New Beginnings

Each year, New Beginnings provides hundreds of children, teens, adults with opportunities for the SAFETY, CONNECTION, and GROWTH that all people need to thrive. Whether a young person is facing a night on the streets for the very first time or has been surviving on their own for years, New Beginnings can help.

Our mission is to partner with youth to create lasting change, so all youth have a safe place to live and opportunities to grow. Our vision is a world in which all youth are safe and valued in their communities.

We 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. Our spectrum of shelter, housing, education/employment support, family mediation, prevention & training, youth leadership, and street outreach services are designed to prevent young people from becoming homeless, support struggling families, and help vulnerable young people successfully transition to adulthood.