Finding A Way
Teenagers and young adults in Maine face challenges that are increasingly difficult to navigate. They or someone in their family may struggle with substance use disorder, homelessness or gender identity. There’s the ever-looming issue of trying to pay for college, finding a good-paying job and trying to make good choices when times get tough. In our series “Finding A Way,” Maine Public will examine some barriers to success for young people and the resources and opportunities available to keep them on course.
This project is funded with support from the John T. Gorman Foundation.
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Maine has received more than $3 million in federal grant funding to study youth homelessness and find new strategies to address the problem.Chris… -
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Maine youth ages 10 to 24, and the rate of suicides among Maine's youth is higher than the national… -
The challenges of poverty and homelessness affect thousands of young people across Maine and create barriers that extend far beyond school walls. But some… -
In many rural towns across Maine, schools are on the front lines of the effort to identify students who are homeless or displaced, and to help them with… -
Recent financial trends have not been kind to some organizations serving homeless youth, especially those in rural Maine. Programs and youth shelters in… -
Maine is seeing a growing number of young people, from preschool through 12th grade, who are homeless or displaced. They are moving into shelters, couch… -
The rising incidence of youth homelessness can stay hidden in a rural state like Maine, yet just two years ago, more than 2,500 public school students in… -
“I crashed at friends’ houses for a while. It was a job to find a place to sleep. I slept under bridges, slept in my car when I could...it was, really,… -
The John T. Gorman Foundation says Maine should do a better job of helping at-risk teens complete the transition from adolescence to adulthood.In a report…
