Vermont Council on World Affairs

MENTOR Vermont, Inc. is a nonprofit organization based in Burlington, VT, dedicated to fostering quality mentoring relationships for youth in the community. Through their programs and advocacy efforts, they strive to close the mentoring gap and promote equity to ensure every young person in Vermont has the support they need to succeed. The organization offers resources for youth professionals, mentors, and families, as well as opportunities to get involved through donations and mentorship. With a focus on building awareness and maximizing the impact of mentoring, MENTOR Vermont works towards bringing the community closer together and supporting youth development across the state.Generated from the website

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.

United Way of Chittenden County funds agency programs that provide health and human services to members in Chittenden County, Vt. It funds child care, youth development, after-school and counseling programs. The organization provides emergency assistance that includes food, shelter and clothing to low-income families. United Way of Chittenden County also offers advocacy assistance and crisis helpline services. It operates Vermont 2-1-1, which provides people in Vermont with free access to community resources information and referrals. In addition, the organization offers the Champlain Initiative program, which works on addressing racism in the schools, early childhood education, sustainable jobs, neighborhood connections, civic duty, health insurance for children, physical fitness opportunities and spiritual health. United Way of Chittenden County is located in South Burlington, Vt.