Notre mission est de donner aux adolescents, aux jeunes adultes et à leurs familles les moyens d'apporter et de maintenir des changements positifs grâce à des services de prévention, d'intervention et de compétences de vie.
L'ancien gouverneur du Vermont, Jim Douglas, a promulgué la loi H.449, augmentant la limite d'âge des jeunes placés de 18 à 21 ans au centre d'accueil Spectrum en 2007.
Detail Works is a social enterprise designed to help young people build the soft skills and trade skills they need in the workplace.
When she was 8, Kayla went to the police and asked them to put her in foster care. Her mom had made a habit of leaving her alone for days, with no food and no one to look after her. With your help, Kayla—once without a home of her own—builds her future.
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An Introduction to Batterer Intervention: Understanding Domestic Violence and Men Who Batter May 8, 2015 We’re offering a one-day training that will provide an overview of domestic violence and batterer accountability for individuals working with men who batter, including individuals interested in facilitating batterers intervention groups. This training is required for new DV Solutions facilitators. …
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The house where Nicolette Elias, a victim of intimate partner violence, was found. An Oregon circuit court judge, Amy Holmes Hehn, has been presiding over a contentious custody case. In an editorial in The Oregonian (reprinted here with permission), Hehn tells us how we can change our thinking and end the cycle of domestic violence. On Nov. 10, …
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In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we sat down with Colleen Nilsen, the director of Spectrum’s Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention programs (VIPP), to ask her a few questions. Beal St. George: First, could you describe Spectrum’s program for domestic violence intervention and prevention? Colleen Nilsen: The program is called DV Solutions, or Domestic …
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