Vermont Care Partners (VCP) and four member agencies announce the successful launch of the Unified Electronic Medical Records project using Netsmart’s myAvatarTM. MyAvatar is the industry-leading electronic health record (EHR) for behavioral health and addiction services and is a feature of the Netsmart CareFabric® platform, an integrated framework of solutions and services. The CareFabric platform

You are more likely to encounter someone in an emotional or mental crisis than someone having a heart attack. Learn how to help a friend, family member, coworker, or neighbor in need. Mental Health First Aid teaches how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The course introduces

What is Anxiety? Anxiety is best described as intense feelings that involve excessive amounts of fear, nervousness, worry, or dread. These feelings can be constant or specific to situations such as experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, and can cause a person to feel preoccupied, distracted, tense and always on alert. Anxiety alters how someone processes emotions and

“In March 2020, the Community Rehabilitation and Treatment (CRT) Program got the phone call directing us to take our laptops and whatever else we might need and go home to work remotely,” remembers Joanne Larsen, Community Supports Service Manager.  “I immediately made phone calls to the Peer Facilitators, the six people who led and organized

We would like to express our deepest appreciation to our staff who have worked tirelessly to keep the people we serve safe and moving forward with their lives over the past nine months.  Your commitment to those we serve and to our mission has only deepened throughout the pandemic, and your efforts have truly been