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.
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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Without a youth center or similar programs in the community, there is a need for a safe, warm and consistent physical place where youth in St. Albans can go to receive a hot meal, help with homework, assistance finding a job, and a friendly ear. We currently have two youth coordinators that work with youth …
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2018 at Spectrum was made possible by our incredible community of donors, volunteers, and mentors. As one of our youth recently said, “I can honestly say that I don’t know where I would be now if it weren’t for Spectrum welcoming me with open arms when no one else would.” Spectrum youth are some of the …
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Because of supporters like you, Spectrum clients like Ben Winzenburg have hope for a brighter future.
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Thanks to your support, our warming shelter housed teens and young adults who had nowhere else to stay this past winter.
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