A five-sided program for helping rural families in Vermont is summarized. Help is being given to agriculture, the home, the young people, the underprivileged, and the community itself. The overall aim is a balanced environment. It is pointed out that change characterizes rural Vermont and that a need for a balanced environment is slowly being recognized. The program operates as follows: (1) An aide visits a family, gets a picture of the situation; (2) The aide initiates preliminary assistance with the family; (3) Aide and counselor together clarify family health situation; (4) The farm aide works with the family on farm and home problems that have come to the surface; and (5) Followup is continued with the family. Three basic guidelines have regulated the enrollment and acceptance of cases: (1) The family must have a net annual income of less than $2000; (2) It must have relation to agriculture; (3) A member of the family must have an identified health problem. Results were two broad areas of project action and accomplishment: (1) the public type of assistance in which there was work with agencies and officials relevant to the development of policies and program related to the concerns of disadvantaged families; (2) the major work of the project which consisted of assistance provided and accomplishments of the individual families. It is concluded that the three factors contributing to the success of the project were: (1) the Extension-Vocational Rehabilitation team approach, (2) the high commitment and quality of staff in serving rural families, and (3) the practical supervision. (For related document, see AC 012 983.) (Author/CK)