On July 12th the New Pathways & Best Practices in Community Based Resettlement event provided an opportunity for regional volunteer leaders to learn from national experts in volunteer-supported resettlement, as we…
Refugee Welcome Collective and @refugeehousingsolutions collaborated with World Learning and its School for International Training to create a video case study highlighting World Learning’s approach to welcoming Afghan newcomers in…
On June 13th, human resource and operations professionals from 7 of Southern Vermont’s largest businesses including Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Chroma Technology Corps, Commonwealth Dairy, and The Brattleboro Retreat, participated in…
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Pictured above, the Melendez family when they first arrived in Vermont in 2020, with the help of BDCC's Welcoming Communities programs. By Chris Mays, Brattleboro Reformer To read the original…
Brattleboro, VT – After years of planning and a full year of activity, the Southern Vermont Working Communities Challenge team has launched a website to celebrate its successes, share resources,…
Building Bright Futures has awarded a grant through its Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) to a help a coalition of local partners, organized through Childcare Counts, develop a vocational pathway…
In January 2023 a new group of refugees from Ethiopia will settle in the Deerfield Valley, with the help of ECDC and local cosponsors. To help these new Vermonters access…
On December 10th, the Southern Vermont Working Communities team hosted a "Welcoming Community Winter Celebration". The event sought to gather immigrants, and those who identify as having an immigrant background,…
BY CHRIS MAYS Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO — Southeast Vermont Transit is exploring the possibility of adding “micro transit” routes to help get people to their night shift jobs. “Micro transit is Uber…