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One of the perennial challenges we face at Howard Center is articulating fully the agency’s place in the community. Conventional wisdom suggests that sharing stories of the people we serve would solve this, but privacy concerns limit our options to anonymous stories. Our friends Bill and Kate Schubart and Debra Stenner suggested a change of perspective. Why not ask people how they see Howard Center, how they have experienced it in their professional or personal lives, and what it means to have it in the community?
Read perspectives below:
“Our community’s health is not someone else’s problem but rather a shared responsibility that requires an investment by all of us.” After considerable reflection and impatience, I write as a long time Colchester resident and retired clinical leader at Howard...
“All too often the things that people need most urgently are not available.” I am a Howard Center board member, a person in long-term recovery, and an emergency department recovery coach at UVM Medical Center, and I am deeply alarmed...
“And hope flows like the rush of the Winooski River…” Hope is here at Howard Center, found near where the struggles are real. Feelings are felt, dealt with deliberate care, where all are treated with dignity to be seen. Between...
Howard Center’s Safe Recovery: A Place for Compassion and Hope. “The services provided at Safe Recovery save lives and provide people in Burlington with critically important tools to prevent the worst consequences of drug use.” As Vermont’s (and the nation’s)...
Celebrating UVM Medical Center’s Longstanding Partnership with Howard Center “I want to voice my gratitude to the Howard Center leadership and staff.” In an era where the demands on our health care system are constantly increasing, the longstanding partnership between...
“We are forever grateful to the staff at Howard Center who have been so dedicated and compassionate with our family. Treating mental illness is a very challenging job.” BURLINGTON, VERMONT – I am writing as a parent of a child...
“I truly cannot remember one nonprofit organization that has taken on as much for a community as has the Howard Center.” ESSEX, VERMONT – I am the executive director of Spectrum Youth and Family Services and have been in...
“When I look at Howard Center, I see an organization steeped in genuine concern for us collectively and for each human being.” SHELBURNE, VERMONT – In that fleeting moment you are ready, where is the door? When you fall...
Surely it is time to make these partnerships sustainable so they can fully meet the needs of Vermonters by providing genuine solutions to the problems society inevitably faces. This column first appeared in VTDigger. The socio-economic governance spectrum divides itself...
Dylan Hart: The Power of Visibility: Disability, Inclusion, and the Strength of Our Workforce
I work in Developmental Services at Howard Center and like so many of my colleagues, I wear a lot of hats depending on the day. In my primary role, I am a Coordinator with Project Hire, a supported employment program...