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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[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.
The following is a guest post by (beginning in the front row, second from left) Lena, Anita, Ellen, Lily, and Camille, students at Burlington High School, who are taking a philanthropy class this spring. We are a group of kids from Burlington High School who are part of a class called “Philanthro-me,” the point of which is …
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We are grateful to EM Pathy, a fourth grader in Essex, for sharing her poem with us. Even through the eyes of a 10-year-old, the enormity of the issue of homelessness is hard to grasp and understand. This poet believes each of us can help in some small way.
Scott O’Neil, one of the Sleep Out participants, shared this thought-provoking message that he sent his co-workers at Dealer.com: Surprisingly I’ve found myself dreading the Spectrum Sleepout. At first it started out as “sure sounds like an adventure” and has progressed to dread for 2 reasons 1) the weather has remained cold 2) this means …
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