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.
Written by Lucy Mercer. First appeared in the Burlington Free Press. There are about 1,000 homeless kids in Vermont each year, according to estimates. The Spectrum Sleep Out was started to help lower that number. Guidance counselor Greg Martin, captain of the Browns River Middle School Sleep Out team in Jericho, said the best benefit …
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Bob Wheel was named Vermont Mentor of the Year. He wrote this blog post to thank the Spectrum community. “Without your generous and gracious support, the past four years would not have been nearly as exciting for Ryan and me.”
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Mark talks about the biggest challenges youth face in Vermont today: widespread opiate use and the lack of affordable housing.
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This past winter, Burlington’s first Warming Shelter opened. This meant that homeless adults, even if they were under the influence of drugs or alcohol, had a place to sleep out of the cold. Every night, all 28 beds were full.
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