According to the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 15% of HHS students reported being bullied in the last 30 days, and 22% of middle school students reported being bullied in the last 30 days. 45% of Hartford Middle School students reported ever being bullied on school property. At both schools, about 8% of students reported that they had bullied someone in the last 30 days.

Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, social, emotional, academic, and mental health issues that may persist into adulthood. 

To stand up to bullying, HCC will be wearing blue and talking to HMMS and HHS students about bullying on October 13 and promoting use of the #BlueUp hashtag on social media to stop bullying and harassment and embrace our differences. 

   

HCC is proud to offer youth mental health first aid training taught by certified trainers, Kelly Clements, MPH, and Emily Zanleoni, LCMHC, NCC. 

Why should you sign up? 
Today, 1 in 5 adolescents will experience a mental health issue. 75% of mental health disorders begin by the age of 24. Despite the prevalence of mental health disorders, only 7% of youth receive screening or treatment. 

Trainees will receive a 3-year certification to become a first aider to recognize signs and help refer to professionals.

We are currently accepting registrations for a future training. Contact Kelly at kellyc@hccvt.org to hold your spot.

Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug use and the problems related to drugs faced by individuals, families, and communities. This annual health observance encourages parents, educators, business owners, and other community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles.

The first official Red Ribbon Week celebration was created by the National Family Partnership in 1988. Since then, the red ribbon has symbolized a continuing commitment to reducing the demand for illicit drugs in our nation’s communities.

Red Ribbon Week offers a great opportunity for parents, teachers, educators, and community organizations to raise awareness of the problem of drug misuse. DEA has created materials to help your school and community participate in Red Ribbon Week. The online toolkit includes a variety of helpful resources, including downloadable graphics, a fact card and student and parent pledges, and ways to promote Red Ribbon Week in your school or community.

Johnny's Ambassadors provides on-demand recordings of previous Expert Webinar Series for Parents. They provide this world-class repository of marijuana education to prevent youth substance abuse, mental illness, and suicide.

This education is provided FREE for individuals. To register for an upcoming event, please see their webinar schedule.

This summer a group of housed and unhoused community members met regularly in Lyman Point Park to share their stories and break down barriers of preconceptions about differences. They shaped their stories into this powerful public performance.
Telling My Story is an interdisciplinary arts program that works to develop self-awareness and communication skills through collective creativity, facilitated by Wilder's Pati Hernandez Documented by Jay Beaudoin.

If you missed it CATV is now making this amazing, touching performance available.

Sign up to get a mentor from Dartmouth Alliance for Adolescents of Color! DAAC pairs teens of color with with supportive Dartmouth students of color and runs free biweekly hangouts for mentors to spend additional time with their mentees.

Anyone aged 12+ in Vermont is eligible for vaccination.

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT:
Click here to schedule an appointment online or call 855-722-7878.

Homebound Vermonters may call 833-722-0860 to arrange for in-home vaccination.

FEMA FUNERAL ASSISTANCE
If you have lost a family member to COVID-19, you may be eligible for up to $9,000 of funeral assistance. Click here to learn how to apply.