizations to conserve Vermont lands for the future. Conservation efforts include acquisition of development rights transferred through conservation easements for Vermont farms, working forest projects, and community projects. Also offers an online directory of conserved land open to the public for recreational trails.

Offers a weekly support group for new parents, expecting parents, and caregivers.

Provides individualized, comprehensive, outpatient treatment services that address both the users' needs and the needs of those affected by the users' addictions. Groups are gender and trauma specific and are designed to build relapse prevention skills. Provides information about alcohol and drug use; the effects on individuals, families and communities, as well as information for the public about strategies for prevention and early intervention.

Provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and 24-hour emergency care. Services include 24-hour physician staffed emergency room services, diagnostic imaging, general medical and surgical services, lab testing, blood supply services, hospital-based outpatient services, disease specific treatment, pain management, and adult and children's services.

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.

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.