Civic Health Index

On January 15, 2025, we released Vermont’s first Civic Health Index. This report looks at six domains of civic health across the state: Volunteerism and Donating, Political Engagement, Social and Community Context, Cultural Access and Engagement, Media Trust and Access, and Government Trust and Access. It also highlights results from the Vermont Youth Civic Health Survey.

Click here to read the Civic Health Index.

Click here to download a copy of the Executive Summary.

We’d love to hear from you! If you have read the report and/or watched a recording, please consider filling out this feedback form to share your thoughts with us.

Civic Health Index Events:

Launch Event: January 15, 2025, at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, 5:30-7:30pm

More Community Conversations:

January 23, 2025 – South Burlington Library, 5:30-7:30pm
February 5, 2025 – St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5:30-7:30pm
February 13, 2025 – Aldrich Public Library in Barre, 5:30-7:30pm
February 26, 2025 – Rutland Free Library, 5:30-7:30pm

Come back soon for links to the recordings from these events. We will post them here as they become available.

If you are interested in hosting a conversation about civic health in your community, please email Robyn Palmer at robyn.palmer@vermont.gov.

Press:

Press Release: Vermont Secretary of State Announces Upcoming Release of Vermont’s First Civic Health Index, Community Conversations Scheduled

Partners:

National Conference on Citizenship
UVM Center for Rural Studies
SerVermont
Vermont Humanities
Up for Learning

Special thanks to YMCA and Knight International for permission to utilize the Youth Civic Health Survey, Dan Nott whose illustrations have helped us engage and inspire civic conversations across Vermont, and Susan Clark (Slow Democracy) for her thoughtful feedback and editing.