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Section II. INDEX of Programs, listed by category
Section III. Links to Data Sources
For regularly updated information on substance abuse services, go to the Vermont 211 service at http://www.vermont211.org or dial 2·1·1
Other websites with substance abuse resource listings:
- Youth yellow pages: www.firstcallvt.org/yellow123v.html
- ADAP website: http://healthvermont.gov/adap/adap.aspx
This Community Resource Guide was originally compiled by Amy Hanzelka when she served as an Americorps*VISTA with Community & Economic Development Office and the Chittenden County Substance Abuse Coalition. It has been revised and expanded under the auspices of the Burlington Substance Abuse Coalition by Alice Christian, serving a HUD Fellowship internship in conjunction with CEDO. All of the data has been verified but as there are constant changes in the landscape, you should call or check the web to make sure the organization is still operating as described here.
Section 1. Alphabetical Program Listing
A. City of Burlington Programs
- Drug Prevention Curriculum
- Know Your Body (Grades K-5): Resistance skills training and age appropriate information about tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine (PASS Grant program)
- Guidance Curriculum (Grades K-5): Teaches refusal skills
- Life Skills Training (Grades 6-8): Curriculum provides information about drugs and teaches students skills needed to avoid high-risk behaviors. National program based on 20 years of scientific research.
- Grade 9: Mandatory one-semester course focused on teaching teens to make good choices.
- Grades 10-12: Curriculum to be developed with PASS Grant funds.
- Drug Prevention Staff
- Student Assistance Program or “SAP” The District has 3.5 FTEs who serve as counselors (one at each middle school and 1.5 at BHS) Program includes intervention and referral services and education and training for staff, students, parents, and community on substance abuse and tobacco-use issues. Counselors participate in District policy setting. Operated in cooperation with Spectrum Youth and Family Services. The school district’s Prevention Coordinator is Karen Quinn working out of Burlington High School.
- School Resource Officers (Burlington Police Dept.): Officers act as role models, enforce laws and school policies, counsel students, and participate in truancy, disciplinary, and other school functions.
- Health Staff and Guidance Counselors: These staff members work with students and families, provide support and counseling to students and make referrals to outside providers.
- Staff Trainings: All staff receives training a minimum of two times per year. Act 51 (15-hour training) provided at no cost to District staff.
- Other Prevention, Education and Intervention Efforts
- Parent-Dialogue Nights: Held annually at middle and high schools
- School-Based Health Centers: (Barnes and Wheeler Elementary Schools) Physical and mental health services are offered at the schools through a collaboration involving community providers. Services focus on students attending the schools, although siblings may also be seen for physical health services. Mental health services often involve the entire family through social work, home-nurse, and intervention services.
- District Social-Work Services: The District has social workers working throughout the District. The social workers help students (and families) by identifying issues that interfere with school success, including drug and alcohol issues of the student or family members.
- Mentoring: This program matches high-risk students with adult mentors who commit to a yearlong relationship. Research shows this can prevent high-risk behaviors in youth.
- Community Collaborations: The District has forged relationships with many community providers to address the needs of its students. Among these are the Vermont Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs and the Chittenden County Substance Abuse Coalition.
- District Policy and Procedures: The District has Comprehensive policies and procedures that address tobacco, alcohol, and drug use on school premises and coming to school under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Violations have serious consequences.
- Participation in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the Youth Health Survey: The District administers these surveys to students each year.
- Burlington After School Program: The District offers comprehensive programs at all nine schools. Programs are offered daily, and offer a positive experience during the highest risk hours for youth to become involved in high-risk behaviors.
- 242 Main: This substance-free youth-run facility, sponsored by Parks & Recreation Department at Memorial Auditorium, provides a safe environment and resources to foster music, activism, and the arts in downtown Burlington (Program examples: Poetry Slam, band performances, coffee house, movie night). General Manager: Richard Bailey, Phone: 862-2244. www.242main.com
- City Kids: A Vermont State Licensed after-school program for children in grades K-5. Professional staff supervises a wide variety of recreational, educational, and enriching field-trip activities. Program is open daily (including ½ days of school and winter break) and includes a snack. Scholarships are available. Phone: 864-0123.
3) Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO)
- Burlington Neighborhood Project (BNP): Program promotes actual and perceived safety of Burlington’s neighborhoods through neighborhood organizing and participation. Includes involvement in substance abuse issues through:
- Community forums and educational sessions on heroin
- Monthly forums with the Police Department and the Department of Corrections on safety issues (including drugs)
- Support of the GAIN (Greater Archibald-Intervale Neighborhood Association) initiative to create a suspicious activity log and support for expanding the log to other neighborhoods
Contacts: Ita Meno at 865-7172 or Beth Truzansky at 865-7178- Community Justice Center (CJC): A restorative justice center that often deals with victims and offenders of drug-related crimes or other community and neighborhood-level drug-related problems. The program allows community-members to take part in the justice process and holds offenders directly accountable to the victims and communities that have been harmed. Contact: Karen Vastine at 865-7155.
- Offender Reentry Program: This program helps prisoners who are reentering the community access housing, employment, substance abuse and mental health support and other basic needs, learn about the impact of their actions, and hear expectations for their future behavior directly from citizens. Contact: Sally Fox at 865-7588
- Incarcerated Women Initiative: This interagency collaborative is working on improving the treatment and successful reentry of women prisoners in Vermont. Contact: Karen Vastine at 865-7155
- Enforcement:
- Street-Level Enforcement: Day-to-day street-level law-enforcement, which sometimes involves issues of substance abuse.
