Disability Rights Vermont

10/08/2026

Vermont Legal Aid is hosting a monthly legal advice clinic for Caledonia, Essex and Orleans County residents. The next clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, 2026. You can take part on the phone, online or in-person. Appointments are between 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. For more information, please visit our website at: https://www.vtlawhelp.org/legal-advice-clinic-nek-residents.

10/06/2026

DRVT's Offices will be closed Wednesday, October 7th, so that staff can participate in an Annual In-Service Training Day. We will reopen on Thursday, October 8th, for normal business hours. Thank you.

10/06/2026

If you're a survivor studying at a college or university in Vermont, you are not alone.

Advocates working in every county across the state are available to chat and support you.

📍Addison County

Atria Collective hotline: (802) 388-4205

📍Bennington County

PAVE: Project Against Violent Encounters hotline: (802) 442-2111

📍Caledonia County

Umbrella hotline: (802) 748-8645
AWARE, Inc. hotline: (802) 472-6463

📍Chittenden County

H.O.P.E. Works hotline: (802) 863-1236
Steps to End Domestic Violence hotline: (802) 658-1996

📍Essex County

Umbrella hotline: (802) 334-0148

📍Franklin County

Voices Against Violence/Laurie's House hotline: (802) 524-6575

📍Grand Isle County

Voices Against Violence/Laurie's House hotline: (802) 524-6575

📍Lamoille County

Clarina Howard Nichols Center hotline: (802) 888-5256

📍Orange County

Safeline, Inc. hotline: (800) 639-7233
WISEuv hotline: (866) 348-9473

📍Orleans County

Umbrella hotline: (802) 334-0148
AWARE, Inc. hotline: (802) 472-6463

📍Rutland County

NewStory Center hotline: (802) 775-3232

📍Washington County

Circle of Washington County VT hotline: (877) 543-9498
Mosaic Vermont hotline: (802) 479-5577
AWARE, Inc. hotline: (802) 472-6463

📍Windham County

Women's Freedom Center hotline: (802) 254-6954

📍Windsor County

Northern Windsor County: Safeline, Inc. hotline: (800) 639-7233
Central Windsor County: WISEuv hotline: (866) 348-9473
Southern Windsor County: Women's Freedom Center hotline: (802) 254-6954

📍Statewide Support for LGBTQ+ Survivors

SafeSpace hotline: (802) 863-0003
Support lines hours: Monday through Thursday (10am – 6pm), Friday (10am – 2pm)

📍Statewide Support for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Survivors

Deaf Vermonters Advocacy Services (DVAS) www.dvas.org

10/04/2026

10/03/2026

DRVT was at Northwestern Counseling and Support Services today offering voter registration and information about voting rights.

09/24/2026

Don't panic - there's still time to register to attend this weekend's free Civil Rights Summit on Zoom. Don't have plans this weekend? Get your jammies on, hit that pumpkin spice, and curl up to hear from Vermont's frontline civil rights defenders about the civil rights tools we have and how to sharpen them for the upcoming legislative session.

You'll hear from Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, ACLU-Vermont, Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante, Vermont Workers' Center, Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, Vermont Legal Aid End Homelessness Vermont, Disability Rights Vermont, Vermont Center for Independent Living Vermont Commission on Women, Outright Vermont, and more of our state's justice luminaries!

Schedule and registration are at https://bit.ly/VTCivilRights2026

09/21/2026

“Vermont is a universal mail-in state, but that doesn’t apply to primaries or, in a lot of cases, local elections,” said Ian Horn, civic and community engagement advocate for Vermont Disability Rights. “There are gaps in access to the vote for people with disabilities.”

Disability Rights Vermont held a voter drive in Montpelier this week to register voters ahead of the upcoming election.

09/15/2026

Stop by today for National Voter Registration Day hosted by Disability Rights Vermont! Meet some of our community partners, try out an accessible voting machine, vote for your favorite "crepe" made by Skinny Pancake! We will be here until 6:00pm today! Come say hello - 89 Main Street - City Center Lobby!