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.
Last summer, Asia rented a room in a house, signing a lease with the woman who owned it and who also lived there. Taking college classes and working full-time, she diligently paid her rent on time for four months. It turned out, however, that this woman didn’t own the house. The actual landlord came knocking …
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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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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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The following is a speech that was presented by Tian B. at the 2018 Spectrum Sleep Out.
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I am doing horrible because everybody is supposed to be happy around the holidays but all I feel is empty. I can’t speak for everyone, but to me the holidays are just a big, national reminder of what’s missing and what I can’t get back.
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