- Drug-Related Crimes: One-third of the Department’s detective bureau works directly with investigation and enforcement of drug-related crimes (two detectives work exclusively on drugs and one is on the DEA task force for Northern Vermont). Recently, two more police officers were added to perform street level interdiction.
- START Program (Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team): Statewide initiative to combat teenage alcohol (and drug) use, organized by county. Initiative involves cooperation among trained local law enforcement, schools, parents, media, local officials, and other community partners to implement a zero tolerance policy of teen alcohol use. Two approaches are used:
- Proactive: Patrols to seek, find, and enforce violations of law related to alcohol use by minors. This approach employs “party-busts” and “stings” at beverage outlets. The proactive approach also includes public education campaigns and development of community partnerships that facilitate information exchange.
- Reactive: START Team members respond to requests for assistance from other agencies in Chittenden County in dealing with such situations as underage drinking parties.
- Student Resource Officers (SROs): Police Officers (2) stationed in Burlington schools. Officers are not only involved in enforcement; they also act as teachers/counselors (through presentations and 1-on-1 counseling) and serve as an information resource for students and staff
- Vermont Substance Abuse Conference: Annual Vermont Department of Health Conference focused on prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery in which the Burlington Police Department participates.
The departments of the City of Burlington, such as the Fletcher Free Library and City Arts, offer a wide range of activities for children and families. Many of these programs are free or offer need-based scholarships.
6) License/Local Control Subcommittee of the Burlington City Council
This committee reviews all applications for new and renewed liquor licenses in the City. They make recommendations to the City Council when it convenes as the Local Control Committee. The state of Vermont ultimately grants all liquor licenses. The subcommittee’s meetings are warned at the City Clerk’s office and on the city’s website at www.ci.burlington.vt.us/ct/citycouncil/.
B. Community-Based & Non-Profit Programs
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs (ADAP)
VT Substance Abuse
Prevention Staff Chief: Marcia LaPlante, 108 Cherry Street, 651-1560
Prevention Consultant: Paula Gile, 1193 North Avenue, 863-7561
http://healthvermont.gov/adap/adap.aspx
ADAP is one of the six
divisions of the Vermont Department of Health and was established to
help Vermonters prevent, reduce and/or eliminate alcohol and other
drug related problems. In partnership with other public and private
organizations, ADAP plans, funds, manages, and evaluates a
comprehensive, consistent, and effective system of substance abuse
prevention and treatment services. ADAP works closely with the
Vermont Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Council (VADAAC), an
eleven-member council authorized by state statute to advise the
Governor on the nature and extent of alcohol and drug abuse
problems, and the programs necessary to understand, prevent, and
alleviate those problems. ADAP Administrative offices are located in
Burlington.
Hotline number: (802) 860-8382
www.aavt.org
AA is a support group and 12-step program for recovering alcoholics.
Meetings are held on a daily basis throughout the Burlington area.
Membership is free, but members must have a desire to stop drinking.
Jim Lockridge, Executive Director, Phone:
865-1140
Mail: P.O. Box 428, Burlington, VT 05402-0428
Office: 215
College Street, 3rd Flr., Burlington, VT 05401
Jim@Bigheavyworld.net
www.bigheavyworld.com
Big Heavy World’s mission is to preserve the
historical record of music originating in Vermont; create economic
opportunity for Vermont’s musicians and the industries vital to
them; to develop community among Vermont musicians and their
patrons; and to accomplish this mission in a substance-free
environment that empowers and educates youth.
Boy Scouts of America (Green Mountain Council)
Phone: (802)
244-5189
www.scoutingvermont.org
Membership program aimed at shaping
values and character of boys through activities and achievements.
The Green Mountain Council is the Vermont chapter of the Scouts of
New England. P.O. Box 557, Waterbury, VT 05676
Burlington Substance Abuse Coalition
Contact: Paula Gile at 316-2079
This coalition includes representatives from agencies
involved with substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Alcohol/Drug Education Coordinator, Champlain
College, 163 So. Willard Street, PO Box 670, Burlington, 05402,
phone: 651-5959
About 1700 students attend this private,
baccalaureate institution with the majority living off-campus. The
College runs a social norming campaign that includes posters and
other educational materials addressing the myths of drinking and
drug use. This program recently received a AAA award for its work in
preventing student drinking and driving and alcohol abuse.
Beth Kuhn, Director. Phone: 864-7541, 95 St.
Paul Street, Suite 200, Burlington
Toll Free: 1-800-545-0446
www.unitedwaycc.org
Champlain Initiative is a community wide
initiative focused on improving the quality of life in Chittenden
County by 2016. Champlain Initiative teams of volunteers are working
on addressing racism in the schools, early childhood education,
sustainable jobs, neighborhood connections, civic duty, health
insurance for children, physical fitness opportunities and spiritual
health. Supports coalitions such as the Chittenden County Substance
Abuse Coalition through information sharing. Housed at the United
Way of Chittenden County.
15 Pinecrest Drive, Essex Junction, VT 05452
Medical
Director: Holliday Kane Rayfield; Program Director: Jodie Bisson
Phone: 288-1087
The Crossroads Program offers intensive
community-based treatment for adolescents and adults (women).
