Social and Community Services
The submission deadline for 2026 funding to be voted on at Town Meeting 2026 has passed. Our Social Services Appropriations Advisory Committee has reviewed the submissions, and the table below contains the proposed amounts to be voted on at Town Meeting on March 3, 2026.
For future reference, all requests for funding go to AssistantTownClerk@calaisvermont.gov. Use one of the application forms posted at the bottom of this page.
Social service organizations whose funding requests are approved will receive the amount the following December.
FY’27 Social Service Organization Funding Requests to be considered at Town Meeting, March 3, 2026
| Calais Historical Society | $300 | none |
| Central Vermont Adult Basic Education | $1,000 | https://www.cvae.net/ |
| Central Vermont Council on Aging | $1,400 | https://www.cvcoa.org/ |
| Central Vermont Economic Development Corps | $500 | https://www.centralvermont.org/ |
| Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice | $4,150 | https://www.cvhhh.org/ |
| Central Vermont Memorial Civic Center | $800 | https://www.cvmcc.org/ |
| Circle (formerly Battered Women's Shelter) | $700 | https://www.circlevt.org/ |
| Community Connections | $1,000 | https://ces.wcuusd.org/community/community-connections |
| Community Harvest of Central Vermont | $350 | https://www.communityharvestvt.org/ |
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Elevate Youth Services |
$500 | https://www.elevateyouthvt.org/ |
| Family Center of Washington County | $500 | https://fcwcvt.org/ |
| Friends of the Winooski River | $500 | https://winooskiriver.org |
| Good Beginnings of Central Vermont | $450 | https://www.goodbeginningscentralvt.org/ |
| Good Samaritan Haven | $1,500 | https://www.goodsamaritanhaven.org/ |
| Green Mountain Transit | $859 | https://ridegmt.com/ |
| Green Up Vermont | $100 | https://greenupvermont.org |
| Montpelier Senior Activity Center | $4,000 | |
| Mosaic Vermont (formerly Sexual Assault Crisis Team) | $200 | https://mosaic-vt.org/ |
| Old West Church Association | $500 | https://oldwestchurchvt.org/ |
| OUR House of Central Vermont | $250 | https://www.ourhousecentralvt.com/ |
| People's Health and Wellness Clinic | $1500 | https://www.phwcvt.org/ |
| Prevent Child Abuse Vermont | $500 | https://www.pcavt.org/ |
| Twin Valley Senior Center | $5,000 | https://www.twinvalleyseniors.org/ |
| Vermont Assoc. for the Blind & Visually Impaired | $650 | https://www.vabvi.org/ |
| Vermont Center for Independent Living | $800 | https://vcil.org/ |
| Washington Central Friends of Education (dba Youth First Mentoring) |
$800 | https://youthfirstmentoring.org/ |
| Washington County Mental Health Services | $1,400 | https://www.wcmhs.org/ |
| Window Dressers | $400 | https://windowdressers.org/ |
| Woodbury/Calais Food Shelf | $1,040 |
See forms below for requesting funding at Town Meeting 2027.
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2026.
CONTACT: AssistantTownClerk@calaisvermont.gov or 802-456-8720 with additional questions
If you are a resident of Calais and you would like to serve on the Social Services Appropriations Advisory Committee in December of 2026, please contact the Town Office.