The Youth Development Program helps youth with foster care experience transition to adulthood. YDP provides supports and resources to meet the personal interests and goals of each participant in the program. The YDP offers:
Learn more about YDP and find your local YDP.
This program of the Lamoille Restorative Center and Spectrum VT is for out-of-school youth ages 16-22 with disabilities. The Jobs On Board for Success (JOBS) program helps participants:
Services are available in the Lamoille Valley Region and in Burlington, Vermont. Learn more about the JOBS program.
Free career and life support for Vermonters in recovery. Staff and community members can help:
Connect with your local Vermont recovery center:
Find community and support at one of the many LGBTQIA+ support and affinity groups at Vermont college campuses. The groups include:
Get support accessing your veteran education benefits to ensure you are paying as little as possible for your education or training. Education benefits can be used towards:
Connect with someone at the Office of Veteran Affairs.
Find the support you need to succeed as a veteran at one of Vermont’s colleges. Someone can help you with:
Connect with someone from the veteran affairs office at any public or private college around Vermont.
Statewide: Community College of Vermont, Vermont Technical College
Northwest: Champlain College, St. Michael’s College, University of Vermont
Northeast: Northern Vermont University
Central: Middlebury College
Southwest: Castleton University
Young Black Vermonters ages 7-18 year old can find community support and safe spaces with Black adults. Services and programs include:
Find community through Living Proof Mentoring.
Career support for anyone in Chittenden county whose families have moved here from a different country. Get support with the following skills to start a job in agriculture or health care:
Connect with the Association of Africans Living in Vermont.
Access job skills training and other support to help you find a stable job. The Lund Center focuses on providing parents in Chittenden county the support they need as parents and for their kids.
Get involved with the Lund Family Center today.
