Grantees

A book and curriculum created by AWARE for use in teir vioilence prevention programs. The purpose is to encourage critical viewing, especially around themes of violence, bullying and stereotypes.

Thrive is a childcare/enrichment program serving the diverse, close-knit, and resilient community of Winooski. We support children in grades K-5 to develop their literacy, STEM, and socioemotional skills during after school and summer time. We plan to create a Makerspace to enhance the engineering and tinkering options we provide to kids, promoting youth resilience. Using an iterative process to solve problems and persist through failure will help our students overcome challenges in other areas of their lives. Students will collaborate, imagine, and problem-solve while building cars and structures, coding and programming robots, and exploring with a 3-D printer.

Provide partial funding for programming during school vacations and summer break for youth between the ages of 12 and 16. Program activities will include healthy eating, physical activity, community services and will enable youth to make relationships with caring adults and practice effective communication skills with peers and adults.

Establish an afterscool program at the secondary level, primarily focused on grades 6-8 for the students of Twinfield Union School.

Three week outdoor adventure summer day camp for children of the Washington Northeast Supervisory Union (Twinfield and Cabot).

Conflict resolution program in Winooski.

Early Childhood Education (ECE) is essential. The professional development of those providing this care is equally important. The Springfield Area Parent Child Center is opening a 150 seat training center that will provide ECE and other essential training opportunities such as child First Aid/CPR.

Provide therapeutic & educational supportive playgroups for children who have witnessed domestic abuse and consultation and training to social workers and other human service professionals throughout Chittenden County.