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.
Read how Essex High School (EHS) students slept outside in solidarity with homeless youth and at-risk youth for the 12th annual sleepout organized by Spectrum in the Essex Reporter, by Kate Vanni, Staff Writer. April 3, 2023. EWSD — Tents were pitched and hammocks hung on the front lawn of Essex High School as students …
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Spectrum Doubles Counseling Space and Staff Vermont is facing a mental healthcare crisis for youth. To help, in 2022, Riverstone Counseling doubled in size and had outgrown the counseling space at our 31 Elmwood office. After months of searching for a new office location, we found the perfect spot at 84 Pine Street. We are …
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Read about how Spectrum Youth and Family Services has expanded service and programs, leasing three apartments to youth at risk for homelessness and offering the Compass program to youth in need for Franklin and Grand Isle Counties by Josh Ellerbrock from the Saint Albans Messenger on February 9, 2023. FRANKLIN COUNTY — Spectrum has expanded …
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In September, Spectrum moved three youth from foster care into their brand-new apartments in St. Albans. As the need for housing becomes more acute in Chittenden County, teens and young adults are significantly impacted. “They [a Spectrum Youth] expressed concern that maybe this is a scam, because the apartments are so nice and she has never …
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Read about Rep. Peter Welch’s visit to Spectrum’s Youth & Family Services Drop-In Center in St. Albans. Article on October 20, 2022, by Josh Ellerbrock from the Saint Albans Messenger. Rep. Welch, met with executive director Mark Redmond to see the center, meet youth and see firsthand what federal investments do for local youth. ST. …
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