Earth Month

Earth Month takes place in April every year. This month is an opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for change around the issues most impacting our planet.

Earth Day is April 22 and grows more important each year as we are seeing the impacts of climate change in our state.

Environmental health is crucial for all of us. Environmental health equity is a growing and critical area of the environmental health sciences – focusing on learning about the unequal burden of environmental harm among marginalized communities and the related health impacts.



The Vermont Department of Health has information on how to take action against climate change, resources for community partners, and information on how climate change affects your health.

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention

Anyone can be affected by domestic violence, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identify, or economic status.

Domestic Violence, or abuse, is a pattern of violent or manipulative behavior that someone uses to gain and maintain power and control over an intimate partner. This pattern can be physical, emotional, economic and/or sexual. 

The Vermont Department of Health offers tips for recognizing abuse and resources to find help. Everyone deserves to feel safe.

In order to feel safer at home and to find belonging and connection through participation in social gatherings and ceremony, the Abenaki community is bringing awareness to lateral violence.

Lateral violence, also called internalized colonialism or horizontal violence, happens when people who have been oppressed for a long time feel so powerless that rather than fighting back against their oppressor, they unleash their fear, anger, and frustration against their own community members.

For Indigenous communities, lateral violence is a part of a larger cycle of hurt that has its roots in colonization, trauma, racism, and discrimination.

To learn more about lateral violence and how you can find support, visit the Abenaki Health and Heritage website.

Middlebury Dental Clinic

When: Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: American Legion, 49 Wilson Road, Middlebury, VT

This free clinic is one of many that the Vermont Department of Health partners to promote dental and oral health.

Health works collaboratively with partners across the state and nation to support early preventive dental health, beginning in pregnancy.

The mission is to reduce dental disease and promote dental health for all Vermonters.

Email or call Emma Tso with questions.

803-388-5747

Emma.Tso@vermont.gov

Find a clinic near you.

Immunization Clinic - St. Johnsbury

The St. Johnsbury Local Health Office offers a monthly immunization clinic at no charge for people who are under 65 years old and uninsured, experiencing significant barriers to access, or a patient of a medical practice that cannot receive vaccine from the Vermont Vaccines for Children & Adults program.

Clinics are held at the St. Johnsbury Local Health Office, 107 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819.

The next clinic is Friday April 18, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

To find immunization clinics at your local health office visit the Vermont Department of Health events page.

Winooski Parents & Student Project

Winooski Parents & Student Project was one of the community-based organizations that received funding from the Vermont Department of Health and Vermont Community Foundation through the CDC grant titled National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities. 

The Winooski Parents and Students (WPS) Project started from the advocacy efforts of parents and students with multicultural and ethnic backgrounds who were requesting reliable school bus services for students attending Winooski School District. The project is solely led and managed by immigrants, refugees, and New Americans who speak Nepali, Somali, Swahili, Arabic, Kirundi, Spanish, Karen, Burmese, and other languages.

The grant made it possible to compensate people in WPS leadership positions and to offer training sessions and direct support. WSP provided stipends to compensate people for their participation in meetings, events, activities, and surveys.

A large portion of the funds was dedicated to purchasing supplies, sporting equipment, sensory objects, and cutting-edge technology that is currently being used for a new multicultural community space geared toward engaging youth and families in the most diverse and low-income communities. The funds employed 21 part-time employees and one full-time employee. 

Crop Cash

Beginning in May, SNAP customers will be able to multiply their benefits at farmers markets again with Crop Cash. 

What is Crop Cash? For every dollar of 3SquaresVT/SNAP you spend at a participating farmers market, you can receive a dollar of Crop Cash (up to $20) to spend on fruits, vegetables, herbs, and culinary seeds and plant starts.

Anyone who receives 3SquaresVT/SNAP benefits is automatically eligible to get Crop Cash at a farmers market—there is no additional application for this program. EBT Cash or direct deposit customers will continue to be able to access Crop Cash.

Get Paid to Share Your Diabetes Story

Through the Vermont Department of Health's support of the development of the Vermont Diabetes State Plan, the Health Diabetes Program is setting up focus groups to create listening sessions to hear from people in Vermont what it is like for them to live with diabetes.

Information about their experience and what barriers and challenges they face will inform the development of the Diabetes State Plan and program planning. 

We'd love to hear your story!

2025 Health Equity Summit: Call for Proposals

The Health Equity Summit is a collaboration of health care providers, educators and community members and will take place on October 23 and 24, 2025 at the University of Vermont Davis Center, Burlington VT.

The Summit Planning Committee is dedicated to incorporating diverse perspectives to create engaging, high-impact educational programming.

The committee is actively seeking contributions from health system leaders, healthcare professionals, nonprofit organizations, community members, medical residents and fellows, students, biomedical scientists, population health researchers, policymakers, and academic faculty and staff to ensure a broad and inclusive dialogue.

Proposals are due June 13, 2025, and presenters will be notified on July 1, 2025.

Visit the website for information on proposal guidelines.