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.
Detail Works, our social enterprise that teaches youth the soft skills they need to thrive in the workplace, was on CBS Mornings, the national award-winning news broadcast! In October of 2021, CBS news correspondent Christina Ruffini and her crew came to Vermont to interview the team at Detail Works. The 4-minute spot reached over 3 …
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Read this recent article by Dan D’Ambrosio from the Burlington Free Press, on the increased need for mental health counseling throughout the state of Vermont. The article centers Riverstone Counseling’s challenges in meeting the mental health needs of Spectrum’s youth. Vermont is facing a perfect storm of increased need for mental health counseling, especially among …
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[Burlington, VT]—The Multicultural Youth Program at Spectrum Youth & Family Services was recently selected to receive $57,000 in funding from the Summer Matters for All Grant program. According to Governor Phil Scott, the Summer Matters for All Grant Program will support programs in 13 Vermont counties with the goal of expanding access to summer enrichment …
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Today marks one year since the tragic and senseless death of George Floyd. His death was a wakeup call for many people across the United States and around the world, but for Black Americans it served as yet another reminder of what they already knew. As the voices and experiences of Black Americans have begun …
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This is a testimony give by Alicia Cerasoli, a Youth Development Coordinator at Spectrum, during a recent legislative hearing about a bill which will create an Office of the Child Advocate in Vermont. My name is Alicia Cerasoli. I have lived in Vermont my entire life and am a current resident of Burlington. I join …
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