Treatment emphasizes the linkages between the client’s family,
support systems, and professional health care systems. The program
is an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, and it is a
transition from inpatient treatment to a less restrictive
environment. The Crossroads program uses psycho-educational group
therapy, expressive therapies, comprehensive case management, and
crisis service.
Day One – Fletcher Allen Health Care
Hours: 8 am-5 pm
Monday-Friday
56W Twin Oaks Terrace Suite 6, South Burlington, VT
05403
Clinical Director: Beth Robins 847-3333
Day One is an
outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program that provides
assessment, counseling, information, and referrals. The intensive
outpatient program for adults is a group based substance treatment.
Program offers some individual therapy based on clinician
availability. Grant based adolescent program, short-term, 4-session
family based intervention. Program accepts most insurance plans.
Patients without insurance either pay on a sliding scale, or receive
patient financial assistance through FAHC.
96 Buell Street, Burlington
Phone:
658-0381
Dismas House is a halfway house that provides supportive
community for former criminal offenders (during a 4-6 month stay) as
they work to find a steady income and become self-sufficient, 75%
success rate. Resident paid program fees offset cost of stay.
ECHO Center for Lake Champlain Youth Programs
Chrissy Keating,
Volunteer Coordinator, 1 College Street, P.O. Box 4491, Burlington.
Phone: 864-1848
www.echovermont.org
ECHO at the Leahy Center for
Lake Champlain is Vermont's lake aquarium and science center. Its
mission is to educate the public on the Ecology, Culture, History,
and Opportunity for stewardship in the Lake Champlain Basin. The
Center offers various volunteer opportunities that include working
with animals, doing community outreach, and educating the public.
Patty McCarthy M.S., Executive
Director PO Box 1202, Montpelier, VT 05601.
Phone: 229-6103; toll
free (800) 769-2798
www.friendsofrecoveryvt.org
Friends of
Recovery-Vermont is a grassroots advocacy and education organization
promoting the power of long-term recovery from addictions to improve
the quality of life and health of Vermonters. FOR-VT provides
resources, information and referrals, recovery speakers, and
presentations, which bring voices and visibility to recovery.
Girl Scout Council of Vermont, Inc.
79 Allen Martin Drive, Essex
Junction, VT 05452 878-7131 or toll free 800-639-3055
www.girlscoutsvt.org/
Membership program sponsors after-school age
appropriate activities focused on encouraging skill-building and
responsibility as well as promoting strong leadership and
decision-making skills.
89 North Street, Burlington
Program
Director: Pastor Pauli Singhavong 862-9879
This is a substance-free
residential program designed for men interested in recovery, located
at the Burlington Emergency Shelter. The program is specifically
geared towards the homeless, but referrals are accepted from other
drug and alcohol residential programs and the corrections system.
Private referrals are also accepted. This is a Christian-based
self-help program, which emphasizes personal responsibility. Funding
comes from private donations, although residents also pay a program
fee.
Executive Director: Larry Bayle.
Phone: 863-8451
1233 Shelburne Rd., Ste E-6, S. Burlington 05403
www.gmppvt.org/
This non-profit organization focuses on youth drug
prevention and hosts residential camps for teenagers before they
develop drug abuse patterns of behavior. Programs provide teens with
the information, personal skills, leadership skills and self-esteem
necessary to avoid substance abuse and to develop healthy coping
behaviors.
- The Junior High Project: One-day retreats for middle school students
- Peer Leadership Program: Custom-designed trainings to address issues facing individual communities
- Teen Institute: Four-day summer program for high school students
- Letting Youth Lead: Advanced leadership opportunities for youth to staff programs and mentor younger students
- Teen Leadership Conference: A one-day conference for students and advisors
- Vermont Kids Against Tobacco (in conjunction with the Vermont Department of Health): A year-long tobacco awareness programs in middle schools
- Workshops: Educational programs designed to inform and energize youth events & programs. Topics include leadership, decision-making, healthy choices, and natural highs.
Howard Center for Human Services
208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington
Executive Director: Todd Centybear 660-3678
The Howard Center is a
private non-profit organization that provides mental health services
and services related to substance abuse. The Howard Center is made
up of a wide array of programs, which are listed below.
- Adult
Behavioral Health Services
Director: Bob Bick
http://www.howardcenter.org/programs-and-services/mental-health-substance-abuse/
Support services for members of the community (18 and older) who are experiencing mental or physical distress as a result of mental illness and/or substance abuse problems. - Adult Counseling Services: Counseling, psychotherapy, and clinical consultation by qualified clinicians. Phone: 658-0404.
- ASSIST/Crisis Services: Short-term residential crisis stabilization and screening in a variety of community settings. Supportive home outreach care also available. Crisis services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Phone: 865-6138.
- Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services: 855 Pine Street, Burlington. Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services provide drug and alcohol counseling, therapy, education, prevention, intervention, outpatient and residential support services through Act One, Bridge, and the Community Support Group. The program aims at helping people make responsible, pro-social decisions in managing their lives. Act One/Bridge Program Director: Tim Moran 859-1230
- Act One: Community-based drug and alcohol crisis stabilization and detox program. A 24-hour supervised shelter for clients who are intoxicated, incapacitated, or who have come to the attention of law enforcement officers. Approximately 2000-2500 individuals screened annually.
