Independent Living Skills Training - Supportive Counseling

Spectrum Youth and Family Services

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The Spectrum shelter helped me out so much. It led to so many other things. Spectrum worked with me to get a stable place to live. They helped me find a job. I got my GED. Without Spectrum, I don't know where I would be today. They saved my life and helped me open my eyes and realize how much was out there for me. -Denise, 19 year old

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Jump on Board with Success (JOBS)

The JOBS Program is a collaborative effort between Spectrum and the HowardCenter. The program serves youth (16-21) who have been identified as having an emotional and/or behavioral disability and are in need of extra support and services to maintain and make progress in their educational settings and /or obtain and maintain employment.

JOBS case managers provide evidence based screening and assessment, supportive counseling and referrals to services/resources and comprehensive, integrated case management/care coordination. More specifically, these services include but are not limited to: independent living skills training, job development/shadowing and individualized job placement.

For the next 5 years, the JOBS program will be enhanced by funding from a federal award to the Vermont Department of Health Children and families Division, called the “Youth in Transitions” grant. The JOBS program will expand and enhance service by providing more outreach to rural outlying areas in Chittenden County and to more ethnically and racially diverse youth and families.

In 2009, 58 youth were helped through the JOBS program.

Spectrum Youth and Family Services | 31 Elmwood Ave, Burlington, VT
Phone 802.864.7423 | Email info@spectrumvt.org