2015 FRANKLIN-GRAND ISLE RESOURCE DIRECTORY LIVE HEROIC. LIVE UNITED. ADVANCING, EDUCATION, INCOME AND HEALTH www.fgiunitedway.org 802.527.7418 [email protected] Photograph by Jeremy Read Franklin-Grand Isle Community Resource Directory ne of the most successful partnerships in Franklin County has been the collaboration behind the Franklin-Grand Isle Resource Directory. This is our twentieth year and our twentieth edition, the Oproduct being a directory that unites the community in a manner that is both professional and helpful. We offer our thanks to all those who have put in countless hours compiling this essential information. Thank you to all of our readers who have offered suggestions over the years and have helped us create this valuable, easy to use, community resource. - Emerson Lynn We would like to extend a special thank you to the Franklin-Grand Isle United Way for helping to update and distribute this valuable resource. We are especially careful to provide updated information with each new release of this publication. For the most current resource information, dial the three-digit number 2-1-1 or visit www.vermont211.org. A PDF of the Resource Directory is available for download on the following websites: www.fgiunitedway.org, www.ncssinc.org, www.NorthwesternMedicalCenter.org, and www.samessenger.com Index ADOPTION Memorial United Methodist Learning Together Intensive Casey Family Services - Vermont Division . 14 Church Thrift Shop . 28 Parent Training Program . 26 Vermont Children’s Aid Society . 41 Military, Family & Community Network . .. 28 Lund . 26 NOTCH Partnering Project . 32 Military, Family & Community Network . 28 ADVOCACY Operation Happiness . 34 Parent Support Group for Parents American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont . 11 Vermont Catholic Charities . 40 of Children with Special Needs . 35 American Conservative Vermont Department for Children & Families 42 Prevent Child Abuse Vermont . 35 Women in Action . 11 Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program . 45 Vermont Children’s Aid Society . 41 ARC of Northwestern Vermont . 11 Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation . 41 Champlain Valley Office of CHILD CARE & PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS Vermont Department Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) . 15 for Children and Families . 42 Champlain Islands Citizen’s Advocacy Program . 17 Vermont Family Network . 35, 44 Parent Child Center - South . 14 Franklin County Business and Vermont Office of Child Support . 45 Professional Women (BPW) . 21 Champlain Valley Head Start . 15 Franklin County Citizen’s Combination Option Preschool . 17 CHURCHES & Advocacy Program . 22 Curiosity Corners Preschool . 18 PLACES OF WORSHIP . 54 Franklin County Humane Society . 22 Franklin County Early Childhood CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS . 55 NARAL Pro-Choice Vermont . 29 Programs (FCECP) . 22 Grand Isle Supervisory Union CONSUMER ASSISTANCE & Outright Vermont . 34 PROTECTION Peace and Justice Center . 35 Early Childhood Program . 24 Consumer Assistance Program . 18 Vermont Commission on Women . 41 Kate’s Registered Day Care . 26 Kiddz Kneeddz . .. 26 Consumer Assistance Vermont Right to Life Committee . 45 & Protection Vermont Tenants, Inc . 18 Kim’s Kids Daycare and Preschool . 26 Vermont Workers Center . 46 Consumer Credit Counseling Vermont Works for Women . 47 Learning Adventure . 26 Service of VT & NH . 18 Women of Color Alliance . 47 Little Shepherd Childcare . .. 26 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) . 25 Munchkinland Montessori . 29 Vermont Department of Public Service . .. 43 AFTER SCHOOL RTW People’s Plaza . 36 PROGRAMS . 49 Vermont Tenants, Inc . 46 CHILDREN & FAMILIES ARTS & CULTURE CRIMINAL JUSTICE & The Alburgh Family Center . 21 LEGAL SERVICES All Arts Council (AAC) of Franklin County . 10 Autism Services - NCSS . 21 American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont . 11 BFA Theater, St . Albans . 12 Carenet Pregnancy Centers . 13 Attorney General’s Office . 12 Craft Emergency Relief Fund . 18 Casey Family Services - Vermont Division . 14 Barrier-Free Justice Vermont . 12 Island Arts . 14 Champlain Islands Child Protection Unit . 15 Montgomery Historical Society . 28 Parent Child Center - South . 14 Franklin County Court Diversion The Opera House at Enosburg Falls . 34 Champlain Valley Office of & Community Justice Programs . 22 St . Albans Artists’ Guild . 37 Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) . 15 Northwest State Correctional Facility . 42 St . Albans Historical Museum . 37 Childbirth Education . 15 St . Albans Community Justice Center . 37 St . Albans Literary Guild . 37 Child Care Support Services . 15 Vermont Association for Justice . 40 St . Albans Society for the Children’s Integrated Vermont Bar Association . 40 Performing Arts . 37 Services Program (CIS) . 17 Vermont Department of Corrections . 