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LISTEN provides services and support to meet the critical needs of Upper Valley individuals and families.

The Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) is a Charity Watch and Charity Navigator top-rated, 501(c)(3) military charity, ranking among the top two percent of charities nationwide for effectiveness and fiscal responsibility. We provide free and low-cost specialized programming and support services to military service members and their families with a particular focus on junior-enlisted men and women. As a national member association of the YMCA of the USA, we operate more than 200 program centers worldwide. In coordination with the Department of Defense and installation commands, we work closely to identify gaps in support and services currently available, and tailor our programming to meet those needs.  Our programming offers essential services such as childcare, hospital assistance, spousal and deployment support services, emergency food and essentials assistance, educational and mentoring programs for military children, counseling, wounded warrior support, wounded family support, health and wellness services, family and youth recreational program and activities, and holiday programs. All programming is tailored to the specific needs of the military community on the local level. We greatly rely on public support to keep our programming free and low-cost. Our more than 15,000 volunteers deliver 127,000 volunteer hours each year to serve the nearly 500,000 service members and their families our programming reaches at our 34 branch and affiliate locations annually.

TAPS offers immediate and long-term emotional help, hope, and healing to all who are grieving the death of a loved one in military service to America, regardless of relationship to the deceased, geography, or circumstance of the death. TAPS meets its mission by providing peer-based support, crisis care, casualty casework assistance, and grief and trauma resources.

Our Military Kids is a 501(c)(3) national nonprofit organization with a mission to recognize the service and sacrifice of military children by offering extracurricular activity grants when a parent is deployed with the National Guard, is deployed with the Reserve, or is receiving treatment for post-9/11 combat-related illnesses or injuries. Participation in the activities enhances child and family wellbeing and improves Service Member/Veteran morale.

The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) is a non-profit educational organization committed to nurturing human values in society. Human values are understood to be attitudes, norms and behaviors that are the highest expression of human life. They are common to all cultures and spiritual traditions, and include a deep caring for all life, non-violence, compassion, friendliness, cooperation, generosity and sharing, a feeling of belonging and oneness with all life, an "eco-friendly" attitude and caring for the planet, service to society, a sense of commitment and responsibility, peace, contentment, enthusiasm, integrity, honesty and sincerity. IAHV's goal is a society in which the lives of all people exemplify human values. Through a variety of educational activities and service projects, IAHV works to achieve peace, harmony and well-being throughout the world. In fostering human values, the IAHV works in collaboration with partners dedicated to similar goals.

Marathon Kids® is a free, six month running/walking, nutrition and gardening program designed to provide a resonating, elegantly simple fitness and nutrition vehicle for K-5th graders and their families. The mission of Marathon Kids is to build a lifelong love of running and walking, combined with the ability to make and enjoy healthy food choices. We aim to help reduce childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes by moving children and their families from sedentary to non-sedentary lifestyles.

Tides' mission is to provide safe and nurturing peer support programming for children, adolescents and their families who have experienced the death of a loved one. Tides will also raise awareness of the needs of grieving children in our schools and surrounding communities.

The Memphis Child Advocacy Center's mission is to serve children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse through prevention, education, and intervention.

The mission of Miami Bridge is to provide opportunities that promote positive youth development, strengthen and support families,  enable youth to reach their full potential and become productive community members.

The mission of DeLaSalle Education Center is to provide a holistic environment that offers students an opportunity to improve learning and life skills. Vision Statement: We envision a community in which all young people achieve a quality education that fosters and stimulates their true potential. Strategy Statement: DeLaSalle Education Center seeks to address the significant life barriers of Kansas City's most underserved urban youth seeking life-long success through a personalized and rigorous course of study, holistic network of services and workforce development.

For over 25 years, the Denver Street School has offered struggling students a second chance to earn a high school diploma. We believe that every student deserves a quality education and the chance to become a productive citizen. We accept students who have struggled with, dropped out of, or been expelled from other schools knowing that given support and the right environment they can go on to a promising future.

SOSMentor’s mission is to decrease the alarming rate of childhood obesity and related illnesses by educating underserved youth in health, nutrition and fitness while motivating them to adopt a healthier lifestyle.