Spectrum Youth and Family Services

What Spectrum Youth and Family Services does

Spectrum Youth and Family Services is a private social services organization founded in 1970 that supports teenagers, young adults, and their families. Its stated purpose is to help these populations stabilize and improve their lives, consistent with a community-based youth and family services mission rather than a commercial product offering. The organization is headquartered in Burlington and operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees; the source data records the country as Canada, but the organization's web domain (spectrumvt.org) and its only named funder (Vermont Department of Health) indicate a Vermont, USA base, and the country field should be treated as suspect.

Operationally, the organization is led by Michael J. Grant, Chief Financial Officer. No other executives, board members, or management team members are disclosed in the available data. The organization's website is at https://www.spectrumvt.org/, though most firmographic detail — products, pricing, customer segments, technology stack, partnerships, and revenue mechanics — could not be retrieved because the source pages displayed CAPTCHA/verification challenges. No products, services catalog, apps, APIs, or proprietary technology components are documented in the input.

The organization's revenue model is not directly disclosed, but the available evidence points to a public-sector grant and contract model. The only funding event visible in the data is a 2024-04-19 event with the Vermont Department of Health listed as both investor and lead, with $0 disclosed. This is consistent with a small nonprofit or quasi-governmental human services provider funded primarily by state health and human services contracts, rather than commercial customer revenue or equity capital. There are no equity funding rounds, venture or growth investors, M&A activity, subsidiaries, or restructuring events documented.

Name

Spectrum Youth and Family Services

Website

https://spectrumvt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Spectrum Youth and Family Services is a Burlington-based organization founded in 1970 that provides social services to teenagers, young adults, and their families. With 1-10 employees and a named Vermont Department of Health funding relationship, it operates as a small community-based human services provider.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth and Family Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL), Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Youth services
• Family counseling
• Social services
• At-risk youth
• Youth housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Spectrum Youth and Family Services provides social services to teenagers, young adults, and their families, helping them turn their lives around. Services are delivered from its Burlington, Vermont location and supported by state-level funding partners. The organization operates with a small staff and focuses on direct human services for at-risk youth and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Covenant House: National nonprofit serving youth experiencing homelessness and trafficking. Adjacent in targeting adolescents/young adults needing crisis stabilization and family reconnection.
• Youth Villages: Large national nonprofit providing residential, behavioral health, and community-based services for at-risk youth and families. Same target population with broader geographic reach.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National umbrella organization supporting youth development clubs across the U.S. Overlaps with Spectrum's youth-services mission as a broader platform for adolescent support.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: National youth-mentoring nonprofit. Overlaps with Spectrum's youth-development and family-engagement focus, though delivered through a mentoring model.
• National Runaway Safeline: National crisis line and resource hub for at-risk youth and families. Overlaps with Spectrum's 'turning lives around' positioning for teens and young adults in crisis.
• Wayfinder Family Services: California-based nonprofit offering child welfare, behavioral health, and youth/family support services. Comparable mission serving at-risk youth and families.

Direct peers

• Lund Family Center: Burlington, VT-based nonprofit providing youth, family, and early childhood services including residential, adoption, and family support. Direct geographic and service-line peer to Spectrum.
• The Village for Families & Children: Hartford, CT-based nonprofit serving children and families with behavioral health, foster care, and community-based programs. Closely comparable in target population and service model.
• Northeast Family Services: Multi-state New England provider of home-based behavioral health, foster care, and family stabilization services. Comparable in its adolescent/young adult family-services focus and regional operating model.
• Howard Center: Burlington, VT-based provider of mental health, substance use, and developmental services for children, adolescents, and families. Overlaps directly with Spectrum's youth-and-family stabilization mission.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SpectrumVT
• Facebookfacebook.com/spectrumvermont
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spectrum-youth-and-family-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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