UNITED WAY MEMBER AGENCIES
The United Way of Chittenden County has 30 member agencies county-wide (this list is also available as a PDF).
A complete list of funded community and agency programs is also available in PDF.
Association of Africans Living in Vermont, Inc.
139 Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 985-3106
Website: www.africansinvermont.org
Email: jborge@hotmail.com
Executive Director: Jacob Bogre
The mission of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont is "to promote the equal opportunity, dignity, and self-sufficiency of individuals and families, who have a link to the African Continent, regardless of race, ethnic group, religious or political affiliation, or sexual orientation."
Boys & Girls Club of Burlington
Clubhouse, 62 Oak St., Burlington, VT 05401
Additional sites: Integrated Arts Academy, Burlington
O’Brien Community Center, Winooski
(802) 864-5263
Website: wwwBandGClub.org
Email: mmckenzie@bandgclub.org
Executive Director: Mary Alice McKenzie
The Boys and Girls Club of Burlington believes that every child, no matter their circumstances, has the potential to BE GREAT. Our staff and volunteers work to help each child recognize this potential and create an achievable path to personal, social, and academic success. The Club has been serving young people in the Old North End of the city for over 68 year and more recently, youth in the neighboring city of Winooski. Our mission is to inspire and enable community youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, healthy, responsible and caring citizens. United Way of Chittenden County funds help us achieve this vital mission.
Burlington Children's Space
241 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 658-1500 ext. 12
Email: Sadamskollitz@burlingtonchildrensspace.org
Website: www.burlingtonchildrensspace.org
Executive Director: Sarah Adams-Kollitz
The Burlington Children’s Space has been serving a diverse group of families in the Burlington area for more than 20 years. Housed in the McClure Multi-Generational Center, BCS is a NAEYC accredited program offering early care and education for children from 6 weeks to 5 years old. Programming is based on influences from Reggio Emilia, Italy; the interests and curiosities of children; and the unique culture and resources of our local community. BCS is dedicated to serving all populations and United Way funding supports scholarships and a sliding scale for tuition.
Burlington Dismas House
96 Buell Street, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 658-0381
Email: kim@dismasofvermont.org
Director: Kimberly Parsons
Burlington Dismas House provides transitional housing for men and women who are being released from prison. The Mission of the Burlington Dismas House is to reconcile former prisoners with society and society with former prisoners.
In addition to addressing the need for basic shelter, the Dismas House program employs community building activities that foster a sense of belonging and ownership within the Dismas community, and which help residents successfully reintegrate into the greater community. United Way funds support the basic human needs of food, shelter and a family-like community offered by Burlington Dismas House.
Champlain Community Services, Inc.
512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1, Colchester, VT 05447
(802) 655-0511
Website: www.ccs-vt.org
Email: khomiller@ccs-vt.org
Executive Director: Kelley Homiller
The mission of Champlain Community Services (CCS), Inc. is to help individuals with developmental disabilities experience all of life's opportunities by enhancing self-esteem, maximizing independence and enabling community membership.
CCS offers one-to-one employment, residential, school-transition, and social supports to adults and children with developmental disabilities. United Way of Chittenden County funds Way2Work, our nationally-recognized community based employment program.
Champlain Senior Center
241 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 658-3585
Website: www.champlainseniorcenter.org
Email: holly@champsenior.org
Executive Director: Holly Sullivan
The center provides nutritional, educational, recreational, and social services to people age 60 or older. United Way funds daily Senior Center activities, a meal program and transportation service.
Champlain Valley Agency on Aging
76 Pearl Street, Suite 201
Essex Junction, VT 05452-3662
(802) 865-0360
Senior Help Line: 1-800-642-5119
Website: www.cvaa.org
Email: john@cvaa.org
Executive Director: John Barbour
CVAA empowers seniors to live well. We work with seniors and caregivers throughout the Champlain Valley, offering guidance and providing the support and services they need, when they need them. In addition to programs that are supported by the United Way (Meals on Wheels, Case Management, and Volunteer Support), CVAA offersCommunity Meals at senior centers and restaurants, Information and Assistance via the Senior HelpLine, Medicare and Health Insurance Counseling, Transportation, Legal Assistance, Caregiver Support and Respite, Healthy Aging Programs, and Options Counseling for long term services and supports.
