Youth and Families

Center for Grieving Children Maine

The Center for Grieving Children is a nonprofit organization that provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, and education to grieving children, teens, young adults, families and the community. With services in Portland, Sanford, and virtually, the Center provides services at no cost that are led by dedicated and highly trained staff and volunteers thanks […]

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Maine Association for New Americans

MANA coordinates multilingual outreach and educational programming for immigrants and their families to facilitate further resilience-building by providing linguistically and culturally tailored workshops and programs under the banner of Resilient New Americans.

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Youth Peer Support Statewide Network

The Youth Peer Support Statewide Network (YPSSN) is a new, growing resource open to any young adult in Maine. The YPSSN program is sponsored by Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH) and is open to any eligible young person in Maine, not just MBH patients.

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Gateway Community Services

Gateway Community Services is a team of Community Health Workers who hold wellness group sessions and provide social-emotional support to community members through times of grief, extreme stress, unknowns, doubts, fears, joy and hope.

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NAMI

The NAMI Maine Teen Text Line offers connection, resources, and mental health support to youth, teens, and young adults throughout the state. We serve from a place of understanding and non-judgement in order to provide a safe space for young people to feel heard without shame.

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