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.
Hannah joined Spectrum in September 2021 as a member of the Respite team. Her background is in conservation, community development, and education. Currently, Hannah is working full time as an Employment Specialist with Champlain Community Services. Hannah moved to Vermont a year ago after working seasonally across the United States for the past six years. …
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Shanna started working for Spectrum In November of 2021 at the Warming Shelter. She hopes to have the opportunity to help Spectrum youth learn mechanisms to determine what success means to them and to how to achieve it. Shanna has always wanted to work in the human services field. She started her post-secondary education at McMaster university in hopes of getting a degree in neuropsychology (PNB) with a …
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Aaron joined Spectrum in January 2022 as Respite Staff in the Supported Housing Program. He attended high school at The Grove School in Connecticut. After graduating in 2012, he returned to Vermont. Previously he worked as waitstaff at a senior living community where he especially enjoyed supporting the residents as well as other food service …
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Alayna joined Spectrum in September 2021 as an intern Youth Coach with the Supported Housing Program. She will graduate from the University of Vermont next May with a BS in Psychological Science. Prior to Spectrum, she spent her time as a manager at Sweetwater’s and a substitute teacher in the Massachusetts school district. In her …
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Vivian joined Spectrum in October 2021 as a Respite staff member for the Supported Housing program. Prior to Spectrum, she worked as a gymnastic coach and summer camp counselor at Regal Gymnastics Academy. She continued to coach gymnastics in college while fund raising for the school’s gymnastic team. She earned her B.A. in Criminology from …
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