CVOEO - Chittenden Community Action
PO Box 1603, Burlington, VT 05402
862-2771, ext. 740 (Jan Demers)
863-6248, ext. 736 (Travis Poulin)
Website: www.cvoeo.org
Email: jdemers@cvoeo.org or tpoulin@cvoeo.org
Executive Director: Jan Demers
CCA Director: Travis Poulin
Chittenden Community Action provides advocacy and information services including assistance for fuel and utilities, housing, career development, taxes, parking passes, arts and other needs. CCA also makes referrals to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf or helps determine eligibility for government commodities, food stamp outreach, gardening, or Farm to Family fresh market coupons.
CVOEO - Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
228 North Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 658-7939
Website: www.feedingchittenden.org
Email: rmeehan@cvoeo.org
Program Director: Robert Meehan
Child Care Resource
181 Commerce St.
Williston, Vt. 05495
802-863-3367 x18
Website: www.childcareresource.org
Email: emeyer@childcareresource.org
Executive Director: Elizabeth Meyer
Today's young children are tomorrow's workers, taxpayers, voters, and parents. Vermont's future prosperity depends upon our ability to provide children with the opportunity to develop into healthy and productive citizens and leaders. CCR strives to ensure that children in Chittenden County birth through age twelve are developing to their full potential.
More than 6,000 Chittenden County children are in child care each day. Some of these children live in families that struggle with poverty and some have experienced abuse, neglect, or homelessness. Some are new Americans. Some have developmental, physical, emotional, or behavioral challenges.
No matter what the situation, Child Care Resource provides a range of important services to families and child care providers to make child care work and to help children overcome obstacles so that they can succeed in life.
Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)
P.O. Box 1616, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 864-7402
Website: www.cotsonline.org
Email: RitaM@cotsonline.org
Executive Director: Rita Markley
COTS is the largest service provider for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in Vermont. COTS offers emergency shelters, homelessness prevention initiatives, transitional and permanent housing, and support services. United Way funds the Waystation Emergency Shelter, Firehouse Family Shelter, and Streetwork outreach program.
The Community Health Center
617 Riverside Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 864-6309
Website: www.chcb.org
Website: www.chcb.org
Email: ggilbertdavis@chcb.org
The Community Health Center of Burlington is dedicated to providing access to health care for all residents regardless of their circumstances. Our services include primary and preventive health care, dental services, obstetrical and prenatal care, as well as mental health and substance abuse counseling. United Way funds support our Safe Harbor and Pearl Street clinics serving men, women, children and teens experiencing homelessness. In addition United Way funding helps provide a sliding fee scale for low income uninsured community residents, interpreter services, prescription assistance and transportation.
The DREAM Program, Inc.
PO Box 361, Winooski, VT 05404
(802) 338-8979
Website: www.dreamprogram.org
Email: mloner@dreamprogram.org
Executive Director: Michael C. Loner
DREAM is a Vermont based mentoring organization that partners college student mentors with children living in low-income housing communities. Funds from the United Way support our mentoring program in Chittenden County.
Essex Meals on Wheels
P.O. Box 8442
Essex, VT 05451
(802) 878-7681
Website: www.essexmealsonwheels.com
Email: essexmeals@gmail.com
President: Julia Bergeron
Essex Meals on Wheels strives to meet the nutritional needs of seniors in our service area by providing hot lunches and bag suppers to seniors aged 60 and over who need them in the communities of Colchester, Essex, Jericho, Underhill, and Williston. We operate out of St. James Episcopal Church in Essex Junction with a paid staff of four and over 150 volunteer drivers. United Way funds are used to purchase food and supplies and support the preparation of healthy meals.
Greater Burlington YMCA
266 College St., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 862-YMCA
Website: www.gbymca.org
Email: mburns@gbymca.org
President and CEO: Mary Burns
The Y’s mission is to build a strong community by involving youth, adults and families in programs and activities that develop spirit, mind and body.
We’re a diverse organization of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility.
Our membership is more than 2,200 strong—and is spread across communities in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle and Washington Counties. We bring men, women and children just like you together – and our shared commitment to our communities ensures the opportunities to learn, grow and thrive that we create for all are ones that endure. And, because no two communities are exactly alike, we strive to adapt our programs and services according to your needs.
