New Beginnings work with teens, young adults, their families, and other providers to ensure that vulnerable youth in Maine have access to the safe housing, supportive services, and connections to caring relationships that they need to become healthy and stable adults.
New Beginnings’ spectrum of shelter, housing, family mediation, counseling, educational support, prevention education, and outreach services are designed to prevent young people from becoming homeless, support struggling families, and provide an essential “safety net” for young people in Maine who are at risk of homelessness - including the only youth shelter in Maine that is licensed to serve teens and young adults with 24-hour care.
Our agency is based in Lewiston-Auburn with program sites in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Kennebec counties serving youths ages 12-21 and their families from all over Maine. On average, more than 30% are LGBTQ and 15% are youth of color. Our dedicated staff members focus on creating caring and trusting relationships with young people – which is the heart of our work. We know that positive relationships are the foundation of the process to bring about change needed to help Maine's most vulnerable youth successfully transition to adulthood.
