Grantees

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.

This proposal seeks funding to provide the tools, guidance and support for school teachers, administrators and staff who work in the Two Rivers Supervisory Union (TRSU) School District. TRSU has identified this work as a priority due to the increasingly high number of students suffering from the effects of living with substance, physical, and emotional abuse in their homes. For the pre-school teachers, the situation has reached crisis levels. The funds will be used for training and support within the school system during year one, with increased levels of direct support for children and families in subsequent years.

The Sharon Academy (TSA) provides relevant, comprehensive education to rural VT students in grades 7-12, ensuring graduates are equipped to thrive in a constantly changing and increasingly complex world. Adolescents in rural VT need reasons to engage in school and ways to imagine themselves as successful professionals meeting their immense potential. Students will explore real, virtual, online, or simulated work environments through a Work-based Learning Program (WBLP) designed to develop skills and connect academic principles with real-world applications. WBLPs are crucial pathways for post-secondary readiness and are essential to modern learning. Introducing a WBLP at TSA will greatly benefit students.