HARDWICK – Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Umbrella and the Lamoille Family Center have awarded The Center for an Agricultural Economy and Hazen Union School as sub-award recipients of the 2025 Northeast Vermont Prevention Consortium – Prevention Lead Region.
Hazen Union School received $15,000 to establish a school-based Student Wellness Center to provide a safe space for holistic student support, allowing students to learn and develop tools to manage emotions, cultivate healthy coping mechanisms and mitigate stress.
The Center for an Agricultural Economy received $11,000 to build on work begun in the community through the FY24 grant award. The project fosters social connection, addresses needs identified by the community and emphasizes assets using a big picture approach.
Awarded on September 17, these awards address priorities that include reducing underage substance use as well as high-risk adult substance use, increasing support for LGBTQIA+ youth and creating a community where youth and adults feel valued. The Prevention Lead Organization Grant, which totals 1.2 million over two years, aims to increase regional and community capacity to deliver meaningful substance use prevention to optimize well-being among individuals, families and communities across the lifespan. The total amount funded for non-competitive and competitive sub-awards for FY25 was $482,546. Funding was made possible by the Vermont Department of Health Division of Substance Use Programs.
