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Provides a monthly community dinner.

Provides low vision services, including evaluation, information and referral, peer support groups, and instruction on adaptive techniques and aides for daily living. Transportation and Braille transcription services are also available. Offers volunteer opportunities for driving, errand assistance, and reading.

Provides three specific, home-delivered meals programs depending on need. Emergency Meals provides up to 60 meals for short-term crisis intervention to individuals released from the hospital after surgery who are in need of a temporary meal service; Short-Term Meals provides up to 90 meals per year to assist address temporary or episodic needs; Long-Term Meals provides up to five meals per week for a year for people with ongoing needs.

Provides home health assistance, including personal care assistance, light housekeeping, and help with normal daily living activities.

Provides families with modest financial assistance, as well as basic necessities such as diapers, clothing, gas cards, grocery cards and children's items.

Provides emergency housing in a motel or hotel.

Provides information about local child care providers. Also offers information on what to look for in quality child care.

Offers in person services including: birth control, well-person check ups, sexual health care, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing and prevention, PrEP and PEP, birth control counseling, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception, and reproductive life planning.

Provides limited financial assistance for emergency needs. Examples of assistance include help with rent, utility bills, food and gasoline. Also creates personal hygiene packs for the homeless.

Provides information and assistance with Medicare, including Part D Drug benefit, Medigap Supplemental Insurance; managed care and long term care insurance; durable medical equipment; and pharmacy assistance programs. Healthcare Benefits Specialists can explain how the different programs work, can help sort through medical forms and bills, and can evaluate medical insurance needs.

Provides racial, social, environmental, and economic justice workshops to schools, community groups, private businesses, local governments, and private individuals. Additionally, The Peace & Justice Center (PJC) offers speakers, films, workshops, and annual events.

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

Provides ongoing family support to all military personnel and families. Operates as a one-stop service center which provides assistance, information and referral to other agencies and organizations that assist service members and their families in both the military and civilian sectors. Services include emergency assistance, education and training, Tricare and insurance issues, ID cards, family care plans, counselor support, employer support, financial, family advocacy, legal property and household issues, reintegration and adjustment concerns.

Provides information about foster care and coordinates support and resources for foster parents of children in State of Vermont custody.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations. Also provides Christmas food baskets of ham and fixings and visitors may select an unwrapped gift.

Provides individuals with a one time benefit of $120 for each eligible child to be able to purchase food during the summer.

Responds to reports of suspected child abuse and neglect, and helps parents get the services and supports they need. Vermont Department for Children and Families Family Services Division (DCF/FSD) is also responsible for placing children in temporary out-of-home care when necessary to keep them safe, working with parents and relatives toward children's safe return home, and finding permanent homes for children who can't return home safely. The program provides a hotline number for reporting suspected cases of child abuse, neglect, or risk of harm. Social workers who answer the line take reports, conduct investigations, assess families, and make recommendations for services to alleviate family stress and improve parenting skills.

Provides a voluntary program for youth who have received a civil violation for underage drinking or possession of alcohol or a civil violation for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. The program consists of a substance abuse assessment, screening, an education program, and community service.

Provides home pre-purchasing counseling and foreclosure prevention counseling, reverse mortgage counseling, as well as general home buyer education.

Offers a complete line of home health care products and services, including respiratory and home medical equipment, stairway lifts and scooters, and specialty products such as back and leg braces. Provides home assessments, free equipment delivery, in-home set-up and training, and 24 hour on call service.

Offers confidential HIV and Hepatitis C testing. Provides HIV and Hep C testing via finger stick sample with quick, on-site results.

Offers technical assistance on disability rights and policies to individuals with disabilities, as well as to organizations, state agencies, and advocacy groups. Assists with local and statewide education and advocacy on disability issues.

Provides a comprehensive, confidential, statewide, health and human services information and referral service. Trained Community Resource Specialists offer personalized assistance by telephone, text, or email, help solve problems, and provide information and referrals to callers about government programs, community-based organizations, support groups, and other community resources.

Provides monthly take-away fresh produce and healthy groceries, as well as information/recipes for meal preparation using the fresh produce being given away at each distribution.

Coordinates community-based, professionally facilitated open play times offered to children and their grown-ups.