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.
Each March, business and community leaders come together to spend the night outside overnight in solidarity with the many clients that we serve who may be homeless or at risk of homelessness. Jessie Willetts (center, green jacket), brand advisor at Dealer.com, shares her experience of Sleeping Out below. Why do you Sleep Out? It such …
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Each year, over 500 people sleep outside in solidarity with youth facing homelessness by participating in the Spectrum Sleep Out. This year we asked one of our returning participants why she chooses to sleep out. Ilka Pritchard is the team captain for Social Sentinel’s Sleep Out team and has been participating in the Sleep Out …
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“I feel young again,” says Terry of her experience as a mentor. “I feel like a teenager when I’m with her. I feel excited to show her new things, but often Kiara is the one who is teaching me more.” Learn more about Kiara and Terry’s mentoring partnership.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from all of us at Spectrum.
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Thanks to you, ten beds line the walls at the warming shelter in downtown Burlington. The shelter opened in early November and will close at the end of March.
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