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.
Spectrum’s most recent e-newsletter is now online. Read it here. A letter from Executive Director Mark Redmond is below: Dear Friend, Recently, I was asked by a school superintendent if I remembered Joseph, because he had referred Joseph to Spectrum five years ago for counseling and a place to live when he became homeless. I …
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Read this letter from Spectrum’s Executive Director, Mark Redmond, about the impact of your giving. There are many reasons why the media is full of bad news these days. But one of the reasons is that some of the best news often comes in the shape of something ordinary. A few weeks ago, I was …
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Listen in as our Shelter Coordinator, Sarah Shaughnessey, talks about Spectrum’s shelter—how youth hear about the shelter, what is expected of them, what resources are available and how the shelter helps them transition into adulthood. Sarah and her staff work around the clock to ensure youth who stay at the shelter have a warm place …
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As a teen, Lynn Castro was couch-surfing with friends when they lost their apartment and she found she had nowhere to go. A friend had heard of the Spectrum shelter and dropped her off with all of her belongings. “What will they help me with?” she asked. “Everything,” he said. Watch the video to find …
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