Lamoille Family Center Inc

Healthy lamoille valley (hlv) - hlv's primary focus is preventing substance abuse among youth and young adults. Included in hlv's programs are the following: northern vt prevention coalition: hlv connects multiple sectors of the northeastern vermont community - including businesses, parents/guardians, media, law enforcement, schools, faith organization, health providers, social service agencies and government - to collaborate and develop plans, policies, and strategies to achieve reductions in the rates of consumption at the community level. Roessner foundation - this foundation funded efforts to explore and implement substance abuse prevention curriculum at the elementary school level in lamoille valley. Drug free community - this project's two main goals are to build coalition capacity and reduce youth substance misuse. This is done through a variety of interventions with youth, parents, schools, businesses, the medical community, and towns. Tobacco prevention - consists of a community collaborative meeting regularly to address tobacco use and second-hand smoke, share cessation opportunities and prevent youth initiation. Vape prevention - efforts to address vaping are coordinated through this programming; they focus on 1) individual-level interventions, 2) school- level interventions, and/or 3) community-level interventions and use evidence-based approaches and related strategies to continue to build a coordinated state effort using effective strategies, programs and policies to prevent vaping among youth in vermont.

Youth services lamoille interagency network for kids (link) - provides strength-based case management, crisis mediation and conflict resolution for youth and young adults aged 12-24.

Child care support services child care financial assistance - specialists process applications and assist income-eligible families who have a service need (employment, medical, training, etc.) through the vt childcare financial assistance process. Child care referral - the referral specialist offers information on quality child care and maintains a database of all registered and licensed child care programs in the lamoille valley. Family services parent education - offers parenting support services including playgroups, training sessions, written resources, and referrals for parents and caregivers with children of all ages. Family emergency - provides families in need with limited funding and goods such as diapers, clothing and children's items. Passthrough programs parent child center network conference: the lamoille family center served in 2024 as fiscal agent for a passthrough grant from the a.d. Henderson foundation and on behalf of the vermont parent child center network (vpccn) to support a two-day innovations institute where staff from all fifteen parent child centers (pccs) can come together in a statewide peer support and expertise exchange that expands on and enhances the innovative work for children and families offered at individual centers.