Alliance for Community Transformations (ACT) is a community-based coalition focused on supporting Bennington-area youth in making healthy choices.
Get tips for talking to your child about substance use, and find additional resources for supporting your child in making healthy choices.
Check out local opportunities and find youth-centered resources for living substance free and supporting mental wellness.
Find local resources for food, quit help, mental health or crisis support, and other community resources.
Through the Youth Leadership Group, Youth Appreciation Day, Photovoice Contest, and other initiatives, ACT works to amplify youth voice and empower young people to make a difference in our community.
Meet Katrina Hastings, ACT’s Civic/Volunteer Sector Leader: “I am the Youth Services Librarian at the McCullough Free Library in North Bennington, VT. Prior to becoming a librarian, I worked in various educational settings with children and families. I’ve seen firsthand…
ACT is excited to welcome Nancy Koziol as our new Business Sector Leader! As a community coalition, ACT engages with 12 sectors of the community to reduce youth substance use, including: Parents, Youth, Education/Schools, State or Local Government, Media, Businesses,…
Read More Welcome to ACT’s New Business Sector Leader: Nancy Koziol of couch + cork
Researchers observed that Americans, and women in particular, were drinking more during the pandemic, and this consumption was largely driven by stress (New York Times). In Vermont, among people who accessed VT Helplink—a statewide, public resource for finding substance use…
