• Stuff A Bus is back

    November 12, 13 & 14

    We are holding our annual Stuff A Bus this year in the Rutland Hannaford and Price Chopper parking lots, but do to pandemic protocols it will look a little different:

    -We are unable to accept food donations this year, just cash or checks

    -We will be using the funds to purchase what we would typically have donated, so we are still able to provide families with the staples of a Thanksgiving meal and other essential items throughout the holiday season.

    -We encourage businesses, schools, churches and any other groups of people to take up a collection, every dollar counts.


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  • E.M.B.R.A.C.E Grants Available for Micro Businesses

    In response to COVID-19, The Vermont Community Action Partnership and The Micro Business Development Program have come together to establish the E.M.B.R.A.C.E. (Economic Micro Business Recovery Assistance for the COVID-19 Epidemic) direct grant program to support the smallest Vermont micro-businesses owned by an individual with a "household" income at or under 80% of state median "household" income. (Income guidelines are provided in the application)

    The grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying micro-businesses, defined as having five employees or less including the owner.

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  • Emergency Heating Fund


    A cold winter is ahead, you can help keep local families in need warm and safe. All proceeds provide emergency heating assistance. With the cancellation of Wheels for Warmth this year, we are hoping to recover some of the funds we would have received from this very important event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this will be more important than ever.

    Please donate today to keep families in Rutland & Bennington Counties warm.

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  • Three Guys in Ties Podcast

    Three Guys in Ties are three Micro Business Counselors at BROC Community Action. They have teamed up to bring you a podcast series to help small business owners navigate owning and operating their small businesses in Vermont. Give it a listen, like and share!

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  • Need help paying past due utility bills due to COVID-19 related loss of income?

    You can apply for assistance by clicking below. You can expect to receive 100% of the eligible outstanding arrearages that are more than 60 days past due, up to the below limits:

    Electric: up to $10,000
    Natural Gas: up to $10,000
    Telephone: up to $10,000
    Private Water: up to $10,000

    Applications are accepted until November 30,2020
    OR when funds run out, whichever comes first.

    After looking at the website you feel you need help, please give us a call 802.775.0878.

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  • Bennington Apartments for Rent

    Parkview Apartments- two units available immediately. Rent includes heat, hot water, trash & snow removal, off-street parking for one car. This is a non-smoking property. No pets allowed.

    Good credit & landlord references required. Security deposit & first month rent required in advance. Please call 445-1311 for an application.

    What is available:
    -Newly renovated one bedroom, first floor apartment, eat-in kitchen $800

    -Efficiency apartment, second floor, lots of natural light $725

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  • Need a Face Mask? We have five thousand cloth face masks available in five-packs to provide for FREE!

    With Vermont requiring that face masks be worn in public and stores requiring the same, we are here to help!

    We have a five-pack of face masks available for pick up at both offices in Rutland and Bennington. These are washable & reusable- available FREE.


    Give us a call when you arrive at our office
    Rutland: 775.0878 Bennington: 445-1311 and we will bring your masks out to you from a safe distance.

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  • 3SquaresVT

    Age 60? Did you know that over 13,000 Vermonters age 60 and over get 3SquaresVT. Now let it help you with your monthly food budget.

    It helps the state economy too. When you spend your benefits, you support the local economy.

    It can help everyone who qualifies. And when you get benefits, you don't take them away from anyone else.

    It is not Food Stamps! It is an electronic transfer to your EBT card!

    Simply call us M-F 8am-4:30pm in Rutland or Bennington at (802) 775-0878.

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  • BROCSHOP Alert!!!

    Culinary Sales & Food Costing

    -The bulk of the webinar will be focus on how to calculate the food cost of a menu item.
    -Another main focal point is the importance of knowing the costs per dish and how to fit those calculations into pricing the items on your menu.
    -We will also be discussing why it is necessary to forecast for the rising costs of food items, because food rises with inflation and this should influence menu pricing.
    -In the conclusion we will discuss why it is important to use a method called cross-utilization that can help reduce food cost an enable fresher products to be served to your customers.

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ABOUT BROC

BROC Community Action's history spans 54 years. The why of our existence has not changed for over five decades. We exist to give people a chance: to allow the disadvantaged members of our communities to develop and use their capacities and abilities so they can share in the promise of this nation.

The how of BROC Community Action's existence goes back to 1964, when a notion called "community action" emerged from President Kennedy's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. After President Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson took up the fight and signed the Economic Opportunity Action of 1964. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Opportunity_Act_of_1964)

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— Bennington housing client

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