Dottie has six decades of experience as a high school, middle school, and elementary school counselor (through the Counseling Service of Addison County) and a community activist in Addison County. …
An Innovative Approach to Mentoring High-Risk Children—A Safer Society Foundation Webinar
On September 26, 2018, Mary Falcon, Safer Society’s Executive Director, and Erika Linskey, Director of Safer Society’s New Circle Mentoring Program, presented a live one-hour webinar sponsored by the Global …
Safer Society Receives Grant from the Walter Cerf Community Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Safer Society Foundation recently received a $2,500 grant from the Walter Cerf Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation. The grant will help further Safer Society Foundation’s mission of mitigating the …
The Fight to Eliminate Cash Bail
Our cash bail system is a big reason why the United States incarcerates more people than any other country on earth. If you can pay bail, you walk free. If …
It’s not just at the border. The U.S. separates families all the time.
“Every day, we lock parents up for decades in our prisons regardless of how it will affect their children, and no one bats an eye. Those who are demanding that …
ChIPs Mentors and Mentees visit the Middlebury College Museum of Art
On Wednesday, June 13th, the ChIPs mentors and mentees got together as a group for the very first time since the program began in January! This group mentoring activity was …