All posts by: Lara

At CCS, we sometimes say, “Community is our middle name.” While that’s literally true, it also reflects the importance we place on “participating and belonging” in our community. A fun example is our fairly recent building and registering of a...
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Thanks to a grant from Vermont Community Foundation through its “Small and Inspiring” grants program – and the hard work of our staff – CCS is now home to a beautiful intentional garden. This space is to be shared with...
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We’re celebrating 50 years since our brave founding families launched CCS in 1967, creating the small agency that’s become a leader in its field. We’re holding events throughout 2017, including a VBSR Get-Together event at CCS on January 19th (with...
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CCS is excited to announce that Sara Vizvarie has been elected Vice President of our Board of Directors. She has served as a board member since 2014. Sara is a realtor with Sarah Harrington Real Estate at Keller Williams Vermont...
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THANK YOU, American Flatbread for a great night at our Benefit Bake, and to local businesses who supported our raffle. We raised $1,000 between flatbread and raffle ticket sales. Our amazing prize basket for our Benefit Bake raffle included gifts...
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Monday, June 27th at 6:30 p.m. Main Street Landing Film House at Lake and College in Burlington CCS is joining with other member agencies comprising Vermont Care Partners, as one of the sponsors of this important event, which will include...
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Make a difference in your community and in someone’s life. CCS boasts a dynamic and energetic staff of Community Inclusion Facilitators (CIF) who provide one-to-one supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, helping them achieve their goals: in the workplace, transitioning...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sounding the Alarm- Vermont Care Partners Calls Press Conference to Request 3% Medicaid Rate Increase Montpelier, VT – Vermont Care Partners (VCP) is holding a press conference tomorrow, Thursday, February 25 from 11:00 to 11:30 AM in...
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For the second consecutive year, Champlain Community Services earned “Best of the Best Business” award as Best Nonprofit Organization in the Champlain Business Journal Readers Poll. The business monthly boasts a large readership of business owners and professionals throughout Addison,...
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Reporter Megan Carpenter visited CCS during our United Way Week celebration to learn more about CCS – especially our Way2Work supported employment supported employment program, which United Way invests in. [su_button url=”http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/people-with-disabilities-find-jobs-through-way-to-work” target=”blank” background=”#5bc98c” size=”6″ wide=”yes” radius=”0″ icon=”icon: play-circle-o”]Watch the...
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