Information on DHHS Youth Programs, Presented to SHC 6-10-25

The contracts for the YHCoC were awarded as a result of a RFP process. The awards went to Preble Street for Region I, New Beginnings for Region II, and Community Care for Region III.

The funding is a 5 year funding period, resulting in a total of just about $5.7 million a year and supports funding to the following programs:

Shelter for youth

Transitional living programming for New Beginnings and Community Care

Supportive Housing Voucher Program

Community and Street Outreach

Drop-in programming.

Total number of youth shelter beds in Maine:

Preble Street-28

Community Care-16

New Beginnings-12

TNLH ( receives no funding from DHHS)- 4

Total beds in Maine: 50

The Landing Place is licensed for 2 shelter beds but they were not able to fill them so are not providing shelter services at this time.

Transitional Housing-

The contract through DHHS supports funding for the following:

Community Care-congregate programming-8 beds

New Beginnings- congregate programming- 8 beds ( and has used some funding, as well as other funding for some scattered site TLP apartments.)

Supportive Housing Voucher Program-Each of the 3 agencies has received 5 HCV vouchers per region (where there were vouchers they were rolling vouchers). As of the end of Q2 year3, use of those vouchers were as follows:

New Beginnings- 0

Preble Street- secured housing for 12 youth with 7 of those youth being parenting youth

Community Care-1

The vouchers themselves are provided by Maine Housing and the supportive services is what the contract is funding to support youth to remain safe and successful in the apartment setting.

Alice Preble. Children’s Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) Program Specialist (she/her/hers)

Office of Behavioral Health

2 Anthony Avenue, SHS 11

Augusta, ME 04333

Cell: (207) 446-4690

Fax: (207)287-6156

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