Community Perspectives

“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...