Heineberg Senior Center
14 Heineberg Road, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 863-3982
Email: gmmoreau@verizon.net
Executive Director: Gail Moreau
HomeShare Vermont
412 Farrell Street, Suite 300, South Burlington, VT 05403
(802) 863-5625
Website: www.homesharevermont.org
Email: home@sover.net
Executive Director: Kirby Dunn
HomeShare Vermont provides two distinct and unique services to help people stay at home: Homesharing and Caregiving. Homesharing helps elders and persons with disabilities stay in their home by matching them with people looking for an affordable place to live who provide up to 10 hours/week for a low cost place to live. Caregiving is for people needing a little more help to stay at home and they hire personal non-medical caregivers to live and work in the home in exchange for a salary and room and board. Our service is the same with both programs-we recruit, screen, match and follow-up with people who want to stay in their homes with others willing to help them do that.
HowardCenter
208 Flynn Ave. Ste. 3J, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 488-6900
Website: www.howardcenter.org
Email: marym@howardcenter.org
Executive Director: Todd Centybear
HowardCenter provides services to children and teens with emotional and behavioral challenges and their families; adults with mental illness and substance abuse issues; and people of all ages with developmental disabilities, including autism. United Way funds mental health and substance abuse treatment, child and family services, including First Call, vocational and supported living programs, the Winooski Family Center, and the Burlington Street Outreach program.
KidSafe Collaborative of Chittenden County
aka: Community Network for Children, Youth & Families
308 Pine St., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 863-9626
Website: www.kidsafevt.org
Email: sallyb@kidsafevt.org
Executive Director: Sally Borden
KidSafe Collaborative engages agencies, individuals and organizations to work together to improve our community's response to child abuse and neglect.
KidSafe convenes and facilitates inter agency, multidisciplinary Child Protection Teams in Chittenden County, in order to meet the urgent needs of families whose children are at risk of maltreatment. One of our teams brings parents and service providers together to create an action plan designed to improve child safety. Another coordinates supports for pregnant and postpartum women with a history of opiate dependence, and their babies.
KidSafe Collaborative also develops and strengthens strategic collaborations and initiatives which focus on improving policies and practices to ensure that children and youth are safe and well cared for.
King Street Center
87 King St., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 862-6736
Website: www.kingstreetcenter.org
Email: vicky@kingstreetyouth.org
Executive Director: Vicky Smith
Our mission is to promote personal and social wellness through educational, recreational and social programs. Our goal is to give children, youth and families the core life-building skills and support necessary for a healthy and productive future. King StreetCenter is a 5 STAR preschool, diverse after school program, innovative youth development program, one of the largest mentoring programs in Vermont and home to Kids on the Ball, our year-round tennis instruction program.
Lund
PO Box 4009, Burlington, VT 05406
(802) 864-7467
Website: www.lundfamilycenter.org
Email: barbarar@lundfamilycenter.org
Executive Director: Barbara Rachelson
The mission of Lund is to help children thrive by serving families with children, pregnant teens and young adults, and adoptive families. United Way funds: family services, and child-care for infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children; and our residential treatment program for pregnant or parenting women with substance abuse and mental health issues.
Milton Family Community Center
PO Box 691, Milton, VT 05468
(802) 893-1457
Website: www.miltonfamilycenter.org
Email: vicky@miltonfamilycenter.org
Executive Director: Vicky Patterson
The Milton Family Community Center is a state designated parent child center that provides families the services to help them achieve self-sufficiency, build self-esteem, promote community belonging and provide easier access to services. The Center offers early childhood education programs, infant toddler care, after school child care, food shelf, parent education, teen center, welfare to work program, home visiting services, emergency assistance for living expenses, information and referral services, playgroups and other programs.
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
P.O. Box 829, Montpelier , VT 05601
(802) 229-5724
1-800-CHILDREN (1-800-244-5373); toll free within Vermont
Website: www.pcavt.org
Email: ljohnson@pcavt.org or pcavt@pcavt.org
Executive Director: Linda E. Johnson
The mission of Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is to promote and support healthy relationships between children and the people who care for them in order to eliminate child abuse and neglect.
Our goals are to end the intergenerational cycle of abuse; train all who interact with children on proven methods to prevent child abuse and neglect; and empower children to be heard.
