Robert J Buchicchio, LICSW

The Adult Mental Health Division of Rutland Mental Health Services offers a variety of programs and services which are designed to assist people in improving the quality of their lives. We encourage and support each individual to identify and attain his/her personal goals. We empower individuals to grow and gain greater independence. The Child Services Division: When a child in Rutland County needs help, Child and Family Services is always within reach any day, any time. Under Rutland Mental Health Services (RMHS), the programs offered embrace the emotional and behavioral problems that may affect youth, from birth to the teenage years.

The mission of the KidSafe Collaborative is to engage agencies, community groups and individuals to work together to improve our community's response to child abuse and neglect. The KidSafe Collaborative strengthens services and fosters cross-system collaboration among human services agencies and the criminal justice system to improve results for child victims of abuse and neglect and their families. KidSafe Collaborative works to improve the safety and well-being of children in Chittenden County by enhancing collaboration among more than 25 partners involved in community child protection and safety. The goals of the KidSafe Collaborative are two-fold: During our last fiscal year ending this past March, KidSafe directly supported over 350 children and families in Vermont and indirectly helped hundreds more through work with our partners. The key element to which we attribute our success has been our ability to establish a community expectation that cross-systems collaboration is the best way to address child abuse and neglect and to serve families. To learn more about our programs, click here. For a listing of our Management team, please click here. KidSafe is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors who provide oversight of the agency operations. An Executive Director, Development and Community Outreach Coordinator and Administrative Assistant staff the KidSafe Collaborative. For information or to contact our staff please click here. KidSafe has an independent audit of its financials conducted annually following the fiscal year end ( March 31 ). To view our most recent Financial Audit, please download the PDF attachment at the bottom of the page. The United Way of Chittenden County provides in-kind financial accounting support to KidSafe. To learn more about KidSafe's history over the past thirty years, click here.

The Community Access Program, also known as CAP includes a range of support services for the developmentally disabled individuals and families of Rutland County, Vt. It offers various residential, case management, career counseling and nursing services. The program is approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, also known as CARF. The Community Access Program is administered by Community Care Network, which is a provider of community-based services in the State of Vermont. Community Care Network offers a variety of health, human, education, employment and rehabilitative services. It conducts a community rehabilitation and treatment program that features case management, outpatient treatment, psychiatric evaluation, transitional living and housing assistance services for adults. Community Care Network also provides aftercare, relapse prevention and medication-assisted therapy services through its substance abuse program.