- Bridge: Non-medical detox services to help individuals attain physical, mental, and emotional stability over a 1-6 day stay. Staff assists with referrals, paper work, and phone calls to connect individuals with medical, psychiatric, and substance abuse care as needed.
- Community Support Group: Free support group for anyone with substance abuse problems (This program is an after-care component of Bridge, but is open to people who have not been through Bridge). Support group meets 7 days a week, 11 am – noon.
- Chittenden Center (methadone clinic) Program treats heroin addiction. Treatment by referral only and there is usually a waiting list. In University Health Center. Phone: 656-3700 (available Monday through Friday 6:30am to 1:30pm).
- CRASH Program: Provides screening and referrals following license suspension resulting from a drinking and driving conviction. School programs involve a month-long structured course with films, lectures, and group discussions.
- Intensive Outpatient Treatment: Professional clinical staff provides assessment, individual, group and family counseling on a daily basis, as well as information and referrals for adults experiencing alcohol or other drug abuse and dependence (in Chittenden Co.). Program focus on ongoing process of recovery, stability, and positive life choices. Allows individual to remain in work and family setting.
- Community Support Programs: Clinical and case management; provides support and advocacy services assistance gaining access to other community resources, medication services, individual and group therapy and special outreach to the homeless. Includes some residential programs.
- Safe Recovery & Education Program: Outreach program for active needle users, providing care management education, information and referral. (Also see Safe Recovery/Green Mountain Needle Coop) 860-3567.
- Streetwork Program: Created to meet the needs to the Burlington Police Department, the community, and downtown merchants, as well as people who are mentally ill and their families. Social workers provide assistance to individuals in the downtown area. Outreach Worker: Matt Young 343-7504.
- Baird Center (Youth & Children Behavioral Health Services)
Director: Catherine Simonson 863-1326.
www.howardcenter.org/Baird/
The Baird Center provides support to families in: child care, consultation, crisis intervention, respite and outpatient therapy, as well as assessment, treatment and educational services to severely troubled or vulnerable youth and their families. - Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment: 1025 Airport Drive, South Burlington 05403. Daily after-school and weekend treatment services for teens and families. Includes clinical programming such as individual outpatient therapy and treatment, group therapy, family counseling, and short-term residential treatment and allows the adolescent to remain in the home and at school. Centerpoint is the primary adolescent screening, assessment, and treatment program in the county. Contact: Mitch Barron Phone: 654-7711.
- Outpatient Counseling and Intensive Outpatient Services: Includes treatment for adolescents around issues related to substance abuse. Phone: 654-7711
P.O. Box 5003, 294 North Winooski Avenue,
Burlington, Phone: 864-2631
www.ImaniHealth.org/
Imani Health
Institute’s mission is to advocate on behalf of the community of
color and low-income individuals with state and federal health and
human service agencies to insure quality and equality in the
delivery of services. Imani promotes good health practices, healthy
living, and the use of health care providers whenever necessary
among all people within the community.
294 North Winooski Avenue, Suite 105,
Burlington Coordinators: Mary K. Dennison and Deb Ward Lyons
860-3349
http://www.KidsOnTheBlockVermont.org
“Kids on the Block
Vermont” is a non-profit volunteer organization and puppet troupe.
The troupe performs skits that encourage social responsibility,
including skits on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention for
students in grades K-8. Skits range from explaining the difference
between medicine and illegal drugs to avoiding peer pressure and
alternatives to drug use. Funded in part through community
sponsorships with businesses (which adopt a “kid” or a program).
Lund Family Center/Corner Stone
76 Glen Road, Burlington
Program
Coordinator: Courtney Farrell, Phone: 864-7467
www.lundfamilycenter.org/
Substance abuse treatment services are a
critical component of Lund Family Center's Residential and Community
Treatment Program. Lund's professional counselors help women and
their families address substance abuse issues on an outpatient
basis. Substance Abuse Treatment services can be accessed by women
living in the Residential Treatment program and by those living in
the community. Services include; screening and assessment, case
management, medical case management, individual and group
counseling, family education and support. Services aim to provide a
coordinated, collaborative system of support and services to
pregnant and parenting women and their children whose lives have
been affected by substance abuse and dependence.
10 Maple Leaf Road, P.O. Box 120,
Underhill, VT 05489
Phone: (802) 899-2911
www.mapleleaf.org/
Maple
Leaf Farm is a residential treatment for chemical addictions and a detox center. It aims at helping clients achieve a chemical-free
life while encouraging personal growth. Treatment requires payment
through insurance, Medicaid, or private pay; sliding fee scale for
those with financial need.
431 Pine Street, Burlington, VT
05401
Phone: 658-1888
www.mobiusmentors.org
The mission of Mobius is
to increase the number of high-quality, adult-to-youth mentoring
relationships in Chittenden County. They aim to do this by
developing a culture of mentoring in the community, by nurturing the
growth of existing programs, and by building additional capacity
through the creation of new programs. Inspired by concerns about
drop-out rates and heroin use, it was founded in 2000.
Champlain Valley Area for Narcotics
Anonymous, P.O. Box 64714, Burlington 05406
Information Line:
862-4516
www.cvana.org
NA is a support group and 12-step program for
recovering narcotics-users. Meetings are held on a daily basis
throughout the Burlington area. Membership is free.
