Community Resources

There are many agencies in Maine that you can turn to for help. Some of them are listed here by category. We hope you find them helpful.

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Runaway Hotlines:

National Runaway Hotline: 1-800-231-6946

National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-621-4000
(provides crisis intervention, free bus rides home and confirmation message delivery)

More information: Running Away: You're Not Alone

Child and Teen Shelters:

Artist: # Contributed by Shaw House

Preble Street Teen Center, Portland : 874-1197

Lighthouse, Portland : 774-3073

New Beginnings, Lewiston : 795-4077

Shaw House, Bangor : 941-2874

Sister Mary O'Donnell Shelter, Presque Isle: 764-4125

Homeless Crisis Hotline: 1-800-438-3890

The Department of Housing and Urban Development maintains a Maine Statewide Shelter Listing

Housing

Apply at local housing authorities/CAP agencies

Maine Housing Authority: 1-800-452-4668

HUD subsidized apartment search for Maine

Income and Support:

General Assistance - town office

TANF: 1-800-482-7520 or local DHHS office (if you are pregnant or a parent)

Food Stamps: 1-800-452-4643 or local DHHS office

Food Programs: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources maintains a list of most locally-operated food programs in the State.

School breakfast and lunch programs: Apply at local school

WIC: Women, Infants, Children's Nutrition, 1-800-437-9300

Social Security Benefits - SSA: 1-800-772-1213

MaineCare - DHHS: 1-800-321-5557

Sexual Activity/Teen Parents

Family Planning Association of Maine: 1-877-326-2345

Planned Parenthood: 1-800-230-7526

Maine HIV Prevention

Local Regional Health Centers (pdf)

Teen & Young Adult Health Program: 1-800-698-3624

Mainely Parents: 1-800-249-5506

Parents as Teachers: 1-800-870-7746

Healthy Families: 859-1580

The Community School Passages Program (residential school for teen parents) : 236-3000

GLBTQQ Teens:

OUTRIGHT: 828-6560

Outyouth support hotline: 1-800-969-6884

Out!...As I Want to Be: 549-4400

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) - Maine Chapters

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD): 1-800-455-GLAD

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educational Network (GLSEN)

Eating Disorders:

Mercy Hospital: 1-800-293-6583

Substance Abuse

Maine Tobacco Helpline: 1-800-207-1230

NarcAnon: 1-888-567-9580

AlAnon / AlaTeen: 1-800-498-1844

Treatment Providers

The Maine Association of Substance Abuse Programs maintains a list of member treatment providers and a searchable list of agencies providing help with various substance abuse problems.

Mental Health Issues:

Crisis Line: 774-HELP; 1-888-568-1112; 774-0700 (tty)

Suicide Prevention: 1-888-568-1112

Center for Grieving Children): 775-5216

Children & Family Community Support: 1-888-834-3944

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KidsPeace of New England: 1-800-992-9543

Sweetser: 1-800-434-3000

Woodfords Family Services: 1-800-439-0314

Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics: 781-1814

Crisis and Counseling Centers: 1-800-357-4343

Sweetser: 1-800-434-3000 ( Kittery to Belfast )

Spurwink Institute and School: 688-4573 (statewide)

WINGS: 1-800-823-2988 (Five northern counties)

Northeast Occupational Exchange: 1-866-616-1626 (Bangor, Newport, Lincoln, Portland)

Community Health & Counseling Services: 947-0366 (Central, Eastern & Northern Maine )

NAMI Maine: 1-800-464-5767

Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER Program): 1-877-880-3377

Alternative Education:

N.E. Job Corps: Portland, 800-469-1885; Augusta, 800-815-9983; Bangor, 800-949-1937; Aroostook, 888-216-2034

Job Placement Services, Inc./ Saco Island School: 283-1435
(for at risk students in York and Cumberland Counties )

Future Builders, Raymond: 655-1000

Youth Building Alternatives, Portland : 775-0105

The Carleton Project, Presque Isle: 768-9998

The Real School : 892-4462

GED Info: 624-6750

Other Education

Community College System: 629-4000

Adult Education: 624-6750

Hearing Impaired:

