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.
We offer emergency shelter and transitional housing for young people ages 16-24 in Burlington and St. Albans.
Detail Works is a social enterprise designed to help young people build the soft skills and trade skills they need in the workplace.
When I learned that PC Construction was pulling together a team to participate in Spectrum’s annual Sleep Out, I had to get involved. . . . The soggy ground, rain, and temps in the 20s drove home the conditions so many of our homeless youth are exposed to year-round.
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An Introduction to Batterer Intervention: Understanding Domestic Violence and Men Who Batter May 8, 2015 We’re offering a one-day training that will provide an overview of domestic violence and batterer accountability for individuals working with men who batter, including individuals interested in facilitating batterers intervention groups. This training is required for new DV Solutions facilitators. …
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The house where Nicolette Elias, a victim of intimate partner violence, was found. An Oregon circuit court judge, Amy Holmes Hehn, has been presiding over a contentious custody case. In an editorial in The Oregonian (reprinted here with permission), Hehn tells us how we can change our thinking and end the cycle of domestic violence. On Nov. 10, …
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[youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGBADQnYGg” color=”white” theme=”light” modestbranding=”1″ autohide=”1″ autoplay=”1″ fs=”1″] The cold weather has lately been an important reminder that not everyone is fortunate enough to have a roof over their heads. The Sleep Out unites business and community leaders and students in solidarity with the homeless and at-risk youth that we serve.
Our Executive Director, Mark Redmond, spoke on Friday, February 6th at the TEDx Burlington event. Mark told a story about how he’d received an email from someone asking, “I am going to be teaching a parenting class at a local school. What advice would you give to a room full of parents?” His answer also …
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