Coordinator: Angela Sawyer DeSanctis ,
Phone: 651-1612
www.ovx.org
OVX is a movement of high-school age
Vermonters who are taking action to help reduce tobacco use among
their peers, and helping their peers to make healthy decisions. OVX
is youth-led and run with adult support. The goals of the movement
are to educate and inform, to empower and show teens how to express
their views, to take action against the exploitations of the tobacco
industry, and to encourage positive behavior in all aspects of life.
Toll free phone: 800-689-6411.
www.oxfordhouse.org
Sober transitional housing for men and women. Oxford Houses are
democratically run, self-supporting and drug free homes. There are
several residences in Burlington. For current listings, call the
national phone number or access the website.
For men: Oxford
House-Catherine Street, 8 Catherine St., Burlington, 660-9797.
Oxford House-Callahan Park, 10 Catherine St., Burlington, 863-3905.
Oxford House 123 King St., Burlington, 864-2870.
For women: Oxford
House-Kirk, 226 Manhattan Drive, Burlington, 863-4642.
Andrew Jope, Program Manager, Phone:
658-3684 ext 39 266 Pine St., Burlington.
www.recyclenorth.org
ReCycle North Youth Build is a program in which low-income youth
(ages 16-24) who have not yet completed high school participate in
comprehensive job training, education and leadership development and
earn a living stipend.
Anne Marsh Lane, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Phone:
1-800-RETREAT or (Local) 802-257-7785
www.retreathealthcare.org/
Retreat Healthcare is a not-for-profit, regional specialty
psychiatric hospital and addictions treatment center, providing a
full range of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation services
for individuals of all ages and their families. The Retreat serves
both adults and adolescents. The continuum of care includes
(methadone) detox, inpatient, partial hospitalization, residential,
and outpatient treatment. Accepts Medicare and Medicaid.
184 S. Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: 864-2619
An inter-agency project designed to provide
comprehensive and coordinated primary health care to homeless
individuals and families. Included are medical, dental,
maternal/child care, mental health, and drug/alcohol counseling.
Part of the Homeless Healthcare Project. Case management at the Day
Station, 862-5418.
Safe Recovery/Green Mountain Needle Coop
Director: Tom Dalton,
Phone: 860-3567 28 Pine Street, Burlington
www.howardcenter.org/ABHS/abhs%20programs/abhsrecovery.htm
The Co-op
provides a wide range of practical strategies to assist intravenous
drug users to reduce the harm associated with their drug use
(including social and economic as well as health-related harm).
Specifically the program seeks to limit HIV and Hepatitis C
transmission. Free testing for HIV and Hepatitis C, and case
management services.
Contact: Tim Coleman, Committee on Temporary Shelter,
864-2613 x115
A program of COTS, this 4-6 month transitional housing
is for individuals who must have a case manager and be actively
dealing with their personal issues.
Spectrum Youth and Family Services
Executive Director: Mark
Redmond 864-7423 x209
Administrative Offices are located at: 31
Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401
http://www.spectrumvt.org
Spectrum provides an array of services for youth and their families,
and young adults to the age of 22. All of Spectrum’s programs and
services are specifically developed for youth and young adults and
generally help young people meet their basic needs and also prepare
them to successfully transition to adult life and adult
responsibilities. Spectrum’s programs include:
- Drop-in Program: Serves youth who have basic needs such as food, temporary shelter during the day and early evening and laundry. This resource center is staffed with peer outreach workers trained to provide brief interventions and link youth to other services. Located at 177 Pearl Street. Phone: 862-5396
- Youth Shelter: Serves youth and young adults who need emergency shelter whether they are homeless, pushed out, or runaway youth. Located at 177 Pearl Street. Phone: 862-5396 ext. 353; or after 5 p.m. ext. 202
- Pearl Street Health Clinic: Youth and young adult (to the age of 22) medical clinic operated by the Community Health Center. It is a free walk-in health clinic open 4 days a week. Located at 177 Pearl Street. Phone: 652-1080
- Youth & Family Counseling: Outpatient counseling services are offered for youth and their families and young adults (ages 14-22.) The counseling program staff are trained to work with individuals who are experiencing mental health/developmental problems and/or substance abuse problems. Services include mental health and/or substance abuse treatment for youth and young adults, and support for families. Services are funded through Medicaid, managed care/insurances, and a grant for the uninsured. Located at 177 Pearl Street and 31 Elmwood Avenue. Phone: 862-5396 ext. 310.
- Student Assistance Program (SAP): School based program that provides education, screening, brief intervention, referral and case management services in elementary, middle and high schools. This program can also provide education, and training for school staff and school communities. They work as part of the team of school based student support services. They also work with administration to implement the school’s alcohol and drug policy. Location: Schools throughout Chittenden County. Call 862-5396 x310 for more information.
- JOBS (Jump On Board for Success): A collaborative effort among Spectrum Youth and Family Services, The Baird Center for Children and Families, and Vocational Rehabilitation, the JOBS program provides youth, ages 16-21, comprehensive, integrated case management services, with the goal of successful, competitive employment. The youth served have been identified as having an emotional and/or behavioral disability and are in need of extra support and services to obtain and maintain a job. Location: 177 Pearl Street. Call 862-5396 ext 337.
