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.
Look at all of these coats! Dealer.com held a two-week winter clothing drive where they collected so many great hats, sweaters, coats, and scarves to keep our youth warm for the rest of the winter. We also want to thank Dealer.com for being the premier sponsor for our Sleep Out on March 27th!
The Spectrum Student Sleep Out was inspired by Celia Andrews from Westford, Vermont! Nine years old at the time, she heard business leaders were sleeping outside on Church Street on a cold winter night to raise awareness and funds for homeless youth—and she wanted to get involved. With her parents’ support, she decided to Sleep …
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Burlington, VT—Spectrum Youth and Family Services and Dartmouth College’s Medical School have teamed up to offer a new innovative, outpatient treatment research program for teens and their families struggling with problems related to substance use. The Teen Intervention Program for Substance Use (TIPS) program combines weekly, individual motivational and behavioral coping skills counseling and a …
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Each year at Spectrum, we work with over 200 young people who have aged out of foster care or state custody. Kayla is one such woman—she was just 8 years old when she had a neighbor call the police for her to get herself placed in foster care. Vermont author Chris Bohjalian spoke with her …
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Listen in as our Shelter Coordinator, Sarah Shaughnessey, talks about Spectrum’s shelter—how youth hear about the shelter, what is expected of them, what resources are available and how the shelter helps them transition into adulthood. Sarah and her staff work around the clock to ensure youth who stay at the shelter have a warm place …
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