Maine Center on Deafness: 1-800-639-3884 (voice/tty)

Pine Tree Society: 443-3341 (hard of hearing)

Visually Impaired:

The Iris Network: 1-800-715-0097

Immigration

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP): 1-800-497-8505
For immigration law & benefits issues/referrals

Pine Tree Legal Assistance (click on link for local office contact information)
Assistance with benefits and housing

Refugee Collaborative: 775-7915, 784-2951

Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault Statewide Hotline: 800-871-7741

Sexual Assault Response Services (SARS): 800-313-9900

Downeast Sexual Assault (Ellsworth): 800-228-2470

Rape Response Service ( Bangor ): 800-310-0000

Rape Crisis Assistance ( Waterville ): 873-0601; 800-525-4441

Augusta Area Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center : 626-0660; 800-421-4325

Sexual Assault Support Services ( Brunswick ): 800-822-5999

Sexual Assault Response Services ( Portland ): 774-3613or 800-313-9900

Sexual Assault Hotline (Presque Isle): 768-3305 or 800-432-7805

Sexual Assault Crisis Center ( Lewiston ) 784-5272; 800-871-7741

Domestic Violence:

Battered Women's Project ( Aroostook County )
421 Main St., Suite 2 , Presque Isle , ME 04769 ; Business: 207-764-2977
498-6146 (Houlton); 498-6146 (Caribou)
Hotline/Crisis: 207-769-8251; Toll Free: (800)439-232

Family Crisis Services (Cumberland & Sagadahoc Counties)
P.O. Box 704 , Portland ME 04357 ; Business: 207-767-4952
Portland Outreach Office: 874-8512; Bath Outreach Office: 442-0424; Bridgton outreach office: 647-8501
Hotline/Crisis: 207-874-1973; Toll Free 800-537-6066

The Next Step ( Hancock County )
P.O. Box 1465 , Ellsworth , ME 04605 Business: 207-667-0176
Hotline/Crisis: 207-667-4606; Toll Free 800-315-5579

Family Violence Project (Kennebec & Somerset Counties)
P.O. Box 23 , Augusta , ME 04330 ; Business: 207-623-8637
Skowhegan Outreach office:474-8860; Winslow Outreach office
877-0835
Hotline/Crisis: 207-623-3569; Toll Free: 800-498-1930

Artist: Tamara Contributed by Shaw House

New Hope for Women (Knox, Lincoln & Waldo Counties )
P.O. Box 642 , Rockland , ME 04841 ; Business: 207-594-2128
Rockland Hotline/Crisis: 207-594-2128; Damariscotta Hotline/Crisis: 207-563-2404; Belfast Hotline/Crisis: 207-338-6569
Toll Free: 800-522-3304

Abused Women's Advocacy Project ( Oxford , Franklin & Androscoggin Counties )
P.O. Box 713 , Auburn , ME 04212 ; Business: 207-784-3995 Hotline/Crisis: 207-795-4020; Toll Free: 800-559-2927

Spruce Run Association ( Penobscot County )
P.O. Box 653 , Bangor , ME 04402 ; Business: 207-945-5102
Millinocket: 723-5664
Hotline/Crisis: 207-947-0496; Toll Free: 800-863-9909

Womancare ( Piscataquis County )
P.O. Box 192 Dover-Foxcroft , ME 04426 ; Business: 207-564-8165
Hotline/Crisis: 207-564-8401; Toll Free: 888-564-8165

Caring Unlimited ( York County )
Hotline/Crisis: 207-324-1802; Toll Free: 800-239-7298

The Next Step ( Washington County )
P.O. Box 280 , Milbridge , ME 04658-0280 ; Business: 207-255-4934
Hotline/Crisis: 207-255-4785; Toll Free: 888-604-8692

Native American Domestic Violence Services

Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence P.O. Box 89 , Winterport , ME 04496 ; 207-941-1194

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-SAFE; 800-787-3244 (tty)

Legal Advocacy

KIDS Legal Aid of Maine: 774-8246, 1-866-624-7787

Pine Tree Legal Assistance (click on link for local office contact information)
Assistance with benefits and housing