- Downtown Education: Spectrum's Downtown Education program serves homeless, runaway, and disconnected youth who have either dropped out of high school, or are having difficulties navigating successfully through secondary education. The goal of this program is to assist disadvantaged youth in completing a high school diploma or GED, and to promote access to post-secondary learning. Location: 19 Church Street. Call 660-8660 ext. 101.
- Youth Development Program: The Youth Development Program serves youth who are or have been in the custody of the State, or young people in the substitute care system under the Department for Children and Families. This program provides youth between the ages of 15 and 22 with the education, skill development, learning experiences and information to prepare for their transition from State care. Location: 31 Elmwood Avenue. Call 864-7423 ext. 208.
- Mentor Program: The Spectrum Mentoring Program is a community-based mentoring program that matches responsible adult volunteers with adolescents from Spectrum between the ages of 11 and 21. Mentor matches participate together in various activities in order to build a trusting relationship from which the youth can draw support. Location: 31 Elmwood Avenue. Call 864-7423 ext. 343.
- Community Support and Supervision: The community support and supervision team provides direct minimal to intensive support for juvenile probationers living in their communities. Youth are held accountable for their activities and whereabouts through phone and personal contact. Staff members work in collaboration with DCF staff, parents, foster parents, school personnel, and other service providers. Location: 31 Elmwood Avenue. Call 864-7423 ext. 221.
- Domestic Abuse Education Project (DAEP): Part of a coordinated community effort to end male violence against women and children by educating men who batter and young men who use violence. As a batterer intervention program, DAEP works to hold men and young men accountable for their violence, encourages them to explore the effects of their actions, and gives them an opportunity to change their behavior and beliefs. We work in conjunction with victim's advocate agencies, the Department of Corrections, schools and other youth-service organizations, and the local Domestic Violence Task Force in communities across Vermont. Location: 31 Elmwood Avenue. Call 864-7423.
- Residential Programs:
- Youth Cooperative is a group living program for six adolescent males that provides a community-based transition from foster care to independent living. Location: Murray Street. Call 864-7423 ext. 418.
- Sand Hill Residential Community serves young women between 12 and 18 years of age who are currently in the custody of the State. It is a short- term staff-secure facility, and the only combined detention/crisis stabilization program for adolescent females in Vermont. Young women are referred through the Department for Children and Families (DCF) when they are deemed at a risk to themselves or others, and when foster or long-term residential care are not considered appropriate placements. They may be exhibiting persistent runaway behavior, mental health or substance abuse crisis, or have committed chargeable delinquent acts. Location: Rutland area. Call 802-468-8888.
- Single Room Occupancy (SRO) residence provides nine private rooms and a common kitchen, dining, and living room for homeless youth transitioning to independent living. These young people are single, homeless, low-income youth between the ages of 16-21, whose stay may be from three to eighteen months. The youth are responsible for paying a portion of the rent for their room. Location: Maple Street. Call 864-7423. Ext 312.
Local contact: Sgt. Shawn Toof, Burlington Police
Department, Burlington, VT.
Phone: 658-2704
http://healthvermont.gov/adap/start/start.aspx
Vermont has used
federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) money to develop a statewide taskforce on underage drinking
“Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team” (START). The Vermont League of Cities
and Towns (VLCT) worked with ADAP staff to engage community-based
law enforcement groups (regional START teams) in increasing the
levels of enforcement for underage drinking. Vermont’s law
enforcement personnel are connecting with judicial, reparative, and
community groups to improve enforcement protocols, change community
norms, and improve public policies. To report a party or other
underage drinking, the anonymous toll free number is: 1-866-TEEN-USE
(1-866-833-6873)
Turning Point Center of Chittenden County
61 Main St., Burlington
(Entrance is on South Champlain Street).
Phone: 861-3150.
Provides a
safe and substance-free environment for those interested in
recovery. Every week there are as many as 20 meetings of AA, NA, Nar
Anon, DA, and others. Some folks just stay in touch with each other
with a game of pool or chess.
Open 10:30 am -10 pm Sun – Tues; 10:30
am - midnight Wed. – Sat.
Fun, fellowship, friendship and support.
Bruce Wilson, Executive Director.
Phone:
863-9400; Fax: 863-9401.
unitedcollegeclub@yahoo.com
Connecting
college students from Champlain College, St. Michael’s, Community
College of Vermont and the University of Vermont, the United College
Club provides internship opportunities and activities to help teens
attain their goals.
University of Vermont
- Community Coalition
Director of Student and Community Relations, Gail Shampnois.
Phone: 656-1103.
