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Helps families with children by providing case management services that support work, training and education, and cash grants for basic necessities. Reach Up helps with identifying skills, abilities, interests, training or education needs, preparation for work, childcare costs, transportation costs, and work-related costs such as clothing, tools, and supplies. Each person on Reach Up works with a case manager to create a Family Development Plan. Benefits paid through direct deposit or EBT card. Child-Only Reach Up provides cash assistance to help eligible adults care for the minor, dependent children of relatives or family friends. Reach First helps families overcome temporary, short-term financial crises and avoid the need for longer-term assistance, providing case management, financial help, and support services. Reach Ahead helps families transition from Vermont's Reach Up or Post-Secondary Education (PSE) programs to working, with supports to help maintain a job, including cash incentives for working and help paying for car repairs, work clothes, and work supplies, a 100% childcare subsidy, and a cash benefit for food.

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Offers a recovery program for individuals with substance use issues. The program offers the opportunity to form close relationships with peers and recovery coaches that can support them in developing a healthy lifestyle that is rewarding and free from substance use.

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Offers playgroups designed specifically to allow fathers and masculine-identifying caregivers to connect with one another while engaging in healthy play with their children. Groups have met at local playgrounds, coffee shops, the Winooski Family Center, and Fletcher Free library.

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Provides a course designed to empower parents and caregivers of youths with the tools, knowledge, and support needed to navigate the challenges of supporting a young person with a mental health condition. The course features workshops, presentations, discussions, and interactive elements, allowing participants to forge connections with others in the class and develop essential skills. Basics is led by two trained NAMI Vermont volunteers who have lived experience supporting a young person with a mental health condition.

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Helps families with children by providing case management services that support work, training and education, and cash grants for basic necessities. Reach Up helps with identifying skills, abilities, interests, training or education needs, preparation for work, childcare costs, transportation costs, and work-related costs such as clothing, tools, and supplies. Each person on Reach Up works with a case manager to create a Family Development Plan. Benefits paid through direct deposit or EBT card. Child-Only Reach Up provides cash assistance to help eligible adults care for the minor, dependent children of relatives or family friends. Reach First helps families overcome temporary, short-term financial crises and avoid the need for longer-term assistance, providing case management, financial help, and support services. Reach Ahead helps families transition from Vermont's Reach Up or Post-Secondary Education (PSE) programs to working, with supports to help maintain a job, including cash incentives for working and help paying for car repairs, work clothes, and work supplies, a 100% childcare subsidy, and a cash benefit for food.

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Provides information about kinship care, including benefits and services available. Helps make referrals and provides micro-grants when available.

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Offers a recovery program for individuals with substance use issues. The program offers the opportunity to form close relationships with peers and recovery coaches that can support them in developing a healthy lifestyle that is rewarding and free from substance use.

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Offers a statewide warmline for fathers and masculine-identifying caregivers to reach out to whenever they need someone to talk with.

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Offers a recovery program for individuals with substance use issues. The program offers the opportunity to form close relationships with peers and recovery coaches that can support them in developing a healthy lifestyle that is rewarding and free from substance use.

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Helps families with children by providing case management services that support work, training and education, and cash grants for basic necessities. Reach Up helps with identifying skills, abilities, interests, training or education needs, preparation for work, childcare costs, transportation costs, and work-related costs such as clothing, tools, and supplies. Each person on Reach Up works with a case manager to create a Family Development Plan. Benefits paid through direct deposit or EBT card. Child-Only Reach Up provides cash assistance to help eligible adults care for the minor, dependent children of relatives or family friends. Reach First helps families overcome temporary, short-term financial crises and avoid the need for longer-term assistance, providing case management, financial help, and support services. Reach Ahead helps families transition from Vermont's Reach Up or Post-Secondary Education (PSE) programs to working, with supports to help maintain a job, including cash incentives for working and help paying for car repairs, work clothes, and work supplies, a 100% childcare subsidy, and a cash benefit for food.

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Offers a support group facilitated by a local therapist.

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Offers a monthly check in via Zoom for fathers and masculine-identifying caregivers to connect and converse with one another.

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Provides free or low-cost health insurance for immigrants. Covers hospital, medical, dental, and prescription drug costs.

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Provides information, guidance and assistance that supports the ability of family member caregivers to make decisions and solve problems relating to their responsibility of raising children in situations where the birth parents are unable or unwilling to provide for their care. Provides respite grants to kinship caregivers.

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Provides information about kinship care rights and support services. Helps families involved with kinship care make contact with local Kinship Peer Navigators who can provide information, education, and support to ensure families have access to the social services that are available to children in kinship care.

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Provides a community space and resource center, play area for babies and toddlers, changing station with free diapers, baby wearing demos, and discounted baby carriers for sale. Also includes a book and DVD lending library.

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Dads Group is a unique program designed to equip fathers with the self-awareness, compassion, and sense of responsibility that every good parent needs.

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Provides information about kinship care rights and support services. Helps families involved with kinship care make contact with local Kinship Peer Navigators who can provide information, education, and support to ensure families have access to the social services that are available to children in kinship care.

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Provides a warmline offering emotional support, practical guidance, and connects individuals with resources tailored to their specific situation.

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Helps families with children by providing case management services that support work, training and education, and cash grants for basic necessities. Reach Up helps with identifying skills, abilities, interests, training or education needs, preparation for work, childcare costs, transportation costs, and work-related costs such as clothing, tools, and supplies. Each person on Reach Up works with a case manager to create a Family Development Plan. Benefits paid through direct deposit or EBT card. Child-Only Reach Up provides cash assistance to help eligible adults care for the minor, dependent children of relatives or family friends. Reach First helps families overcome temporary, short-term financial crises and avoid the need for longer-term assistance, providing case management, financial help, and support services. Reach Ahead helps families transition from Vermont's Reach Up or Post-Secondary Education (PSE) programs to working, with supports to help maintain a job, including cash incentives for working and help paying for car repairs, work clothes, and work supplies, a 100% childcare subsidy, and a cash benefit for food.

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Offers parenting education, answers child development questions, provides information about housing, budgeting, and other concerns new parents have at times and places convenient to families. Family Support Home Visitors are available for those parents who are unable to travel to appointments or who are reluctant to meet outside of their homes.

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Operates a resource contact center that connects children and their families to services they need. Child Development Specialists provide education and support around developmental or behavioral concerns, help recognize typical developmental milestones, offer confidential developmental screening, provide referrals to community-based supports, empower families to overcome barriers to services, and follow up with families as appropriate.

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Provides a guide to the rights of LGBTQ2+ youth for parents and caregivers. Includes issues related to employment, housing, public accommodations, as well as rights regarding harassment.

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Provides coordination of educational materials and resource information for the purpose of expanding the knowledge and understanding of the needs of children being raised by caregivers other than their birth parents, to ensure that all people whose lives have been affected by adoption or guardianship have access to quality support services. Coordinates trainings to all post permanence service providers and facilitates conferences that are held annually for professionals and families. Provides an online educational resource library.

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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.

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