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Spectrum Advocates for Mentors on Captial Hill

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Spectrum and Mentor Vermont Program Staff represented and advocated for youth mentoring in Vermont on the hill for Capitol Hill Day. Zoe Werth, Spectrum’s Mentor Program Associate, was honored to share our stories, passions, and priorities for mentoring with our representatives and senators. We thank Senator Peter Welch, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Congresswoman Becca Balint …
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Spectrum Testifies for Mental Health

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Deteriorating mental health among young adults is a serious by-product of the COVID-19 pandemic that is likely to have long-lasting implications. Studies in the last year have found that youth report increased rates of depression, anxiety, loneliness, suicidality, and substance use. Today, Spectrum’s Manager of Riverstone Counseling, Kristen Breault-Bolio, testified in front of the Vermont …
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Detail Works Makes National News

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Detail Works, our social enterprise that teaches youth the soft skills they need to thrive in the workplace, was on CBS Mornings, the national award-winning news broadcast! In October of 2021, CBS news correspondent Christina Ruffini and her crew came to Vermont to interview the team at Detail Works. The 4-minute spot  reached over 3 …
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Vermont is struggling to provide mental health counseling, especially for young people

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Read this recent article by Dan D’Ambrosio from the Burlington Free Press, on the increased need for mental health counseling throughout the state of Vermont. The article centers Riverstone Counseling’s challenges in meeting the mental health needs of Spectrum’s youth. Vermont is facing a perfect storm of increased need for mental health counseling, especially among …
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