VCP Blog
Legislative Advocacy Webinar
Make your voice heard at the (virtual) Statehouse this year! This webinar is for board members, staff, standing committees, families and other people who support and/or use the services of designated and specialized service agencies. Participants will learn how to...
COVID Rent Relief
COVID Rent Relief If you’re a renter having trouble paying your rent, utilities, or other housing costs – or if you’re a landlord trying to stay afloat with tenants in this situation – help may be available. State and local programs are distributing billions of...
Advocacy ALERT
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released data that show over the last year, more than 93,000 people in the United States died from a drug overdose, a nearly 30% increase from 2019 with every state seeing significant increases. Overdoses...
DISABILITY AWARENESS DAY
DISABILITY AWARENESS DAY LEGISLATIVE PANEL March 17, 2021 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. via Zoom For a link to register for this meeting, email [email protected] or call 802-224-1820 Vermont legislators (including Sen. Anthony Pollina, Rep. Anne Donahue andRep. John Killacky) will...
VCP Agencies Continue Quality Improvement Work
Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC), Rutland Mental Health Services (RMH), Northeastern Family Institute (NFI), Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), and Clara Martin Center (CMC) and Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS) Awarded the...
Black Lives Matter to Vermont Care Partners
Vermont Care Partners is deeply disturbed by the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and the ongoing violence and discrimination against Black people and people of color that pervades our state and country. Racism is dehumanizing whether the words and actions are deliberate or unintentional. It cannot go on, must not be accepted, and must be actively fought against.
Success Beyond Six Supports During COVID-19
Although Vermont’s most vulnerable students are not attending school in person due to COVID-19, an increase in anxiety, isolation, and stress means that they and their families need social, emotional, and behavioral supports more than ever. The Success Beyond Six programs provided by the designated agencies in the Vermont Care Partners network are reaching students and their families throughout this time in creative, individualized, and trauma-informed ways. We are helping them stay safe, cope with the unique challenges of this time, and access their learning so that they can thrive as students in the future.
Inspiring Connection: How Vermont is reshaping mental health care during the Covid-19 emergency
In the midst of a public health emergency, Vermont’s Designated and Specialized Service Agencies (DA/SSAs) inspire us now more than ever. While navigating new state and federal policies, providers are still offering resources to local communities, providing treatment with clients using new technologies, collaborating with partners, and going above and beyond every day to get Vermonters the supports they need to stay well during the Covid-19 emergency. Join us in recognizing our valuable Vermont health care providers and how they are reshaping the ways Vermonters stay well.
Mental Health Literacy: a critical step on the path to health
Public health initiatives have long been used to encourage healthy behaviors, raise awareness of the causes and effects of illnesses, and prompt people to recognize symptoms and seek treatment. Most of the well-known public health initiatives of recent decades have...
Our Doors are Open: A Message from VCP on Community Mental Health in Vermont
Stressed? Overwhelmed? Hopeless? You are not alone. Life has changed dramatically in the past few weeks, but Vermont’s designated and specialized service agencies are still here to help. Our agencies are now meeting the mental health, substance use disorder and...