Grantees

Explore the feasibiity of expanding NeighborKeepers statewide. Consultants will be hired to develop a sustainable funding plan and the structure and governance for a statewide organization.

NEK Kids on the Move aims to encourage lifelong healthy habits in the Northeast Kingdom youth through exposing them to a variety of seasonally appropriate, local activities.

A pregnant and parenting teen program to help young women achieve their high school education.

Helping youth choose healthy behaviors by expanding Living kRoom Council & providing opportunities for peer leadership, training and healthy recreation and program activities.

New Circle provides one-on-one mentoring services to Vermont children from primary school through high school who have one or more parent/s who are incarcerated or who have a history of incarceration. Mentors are carefully recruited, trained, and matched with mentees, and each match is supervised by a Clinical Director, a retired school counselor with decades of experience. This is a long-term program, with a three-to-five-year minimum commitment by both mentors and mentees. New Circle's goal is to support these children academically, psychologically, and emotionally so they can be successful in school and graduate from high school ready to pursue higher education or career training.

Town Schools Theatre was launched in 2015 as a way to bring accessible after-school arts education to our region’s elementary school students. Students join the program as cohorts of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders; and are guided through the process of devising, rehearsing, and performing a play. The program is offered free of charge to all participants. NEYT receives an annual contribution from our local supervisory union to help make this program possible. Through Town Schools Theatre, NEYT has built relationships with many of the elementary schools across Windham County. As the program continues to grow, NEYT serves more young people, adding more school partners, and expanding the program’s theatre technology track. Approved Grant Funding reallocation Feb 2021: In January 2021, NEYT was invited to launch a program in collaboration with the Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to cultivate a collaborative approach with a downtown neighbor whose mission aligns so closely with our own. Over the course of eight weeks from January 15th through March 5th, NEYT is providing free drop in sessions for young people at the Boys & Girls Club facility. Thus far, the program has been popular among the young people at the Boys & Girls Club, as it consistently attracts groups of 10 to 15 participants. This program is allowing NEYT to continue providing afterschool arts education to groups of young people in a format consistent with the way we run in-person Town Schools Theatre sessions.

Hire staff/teacher to set up an infant/toddler center in order to have more slots for children six weeks to 6 years of age.

An afterschool program in the Newport City Schools.