Social and Community Services

The table below contains the approved appropriation amounts 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 approved at Town Meeting, March 3, 2026 

 Calais Historical Society$300none
 Central Vermont Adult Basic Education$1,000https://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 $800https://www.cvmcc.org/ 
 Circle (formerly Battered Women’s Shelter)$700https://www.circlevt.org/ 
 Community Connections $1,000 https://ces.wcuusd.org/community/community-connections
 Community Harvest of Central Vermont$350 https://www.communityharvestvt.org/
 Elevate Youth Services
 (formerly Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls Club
$500 https://www.elevateyouthvt.org/
 Family Center of Washington County $500https://fcwcvt.org/ 
 Friends of the Winooski River$500 https://winooskiriver.org 
 Good Beginnings of Central Vermont$450https://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 https://www.montpelier-vt.org/297/Montpelier-Senior-Activity-Center
 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    $1500https://www.phwcvt.org/
 Prevent Child Abuse Vermont    $500https://www.pcavt.org/
 Twin Valley Senior Center $5,000  https://www.twinvalleyseniors.org/
 Vermont Assoc. for the Blind & Visually Impaired$650https://www.vabvi.org/
 Vermont Center for Independent Living$800https://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$400https://windowdressers.org/
 Woodbury/Calais Food Shelf $1,040https://www.foodpantries.org/li/woodbury__calais_food_shelf_05681

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.

 Social_Service_Agency Funding for Previously Approved Organizations

 Town Funding Questionnaire for First Time Applicants