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Howard Center is pleased to announce that Medical Director of Howard Center’s Chittenden Clinic, John Brooklyn, MD, recently received the prestigious Nyswander/Dole Award which recognizes outstanding contributions to opioid treatment. The award was presented at the 2019 American Association for...

The National Life Group Foundation recently awarded Howard Center with a grant of $5,000 to help support the printing and distribution of our updated Suicide Prevention–Across the Lifespan guide. The guide is designed to provide general, public health information on...

On October 11, nearly 200 community members joined with Howard Center to celebrate Senator Patrick Leahy as Howard Center’s 2019 Help is Here Award honoree at the UVM Alumni House in Burlington. Now in its fourth year, the award recognizes...

The Community Outreach Program has been active in the participating communities of South Burlington, Colchester, Williston, Winooski, Essex, Shelburne for two years, and is very pleased to announce it has now expanded services to include Richmond, Vermont. The Community Outreach...

Howard Center, Inc. filed a complaint in the State of Vermont Superior Court Chittenden Unit on September 24, 2019 against opioid drug distributors, retailers, and manufacturers. The complaint alleges that the defendants negligently distributed and dispensed prescription opioid drugs in...

Recently, several Howard Center programs had the opportunity to meet with administration officials from a non-profit hospital in Shimane, Japan. Their visit to Vermont was to learn more about our state’s mental health system of care, and how the Department...

Recently, VEIC (Vermont Energy Investment Corporation) awarded Howard Center with a Founders Grant to help people experiencing homelessness, and others in need, with access to power and light via solar lanterns that they can carry. The lanterns will also have...

Charlotte McCorkel, Senior Director of Client Services at Howard Center, was recently featured in VPR’s Vermont Edition in a podcast about Taking Steps Toward Healing After a Mass Shooting. Listen to the podcast here, and hear from Rep. Peter Welch...