ReSOURCE
266 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05701
(802) 658-4143
Website: www.resourcevt.org
Email: tlongstreth@resourcevt.org
Executive Director: Thomas Longstreth
In 1991, ReSOURCE opened its doors to create a space where materials could be reused and human dignity could be renewed. Since then, the organization has grown from a small reuse shop that sold furniture and appliances to a multi-faceted organization with four locations that create a marketplace for reuse while providing new opportunities to the under-skilled and long-term unemployed. In addition to providing goods and services at an affordable price to a wide demographic, ReSOURCE also uses its shops to provide job and life skills training to displaced persons and at-risk youth.
ReSOURCE’s mission is to meet community and individual needs through (1) education and job skills training, (2) environmental stewardship, and (3) economic opportunities.
Sara Holbrook Community Center
66 North Ave., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 862-0080
Website: www.saraholbrookcc.org
Email: shcdir@together.net
Executive Director: Leisa Pollander
The Sara Holbrook Community Center offers year-round recreation, education, social, cultural and vocational programs for people age 3 to 80. Its family assistance and education services, as well as pre-school, after school, and summer programs for youths, all receive support from United Way.
Special Services Transportation Agency (SSTA)
2091 Main Street, Colchester, VT 05446
(802) 878-1527
Email: mabssta@together.net
Executive Director: Murray Benner
Special Services Transportation Agency provides wheelchair-lift-equipped transportation for people with disabilities, service agencies and programs in Chittenden County.
Spectrum Youth and Family Services
31 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 864-7423
Website: www.spectrumvt.org
Email: mredmond@spectrumvt.org
Executive Director: Mark Redmond
Spectrum has forty years of experience providing housing and support services to homeless, foster, and at-risk youth in Vermont. We
We help these young people to make a successful transition to a productive adulthood.
Spectrum One Stop (SOS), located in Burlington, is an emergency youth shelter, drop-in center, and multi-service center, which offers youth ages 14-21 a comprehensive continuum of services. Our programs include:
Housing –emergency shelter and transitional living
Street Outreach and Drop-in Center
JOBS program in collaboration with Baird Center
Mental health and substance abuse counseling
Community Health Center of Burlington Adolescent Clinic
Downtown Education
Community Support and Supervision
Youth Development Services
Violence Intervention and Prevention Programs
Mentor Program
United Way funding supports Spectrum’s emergency shelter program and the counseling program. When a young person enters the shelter program they’re provided with a case manager and a team that supports them in developing a plan to get their life back on track. While they are housed with Spectrum, youth are stabilized and they attend school, acquire job skills, seek employment and learn basic life skills. Young people with substance abuse and mental health problems are seen by dually licensed (mental health and substance abuse licensures) counselors who use evidence-based practices.
Vermont Works for Women
32A Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, VT 05404
(802) 655-8900
Website: www.vtworksforwomen.org or www.rosiesgirls.org
Email: info@vtworksforwomen.org or tbluemle@vtworksforwomen.org or lcomstockgay@vtworksforwomen.org
Executive Director: Tiffany Bluemle
Director of Strategic Planning and Development: Lucy Comstock-Gay
Founded in 1987, VWW helps women and girls recognize their potential and explore, pursue and excel in work that leads to economic independence. Through an array of innovative training and education programs, Vermont Works for Women assists women and girls in thinking about their lives in the broadest terms and helps them develop skills and capacities that are critical to long-term economic independence.
Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446
(802) 658-1900
Website: www.vnacares.org
Email:mailto:hindes@vnacares.org or irwin@vnacares.org
President and CEO: J. Churchill Hindes
Founded in 1906, the VNA is a nonprofit home health agency caring for people of all ages – from critically ill children to vulnerable families to adults who need rehabilitation, long-term care, adult day services or end-of-life care. United Way funds home health care, hospice, a day program for adults and maternal child health care.
Women Helping Battered Women
(802)658-3131 Hotline: 658-1996
Website: www.whbw.org
Email: whbw@whbw.org or jane@whbw.org
Executive Director: Jane Van Buren
With a promise to respect, empower and inform, Women Helping Battered Women exists to support, identify options and advocate for those who have experienced domestic violence and to serve as a catalyst for social change. Over our three decades of planned growth we have developed holistic, wraparound programming including a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, transitional housing, legal advocacy, children’s programs, economic justice advocacy and public education.