42 Trahan Theater at MVU . 38 Children with Special Vermont Ethics Network . 43 Vermont Arts Council . 39 Health Needs (CSHN) . 17 Vermont Human Rights Commission . 44 Vermont Council on The Humanities . .. 41 Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Services . 19 Vermont Land Trust . 44 Vermont Dairy Festival (June Dairy Days) . 41 Early Intervention Services . 19 Vermont Lawyer Referral Service . .. 44 Vermont Department of Libraries . 43 The Family Center (NCSS) . 21 Vermont Legal Aid, Inc . 44 Vermont Maple Festival . 44 Family and Community Support Services . 21 Vermont Mediators Association . 44 BASIC NEEDS & First Steps Childbirth Education . 21 Vermont Protection and Advocacy . 45 ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE Franklin-Grand Isle Bookmobile . 22 Vermont Senior Citizen’s Law Project . 46 Chittenden Community Action (CVOEO) . 15 Franklin-Lamoille County Craft Emergency Relief Fund . 18 CRISIS & EMERGENCY Nurse Family Partnership . 23 SERVICES Franklin-Grand Isle Healthy Babies, Kids, and Families . 25 Community Action (CVOEO) . 22 Agency of Human Services . 10 The Islands Family Network . 25 Jim Bashaw Cancer American Red Cross - La Leche League of Franklin County . 26 & Catastrophic Illness Fund . 26 Northern Vermont Chapter . 11 Index Northwestern Counseling Learning Together Intensive Vermont Campaign to & Support Services . 32 Parent Training Program . 26 End Childhood Hunger . 40 Vermont Emergency Management . 43 Northlands Job Corps . 32 Vermont Department for Voices Against Violence / Laurie’s House . 47 Northwest Technical Center . 33 Children and Families . 42 Vermont Department of Health . .. 43 DISABILITIES Soar Learning Center . 38 Stern Center for Language and Learning . 38 Vermont Food Venture Center Services . 19 Adult Protective Services . 10 Vermont Ethics Network . 43 Vermont Foodbank . 44 ARC of Northwestern Vermont . 11 Vermont Humanities Council . 44 Women, Infants & Children (WIC) . 47 Association for Cerebral Palsy . 12 Vermont Student Assistance Barrier-Free Justice Vermont . 12 HEALTH & SAFETY Corporation (VSAC) . 46 Brain Injury Association of Vermont . 12 Carenet Pregnancy Centers . 13 Care Partners . 13 EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING Crisis & Emergency Services / Prevent Child Abuse Vermont . 18, 35 Center for Disability & Community Inclusion . 14 CVOEO - Micro Business Development Office . 15 Franklin County Home Health Agency, Inc . 22 Center for Disorders of Communication . 14 Economic Development Council Green Mountain Care . 24 of Northern Vermont . 19 Champlain Adaptive Mounted Ladies First Program . 26 Program (CHAMP) . 14 Franklin County Industrial Northern New England Poison Center . 32 Development Corporation . 22 Citizen’s Advocacy Program . 17 Planned Parenthood of Northern Franklin Grand Isle Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (NCSS) . 21 New England . 35 Workforce Investment Board . 22 Franklin County Citizen’s Prevent Child Abuse Vermont . 35 Micro Business Development Program / Advocacy Program . 22 Safe at Home Program . 36 Individual Development Account Program . 28 Franklin County Home Health Agency, Inc . 22 Safe Kids Vermont . 37 Pathstone . 35 Northwestern Counseling & Stop It Now . 38 Rural and Agricultural Vocational Support Services . 32 Rehab Program . 36 Vermont Committee for AIDS Resources Parent Support Group for Parents of Education and Services (Vermont CARES) . 41 Vermont Associates for Training Children with Special Needs . 35 and Development . 39 Vermont Department of Health . .. 43 Philo Center for Sensory-Based Vermont Association of Business, Vermont Lead-Based Paint Hazard Evaluation and Treatment . 35 Industry, and Rehabilitation . 40 Reduction Program . 44 Social Security Administration Vermont Department of Labor . 43 Vermont State Dental Clinic . 46 Office of Public Inquiries . 38 Vermont Women’s Business Center . 46 Vermont State Dental Society . 46 Special Olympics Vermont . 38 VocRehab Vermont . 42, 47 Vermont State Police . 46 Stern Center for Language and Learning . 38 Voices Against Violence/Laurie’s House . 47 Vermont Assistive Technology Project . 39 END OF LIFE Vermont Association for the Franklin County Home Health Agency, Inc . 22 HEALTH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Blind and Visually Impaired . 40 Vermont Respite House . 45 Accurate Hearing Aid Center . 10 Vermont Association of Business, Visiting Nurse Association of Industry, and Rehabilitation . 40 Chittenden & Grand Isle . 47 Center for Disorders of Communication . 14 Vermont Center for Independent Living . 41 The Center for Health & Wellness . .. 14 FIRE & RESCUE . 53 Vermont Center for the Deaf and Champlain Valley Area Health Hard of Hearing . 40 FOOD & NUTRITION Education Center . 15 Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights . 41 3SquaresVT (Formerly Food Stamps) . 10 David’s House . 18 Vermont Department of Disabilities, Champlain Islanders Developing