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Provides a Quality Recognition and Improvement System (QRIS) for Vermont's child care centers, preschools, and after school programs. Programs that participate in STARS are those that go above and beyond state regulations to provide professional services that meet the needs of children and families. Families who send their children to centers that have received a 3-Star, 4-Star or 5-Star rating and who meet income guidelines may qualify for a low-income child and dependent care tax credit on their state income tax.

Provides direct mental health and substance use disorder services via private, non-profit service providers, called Designated Agencies (DAs), located in each region. Every DA offers three adult mental health programs: The Community Rehabilitation and Treatment program serves adults with a severe mental illness; Adult Outpatient Services serves adults who do not have a severe mental health condition, but who are experiencing mental health problems that disrupt their everyday lives; and Emergency Services serves people who need help immediately.

Provides bullying/harassment prevention information and support, connects individuals with bullying prevention resources on bullying laws and school policies, and makes referrals to additional agencies for services.

Offers adult education and literacy instruction that provide learners with the opportunity to acquire the education and literacy skills they need either to complete a secondary education or to better achieve post-secondary/career goals. Instruction is provided at six learning centers, as well as at job sites, libraries, homes, and other locations. Services include the following: Functional Literacy Education (Reading, Writing, Math), Computer Literacy, Financial Literacy, English Language Learning and Citizenship Preparation, High School Completion Program, General Education Development (GED) Credentialing, and Career and College Readiness.

Offers individualized academic tutoring in English Language Learning (ELL), U.S. Citizenship test preparation, literacy and other subject skills (math, college support) for adult students. Also provides classes and programs in personal growth and self development.

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.

Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helps 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. The Wood Warms Program provides two free cords of wood to eligible households that heat entirely with wood or that supplement their primary heat source by burning wood.

Provides social and emotional support for children with challenging behavior and/or who have or are experiencing trauma, and consultation and partnership with families and early care and education providers.

Repairs or replaces the home's PRIMARY source of heat. This may include a boiler, electric heater, fireplace, furnace, heat pump, pellet stove, or wood stove. Provides help with application for service.

Offers Vermont high school students the opportunity to enroll full time at any of CCV’s 12 locations during the fall and spring of their senior year for a combined total of 8-10 classes (24+ credits). Credits apply to both high school completion and college. Classes may be online or in-person.

Provides confidential, client-directed assistance in gaining access to government and community programs, including housing, transportation, Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, 3SquaresVT (food stamps), Medicaid, health-care insurance, rebates, adult day services, hoarding issues, and mental health services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.

Provides social and emotional support for children with challenging behavior and/or who have or are experiencing trauma, and consultation and partnership with families and early care and education providers.

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 a directory of farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), organic farms, and farm stands throughout the state. Search engine also provides an option to narrow search to farmers markets that accept EBT/Debit cards.

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 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 low-cost spay and neuter services for cats whose owners are unable to afford a full-service veterinarian. Also offers a grant to assist with pet veterinarian costs.

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 home entry and bathroom accessibility modifications. Offers financial assistance for nonprofit housing providers for accessibility modifications in their affordable rental housing.

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.

For every dollar of 3SquaresVT benefits spent at participating Vermont farmers' markets, eligible individuals will receive a matching Crop Cash dollar, up to $20 per day and up to $20 per day with the Crop Cash Plus program. Crop Cash can only be used to purchase fruits, vegetables, herbs, and culinary plant starts. Crop Cash Plus can be spent on any eligible SNAP item. No change can be given for Crop Cash (i.e. must be used in full $1 increments). Participants can visit multiple markets a week and receive the full match at each.

Covers the costs, up to a certain dollar amount, for professional services and related costs for a simple burial or cremation for a deceased individual. Payment is made directly to the funeral home.

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.

Works with peers one on one and in groups to create independent living plans to reach an individuals' goals. Plans may include moving out of a nursing home, managing attendant care, budgeting finances, acquiring adaptive equipment, communicating more effectively, or finding a job.

Provides a webpage with a map of Vermont divided into towns. Each town is color-coded to indicate which Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) covers that town. The key to the map provides the phone numbers for all the SWMDs. The website itself (as well as individual SWD websites) contains important information about hazardous waste disposal, including how to properly dispose of such items as computers, tires, and batteries. The website also provides detailed information about Act 148, Vermont's Universal Recycling Law, which covers how to comply with the law's requirements on how to dispose of plastic, paper, yard debris, clean wood, food scraps, and other organic materials.