Services
Lamoille Restorative Center offers programs for children, teens and adults. All services are highly individualized and trauma-informed.
Please review our information below to learn more about the range of services offered at LRC. To get in-depth information on a specific program, click on the program name.
If you have any questions about any of the programs, please contact us for more information.
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
- Balanced & Restorative Justice Program (BARJ) – The BARJ program can support youth whose behavior in school, in the community, or in their family could lead to involvement in the legal system.
- Lamoille Valley School Engagement Program (LVSEP) – School-referred students (ages six to 16) and their families receive individualized interventions to support long-term educational success.
- Youth Development Program (YDP) – YDP provides individualized transition and independent-living services for youth ages 14 through 23 who are, or have been, in the custody of the Department for Children and Families. YDP staff can help participants achieve their education-related goals.
EMPLOYMENT
- Jump on Board for Success Program (JOBS) – Eligible youth ages 16 through 22 receive employment-focused services ranging from career exploration to employment retention supports. JOBS services are delivered in partnership with HireAbility Vermont and Lamoille County Mental Health Services.
- Youth Development Program (YDP) – YDP provides individualized transition and independent-living services for youth ages 14 through 23 who are, or have been, in the custody of the Department for Children and Families. YDP staff can help participants achieve their education-related goals.
LEGAL SYSTEM
- Balanced & Restorative Justice Program (BARJ) – The BARJ program can support youth whose behavior in school, in the community, or in their family could lead to involvement in the legal system.
- Civil Driving with License Suspended Diversion (Driver’s License Reinstatement Program) – The Civil DLS Diversion Program is designed to help people regain their driver’s license while they pay off their fines and fees.
- Court Diversion – Court Diversion provides an alternative, restorative response for youth and adults charged with delinquency or facing criminal charges.
- Pretrial Services – The program offers support and accountability to adults accessing necessary mental health care, substance misuse treatment, or other community services during the pretrial process.
- Reentry Services – Reentry Services help adults who are returning to the community from prison restore relationships and access critical resources. They also include Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA).
- Reparative Program – As a condition of probation, individuals aged 18 and older meet with trained community volunteers to examine the impact of their crime. They discuss who was affected by their actions, decide how to repair the harm caused, and make a plan to prevent future harm.
- Tamarack – The Tamarack program is an alternative and restorative justice response for adults age 18 and above who are charged with a crime, and who have a substance misuse or mental health treatment need, regardless of criminal history.
- Victim Services – Lamoille Restorative Center collaborates with law enforcement, the courts, the state’s crime victim services center, and those impacted by crime, to ensure victim-centered responses.
- Youth Substance Awareness Safety Program (YSASP) – YSASP provides an alternative to the civil court process for youth ages 16 through 20 who violate Vermont’s underage alcohol or marijuana laws.
TRAINING & CONSULTATION
- Restorative Practices (RP) – Based on the guiding principles of exploring relationships, meaningful engagement, shared decision-making, and active accountability, RP provides a framework for schools and organizations to build a sense of community and respond to challenging behaviors in school and employment contexts. The goal is to move from exclusionary or punitive practices (e.g., school suspension or shaming/blaming supervisory approach) – that reduce a student or employee’s sense of connection – toward inclusionary responses that encourage healing and wellbeing.
This summer LSSU identified a need to support the social emotional needs of adults as we were preparing to reopen our buildings and welcome students. There was a lot of uncertainty and anxiety about coming back and the ability to stay safe. We reached out to the Lamoille Restorative Center to help with these conversations and then to help create some restorative circle prompts to support faculty and staff in sharing these concerns during in-service.
– Jessica Spencer
Student Services Director at Lamoille South Supervisory Union