We Engage and Empower
We engage and partner with individuals, organizations, communities, and systems to create responsive resources, opportunities, and supportive relationships for Opportunity Youth, particularly those impacted by the juvenile justice and foster care system, to fulfill their dreams, find belonging, and experience well-being.
Maine Youth Transition Collaborative (MYTC) is a network of youth leaders and public and private partners from across Maine that works to ensure that youth transitioning from the foster care system to adulthood have the resources and personal connections they need to be successful. MYTC coordinates collaborative strategies involving community and state partners to address gaps and issues vital to a young person's social/emotional well-being, intellectual development, economic self-sufficiency and health and safety.
YLAT lifts the voice of Maine's youth in Foster Care. It is a partnership of youth and adults working together to improve outcomes for young people in the foster care system. YLAT engages young people in monthly groups across the state, public speaking, training and increasing access to resources and opportunities to young people in foster care. In addition, YLAT provides a platform for youth to advise decision-makers, inform youth-centered laws, and craft policies.
Through its initiatives, the YCE team is working to strengthen communities in Maine so people experience health, well-being, and belonging. We do this by partnering with community partners to help support youth and adults in participating fully in creating change that works for their community and in transforming systems to be more responsive to the people they serving.
Learn more about these projects on the 'Our Initiatives' page.