Grantees

Six sites in Orleans/Essex North Supervisory Union to provide a summer camp for children attending schools in Brighton, Charleston, E. Taylor Hatton, Lowell, Jay/Westfield and Try. Each site will operate a summer program for a minimum of two weeks, four days per week, 7 hours a week.

An afterschool program in the Newport City Schools.

A summer program in Northfield for area children.

We want to inspire a love of Science and an attitude of competence in this field among our K-6th grade students by increasing opportunities for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning time. We believe that the afterschool and summer setting, with its creative, flexible structure, is the perfect environment to explore STEM topics and spark a love of learning in this field.

Over the past three years, we have developed a robust STEM program in our eight programs. As a next step, we are implementing a dynamic robotics program. Robotics provide rich grounds for the development of valuable transferable skills, like problem-solving, critical thinking, communication and 21st century skills. By its nature, the study of robotics inherently incorporates all four pillars of STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, making it a truly dynamic and multi-disciplined learning opportunity. Robotics also allows scaffolding in learning--through a variety of techniques, students can move progressively toward deeper understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.

Expands its afterschool services to include the elementary school populaiton (third and fourth grades) at the St. Albans City School due to the increased demand and popularity fot he program.

The Barra School is expanding their year-long overnight programming to include afterschool and weekend-based OUTReach and OUTings programming to support at-risk, trauma-impacted, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, and otherwise marginalized youth in Orange County and surrounding areas.

Outright’s founders imagined a Vermont where LGBTQ+ youth would always know they weren’t alone. They launched the first social and support program in November of 1989 – a weekly Friday Night Group (FNG) in Burlington. It didn’t take long to determine that preparing youth to navigate isolation and harm wouldn’t be enough. We needed to strengthen – and when necessary, transform – the external climate affecting young people every day. This includes their own families. Outright is strengthening our family programs, and launching new co-occurring programs in northern VT. These programs will build resilience and protective factors for both families and youth, creating more safe, supportive, and stable homes for vulnerable Vermonters.