The Community Coalition is a diverse group of UVM students and administrators, City Hall staff, City Councilors, police, neighborhood representatives, and landlords who meet regularly to create ideas and programs designed to build community and facilitate positive interaction between the university’s students and city residents. The Coalition is an initiative of UVM’s Student Government Association. Meetings are open to all and participation is heartily welcomed. -
UVM Center for Health and Well-Being / Alcohol and Other Drug
Services
436 South Prospect St, Wright 113, Burlington.
Phone: 656-0784
www.uvm.edu/health
The Center offers a wide variety of services that are sensitive to the challenges that university students face regarding alcohol and other drug use. They provide consultations and ongoing counseling for students. In addition, they coordinate appropriate referrals to community clinicians and/or services, if needed. As part of the Center for Health and Well-Being, Health Promotion Services raises awareness about alcohol/drug and other college health issues by providing information, education, workshops, and different ways for students to get involved in promoting health and wellness. - UVM Health Behavior Research Center
54 W. Twin Oaks Terrace, Suite 14, So. Burlington, VT 05403.
Phone: 847-6860
www.med.uvm.edu/hbrc
Offers treatment for alcohol problems in 12 90-minute sessions of group cognitive behavioral therapy. The treatment is free and confidential to all who are eligible as part of an NIH funded Research Study conducted by the University of Vermont College of Medicine. In addition to the therapy, half of all participants will have access to automated self-help relapse prevention program. - UVM Substance Abuse Treatment Center (SATC)
Director: Dr. Stephen Higgins.
1 So. Prospect Street (at University Health Center Room 1415), Burlington.
Phone: 656-8714 or 1-800-377-8714
www.uvm.edu/~uvmsatc/
The SATC offers free, confidential, state-of-the-art cocaine outpatient drug treatment in the context of a research clinic. The center serves adults. The program receives funding through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Current clinical trials are for cocaine addiction and pregnant women trying to quit smoking cigarettes (nicotine). Clinic Hours: 11 am-7 pm Monday through Friday.
Vermont Department of Liquor Control
Jay Clark and John Klauzenberg, Liquor Investigators for Burlington and South
Burlington
jay.clark@state.vt.us, 802-893-5220 and
john.klauzenberg@state.vt.us, 802-434-5477
www.state.vt.us/dlc
This
state agency controls liquor licenses after applications are
received by individual town commissioners. An investigator visits
the premise for inspection and investigation. The investigators give
a seminar prior to granting a license. Also controls all sales
through the state liquor outlets and conducts compliance tests on
retail outlets for sales of liquor to minors.
Contact: Larry Bayle, Executive
Director, Green Mountain Peer Projects. 863-8451
VKAT came into
existence in 1995 through the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont.
The Coalition’s Youth Committee designed VKAT to empower youth in
middle schools. It has grown into a statewide effort to reduce
tobacco use among youth in our communities. It has become a partner
in the efforts to create a tobacco free Vermont. Youth in school can
play a crucial role in deterring tobacco use among youth. Some of
the activities groups can participate are: Operation Storefront,
poster contests, Quit Week, Kick Butts Day, Tobacco Free Dance, and
other activities that convey the non-tobacco use message.
Administered by Green Mountain Peer Projects.
These centers provide programming for children after-school, on the weekends, and during school breaks. Many of the centers have programming specific to drug and alcohol abuse.
- Burlington Boys and Girls Club
62 Oak Street, Burlington
Phone: 864-5263
www.bandgclub.org
The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington is open every day after school, during school and summer vacations, and hosts youth and family events on weekends. The Club’s programs include the Living Room (at the University Mall) and Straight Talk Vermont. Renovations will close the Oak Street location from August – December 2006. Call or check the website for information about re-opening. - Imani Youth and Family Center
Allen Robinson, Executive Director
Phone: 864-2631 P.O. Box 5003, 294 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington
www.imanihealth.org/
The mission of the Imani Youth and Family Center is to promote positive youth and family development and assist children through adolescents and on to healthy adulthood. It is a project of the Imani Health Institute. - King Street Youth Center
Roxanne Leopold, Executive Director
Mailing: PO Box 1615, Burlington 05402
Office: 87 King Street, Burlington, 05401.
Phone: 862-6736
www.kingstreetyouth.org
The King Street Youth Center promotes personal and social wellness through educational, recreational and social programs. These include the Early Childhood Education Program, the Afterschool Program, the Teen Futures Program, the Junior Senior Buddy and the Kids on the Move Program. The Teen Futures Program has been in existence since 1996. The mission of this King Street Youth Center program is to provide youth and their families with positive experiences and the necessary tools to achieve success in their lives. The Center’s commitment is to provide support for each individual and their aspirations towards a positive future. - Living Room
University Mall, South Burlington
Living Room Director: David Alofsin
Phone: 862-9300
The Living Room is a youth resource center located in The University Mall, South Burlington, and is a satellite site of The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington. The space operates as a drop-in center for teens ages 13-19 and has a youth board of directors that makes all decisions around activities and events that take place. Youth at the space work to plan after-hours events and substance-free activities for their peers in the community. The Living Room provides a safe and positive place for teens, with access to resources such as the Internet, homework help, employment opportunities and mentoring.
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 3:00-9:00 p.m. - New North End Youth
Center
Kathy Olwell, Director
130 Gosse Ct., Burlington
Phone: 860-4986
A project of the Sara Holbrook Youth Center (see below description) - Sara Holbrook Youth Center
Leisa Pollander, Executive Director
66 North Avenue, Burlington
Phone: 862-6342
www.saraholbrookcc.org
The Center’s Teen Program has two sites, the Sara Holbrook Center and the New North End Youth Center (NNEYC), serving 6th grade to 12th grade youth with after- school and evening programs. Drop-in teen programming is held at both sites. Preregistration is required for summer courses and some vacation programs.
Regular Hours: 8:00 am-5:00 pm - YMCA of Greater
Burlington
Kevin Hatin, Director of Health and Fitness.
