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.
Detail Works is a social enterprise designed to help young people build the soft skills and trade skills they need in the workplace.
Written by an anonymous parent of a youth at Spectrum. “When you are the adoptive parent of a teen struggling with depression/mood swings/alcoholism/eating disorder, your world is turned upside down. Instead of family Yahtzee games on a Friday night, you end up driving around looking for your daughter who has run away from home yet again. …
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Here is a recent letter from Mark Redmond, our executive director, on his experience visiting Detail Works, our social enterprise that teaches youth the soft skills they need to be successful in the workplace. Last summer I ran into a young woman in our counseling waiting room who works for Detail Works, …
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Because of supporters like you, Spectrum clients like Ben Winzenburg have hope for a brighter future.
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On May 5th, a group of 65 young people came together on the Champlain College campus with a goal: to build leadership skills, learn about leadership opportunities in the community, and create bonds with their peers.
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Want to learn more about the lives of the young people you’ve helped? Watch “Spectrum Voices”, a documentary that tells the stories of the teens and young adults that use Spectrum’s programs.
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