Rick Holloway of Chroma joins Youth Services Board of Directors
Rick Holloway, the Facilities and Equipment Manager of Chroma Technology since 2001, recently joined 18 other community members in serving on Youth Services’ board of directors. Through nineteen programs ranging from restorative justice, to outreach, mentoring, transitional living and case…
New Youth Development Director at Youth Services
Youth Services welcomes Christine Linn to the position of Director of Youth Development Programs. In this role Linn supervises a team of five case managers who work with young people who are homeless or unstably housed. According to Linn, their…
Long-time Youth Services Board member retires from finance role
He was the numbers guy for Youth Services. Board President Rachel Selsky recalls Rick’s ability to break down even the most complicated budget for the rest of the board. For 17 years Rick Hashagen, a retired bank president kept a…
Line-up for bands set for Nov. 3 Brattleboro Gallery Walk Battle of the Bands
Fierce competition between the six area youth bands playing in Youth Services’ Battle of the Bands is expected on Friday, November 3 from 7-10 p.m. in the River Garden in Brattleboro, VT. The competition occurs during Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk Night and…
Gail Bourque celebrates 30 years at Youth Services
Do you know the type? Quiet, unassuming, competent and through? For going on 30 years now Administrative Services Director Gail Bourque has shied away from the limelight, quick to let the credit land elsewhere. Yet she is essentially the “glue”…
Youth Services celebrates new Bellows Falls location
Bellows Falls, Vermont — Youth Services has opened a new office at 22 Bridge St. to better serve the young people and families of the Greater Bellows Falls region. An Open House was held in June with a ribbon cutting…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Windham County Goes Statewide
In the interest of serving more children in Vermont with mentors, Youth Services transitioned its successful Big Brothers Big Sisters program into a statewide organization in the summer of 2017. “Presently there are 70 community and school-based Big Brothers Big…
Youth Services celebrates Vermont Youth of The Year awardee
Bellows Falls, VT–Alexis Harris, 21, of Bellows Falls has been awarded the Youth of the Year Award by the Vermont Youth Development Program and the Vermont Coalition of Runaway & Homeless Youth Programs (VCRHYP), two state entities that work with…
Youth Services tackles truancy in Windham County schools
Brattleboro—Youth Services has officially hired Jocelyn York as its Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) Coordinator for the organization, a position she has fulfilled on a temporary basis since last year. In this program, Youth Services works with youth ages 13…
Pre-Trial Program gets boost from skilled coordinator James Arana
Youth Services has hired James Arana as Pretrial Services Coordinator for the organization. This Pretrial Program was first started in 2015 after the passage of Act 195 by the Vermont legislature to address a judicial system overwhelmed by many cases…