266 College St., Burlington
Phone: 862-9622
www.gbymca.org
The Y serves the community by developing youth, supporting families and encouraging healthy lifestyles through childcare and recreational programs, as well as through individual and family memberships to the fitness facility. In addition to the downtown Burlington facility, offers programs in more than 40 sites in Northwestern Vermont.
Section II. INDEX of Programs By Category
- 242 Main (Parks and Recreation)
- Big Heavy World
- Boy Scouts of America – VT
- Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services (Howard Center)
- Champlain Initiative
- City Events and Programs (Other City Departments)
- City Kids (Parks and Recreation)
- CRASH Program (Howard Center)
- Drop-in Program (Spectrum)
- ECHO Center for Lake Champlain Youth Programs
- Girl Scout Council of Vermont
- Green Mountain Peer Projects
- Kids on the Block – Vermont
- Living Room (Burlington Boys & Girls Club)
- Mentor Program (Spectrum)
- Mentoring (Burlington School District)
- Mobius the Mentoring Movement
- Our Voices Exposed
- Downtown Education (Spectrum)
- Recycle North Youth Build Burlington
- Student Assistance Program (Burlington School District) /Spectrum)
- Student Resource Officers (Burlington School District/Police Department) (Pages 2, 4)
- UVM Center for Health & Wellbeing/Alcohol and Other Drug Services
- Youth Centers (Burlington Boys and Girls Club, Imani Youth and Family Center, King Street Youth Center, Living Room, New North End Youth Center, Sarah Holbrook Youth Center, YMCA of Greater Burlington)
- Youth Development Program (Spectrum)
- Act One/Bridge Champlain Drug & Alcohol Services (Howard Center’s Adult Behavioral Services)
- Burlington Neighborhood Project (CEDO)
- Champlain Drug & Alcohol Services (Howard Center’s Adult Behavioral Services )
- Community Support Programs (Howard Center’s Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services, Adult Behavioral Services)
- Day One – Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Domestic Abuse Education Project (Spectrum)
- Downtown Education (Spectrum)
- Drug Prevention Curriculum (Burlington School District)
- JOBS - Jump On Board for Success (Spectrum)
- Safe Recovery/Green Mountain Needle Coop (Howard Center)
- Our Voices Exposed
- Student Assistance Program (Burlington School District) /Spectrum)
- Student Resource Officers (Burlington School District/Police Department)
- UVM Center for Health and Well-Being (UVM)
- Youth Centers (Burlington Boys and Girls Club, Imani Youth and Family Center, King Street Youth Center, Living Room, New North End Youth Center, Sarah Holbrook Youth Center, YMCA of Greater Burlington)
- Youth Development Program (Spectrum)
Mentoring
- Burlington School District
- Green Mountain Peer Projects
- Living Room (Burlington Boys & Girls Club)
- Mobius Mentoring Movement
- Spectrum
Assessment and Referral Services
- Bridge (Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services, Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment (Baird Center, Howard Center)
- Champlain Drug & Alcohol Services (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- CRASH Program (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Day One – Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Health Staff and Guidance Counselors (Burlington School District)
- Pearl Street Health Clinic (Spectrum)
- Safe Harbor Clinic
- School-Based Health Centers (Burlington School District)
- Streetwork Program (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Student Assistance Program (Burlington School District) /Spectrum)
- UVM Center for Health and Well-Being
- Youth and Family Counseling (Spectrum)
- Act One (Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services, Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- ASSIST/Crisis Services (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Bridge (Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services, Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Community Support and Supervision (Spectrum)
- Community Support Programs (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- CRASH Program (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Crossroads
- District Social-Work Services (Burlington School District)
- Drop-in Program (Spectrum)
- Safe Harbor Clinic
- School-Based Health Centers (Burlington School District)
- Safe Recovery & Education (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Streetwork Program (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Student Assistance Program (Burlington School District/Spectrum )
- Student Resource Officers (Burlington School District/Police Department)
- UVM Center for Health and Well-being
- Youth and Family Counseling (Spectrum)
- Act One (Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services, Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- ASSIST/Crisis Services (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Crossroads
- Safe Harbor Clinic
- Drop-in Program (Spectrum)
- ASSIST/Crisis Services (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment (Baird Center, Howard Center)
- Chittenden Center Methadone Clinic (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Day One – Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Intensive Outpatient Treatment (Adult Behavioral Health Services, Howard Center)
- Lund Family Center/Corner Stone
- Maple Leaf Farm Associates
- Outpatient Counseling and Intensive Outpatient Services (Baird Center, Howard Center)
- Pearl Street Health Clinic (Spectrum)
- Retreat Healthcare
- UVM Substance Abuse Treatment Center
- Youth and Family Counseling (Spectrum)
- ASSIST/Crisis Services (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Bridge – short term (Champlain Drug and Alcohol Services, Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Community Support Programs (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Dismas House
- Lund Family Center/Corner Stone
- Maple Leaf Farm Associates
- Residential Programs (Spectrum)
- Retreat Healthcare
- Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment (Baird Center, Howard Center)
- Champlain Drug & Alcohol Services (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Chittenden Center (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Day One – Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Intensive Outpatient Treatment (Adult Behavioral Services, Howard Center)
- Lund Family Center/Corner Stone
- Outpatient Counseling and Intensive Outpatient Services (Baird Center, Howard Center)
- Retreat Healthcare
- U