Our mission is to empower teenagers, young adults, and their families to make and sustain positive changes through prevention, intervention, and life skills services.
Former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas signs H.449 into law, raising the age limit of youth in foster care from 18 to 21 in Spectrum’s Drop-In Center in 2007.
The endless stream of frightening news and self-isolation, for many of us, is beginning to push the boundaries of our mental health. Below are a few articles that our Riverstone counselors have read and shared with some of their clients for support. We’re all in this together–most of us feel overwhelmed right now, which is …
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While we continue as an agency to be proactive and practice hyper-vigilance to ensure community health and safety, we will be taking precautionary measures in all of our programs in response to COVID-19. Find response details for each Spectrum program below. Drop-In Center Drop-In is continuing to stay open through our to-go food program, …
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This fall, Burlington High School sophomore, Sango, was struggling to understand her classes. Sango was born in Somalia and her first language is Swahili. She was having trouble structuring sentences in English and using the metric system. In September, Sango’s teacher referred her to the Help Desk in the school library. Since then, Marelyn, our …
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Written by an anonymous parent of a youth at Spectrum. “When you are the adoptive parent of a teen struggling with depression/mood swings/alcoholism/eating disorder, your world is turned upside down. Instead of family Yahtzee games on a Friday night, you end up driving around looking for your daughter who has run away from home yet again. …
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On Friday, Spectrum executive director, Mark Redmond testified on a Homeless Bill of Rights that will prohibit discrimination against people without a home. This bill was also up for review two years ago and did not pass. “This supports basic rights that are due to every American citizen and there is nothing in here that …
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