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VT Restorative Justice Programs and Funders

Vermont Association of Court Diversion and Pretrial Services
VT Department of Corrections—Restorative Justice Unit
VT Department of Corrections—Transitional Housing
Community Justice Network of Vermont

 

For Victims

Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services 
Safeline
Vermont Restitution Unit

 

Restorative Justice Resources

Foundational Text—Little Book of Restorative Justice
by Howard Zehr

An Example of Restorative Justice with Sujatha Baliga

Why You Should Care About Access to Justice | Andrew Pilliar | TEDxRenfrewCollingwood

Restorative Justice: Why Do We Need it? | BRAVE NEW FILMS

Daniel Reisel: The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice

Recovering from Crime – Restorative Justice in Action
Restorative Justice Council

 

Legal Services

Vermont Legal Aid

South Royalton Legal Clinic

Vermont Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service

Vermont Free Legal Answers

Community Legal Information Center, Vermont’s Public Law Library

 

General Help and Services

Vermont 2-1-1
Capstone

 

Racial Justice

Read: “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” Peggy McIntosh

Listen to or read: “Why is Vermont so Overwhelmingly White?” (VPR Brave Little State Series) 

Take: Harvard Implicit Bias Test. When you go to this site please sign into the ‘Project Implicit Social Attitudes’, then please take the test for ‘Race’ and the one for ‘Skin Tone’.  There are many to choose from, and we encourage you to take as many additional tests as you want.

Watch 13th (1 hr 40 min) available on Netflix, or at this link.

State Agencies

Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Vermont Judicial Bureau
Vt Judiciary Public Portal
VT Judicial Bureau–Pay a Fine
Department of Motor Vehicles 
Orange County Criminal Court
Vermont Public Defenders
Vermont State’s Attorney & Sheriffs 
Vermont Department of Corrections