Family Assistance Centers (5):  Family Assistance Center Specialists provide information, resources, and support to all service members and their families. The FACS are a "one stop shop."  They support military service members and their families through all cycles of deployment.

 Manager State wide Mary Blow 802-338-3076

Chittenden FACS Lindsay Jarvis  802-338-3491

Swanton FACS Karen Pelletier  802-868-7927

Lyndonville FACS Wayne Boyce 802-626-8130

Rutland FACS Beth Bergeron  802-775-0794

Berlin FACS Joyce Cloutier 802-223-2975
 

Vermont Joint Operations Center:  888.607.8773
24/7 crisis line for veterans, and general number for referral to Family Programs.

Military Family Life Consultant:  802.338.3112 (w) 802.881.6436 (c)
MFLC:  Paul  Gibeault.  Licensed mental health professional, provides direct service and consultation to military families.  Also provides education and outreach to the community.

Military One Source:  800.342.9647
Employee Assistance Program for military families.  24/7 Clinical consultation and support for service members and family members

Military Youth Programs:  802.338.3369
Coordinator:  Anne Gorrigan.  Coordinates summer camps, school vacation camps, and other youth activities. 

Operation Military Kids:  802.656.0346
Deb Alden.  Partnership between federal government and 4-H, run through UVM extension service.  Involves military children and families with existing community organizations and resources at grassroots level.

Mark Oettinger, General Counsel Vermont Department of Education (802) 828-3135
mark.oettinger@state.vt.us for questions of guardianships/residency during deployment.

Veterans and Family Outreach Team
A Vermont pilot program created in 2007 to help veterans and their families. Everyone on the outreach team has served in the military, and almost all are combat veterans. They have a 24 hour resource/crisis line. 

Call the Outreach Specialist nearest you.  Director:  Jim McIntyre 802.338.3002. 

Frank Wood  Bennington   (802) 442-2980

Lynn Bedell Chittenden     (802) 338-3077

Dave Beaulieu  Chittenden/Lamoille   (802) 338-3078

Mark Siner  Washington/Orange      (802) 224-7108

Glenn Riley  Franklin/Grand Isle     (802) 933-2166

Alaria O’Brien Orleans/Caledonia/Essex  (802) 626-4085

Fran Wolford  Addison     (802) 877-2356

Lydia Cost  Rutland      (802) 773-0392

(Co-locating to WRJ VA – cell only at this time) Michael Currier  Windsor     (802) 399-6024

Gene Hitchcock  Windham/Windsor (802) 674-2914

Dennis Hamel  Chittenden Lamoille     (802) 879-1385

Our Military Kids:  www.ourmilitarykids.org.
OurMilitaryKids awards grants for non-school activities up to $500.00 for children with a parent deployed overseas or severely injured in combat. Examples include sports, music lessons, Taekwondo, horseback riding, tutoring, camps and much more!  Contact your local to help a family apply!