MENTOR Vermont names recipients of the 2023-2024 Vermont Mentoring Grants vermontbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vermontbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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BURLINGTON â Mentor Vermont has awarded 24 grants, totaling $347,850, to support youth mentoring programs throughout the state. The funds will support more than 100 new and existing program sites, and nearly 1,500 adult-to-youth mentor pairs in communities across Vermont.
Mentor Vermont awarded two grants to agencies that support youth living in Bennington County: a grant of $25,100 to The DREAM Program, a statewide mentoring agency that pairs college students from Bennington College with youth living in affordable housing communities; and a $10,000 grant to United Counseling Service to support the Mentoring at UCS program, which supports youth throughout Bennington County.