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Q: I am homeless. Are there any shelters I can go to for help?

Abused Women’s Advocacy Project (AWAP): Provides a shelter for abused women in Franklin, Androscoggin, and Oxford counties, as well as resources for victims of domestic violence.

Phone: (207) 778-6107 or 1-800-559-2927, 159 Main St., Farmington

Acadia Recovery Community Shelter: Substance Abuse.

Phone: (207) 973-6400 or 1-800-44-2555, 179 Indiana Avenue, Bangor

Bangor Area Homeless Shelter: General. Phone: (207) 947-0092, 26 Cedar Street, Bangor

Battered Women’s Project:. Domestic Violence assistance in Caribou, Houlton and Presque Isle. Phone: (207) 498-6146 or 1-800-439-2323 or (207) 764-2977

Bread of Life Shelter: Families, victims of domestic violence, single me and women including those with mental illness. All ages. Serves: Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington and York counties.

Phone: (207) 626-3479, 157 Hospital St., Augusta

Breakwater Teen Shelter: Teens. Phone: (207) 596-2920, 1-866-506-3520, 218 Main Street, Rockland

Caring Unlimited: Domestic Violence. Phone: (207) 324-1802 or 1-800-239-7298, Sanford

Children’s Emergency Services: Sexually or physically abused children, neglected children and their families, as well as parental abuse. Phone: 1-800-452-1999, 200 Main St., Lewiston

City of Portland Family Shelter: Families. Phone: (207) 772-8339, 54 & 55 Chestnut, Portland

Community Concepts/Stratglass Shelter: General. Phone: (207) 364-3824 or 743-7716 or 1-800-866-5588, 32 Erchles Street, Rumford

Dorr House: Mental illness/Substance Abuse. Phone: (207) 469-7961, 90 Schoolhouse Road, Orland

Emmaus Shelter: General. Phone: (207) 667-3962 Corner of Main and Water Streets, Ellsworth

Family Crisis Shelter: Emergency shelter, 24-hour Hotline, assistance in obtaining protection of abuse orders, support group, and community education. Victims of domestic violence and their children. Phone: (207) 874-1973 or 1-800-537-6066, PO Box 704 Portland

Family Violence Project: Domestic violence shelter, Phone: (207) 623-3560 or 1-877-890-7788, Augusta

Galilee House: General. Phone: (207) 744-0936, 25 Deering Street, Norway

Halcyon House: Emergency shelter for juveniles under 18, may stay up to 30 days. Phone: (207) 474-8574, 5 Commerce Dr., Skowhegan

Hope Haven Gospel Mission: Serves residents of Lewiston/Auburn and surrounding areas of Maine. Hope Haven Gospel Mission provides a shelter and a soup kitchen, which serves meals twice a day. Counseling and a Christian environment are provided to those who wish to join their rehabilitation program. Primarily serves the residents of Androscoggin County, but will provide Franklin County residents emergency services on a first come first serve basis. Phone: (207) 783-6086. Fax: 783-3904. Address: 209 Lincoln St, Lewiston, ME 04240.

Hospitality House: General. Phone: (207) 469-7961, 15 First Street, Bucksport

Ingraham: Mental illness. Phone: (207) 874-1055, 1-800-870-9998, 237 Oxford Street, Portland

Kilun Kikin Emergency Shelter: General. Phone: (207) 853-6021 Perry Machias

Mid-Coast Hospitality House: General. Phone: (207) 594-1422, 169 Old County Road, Rockport

Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter: Providing emergency shelter and food to homeless and displaced people in Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset and Waldo counties. The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter provides emergency overnight shelter every day. The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter has 17 beds and 2 cribs. Part of the shelter is set up for families. The Shelter also provides evening and morning meals, showers, bedding, laundry facilities, links to other area services, short-term preventative case management, and access to the Waterville Social Club, and much more. Phone: (207) 872-8082, PO Box 2612, 28 Ticonic St., Waterville, Contact: Julienne Begin, Office Manager

Milestone: Substance abuse. Phone: (207) 775-4790, 65 India Street, Portland

My Choice - Bangor: pregnant teens and women. Phone: (207) 941-8809 or 1-800-773-9595, 181 State Street, Bangor

My Choice – Portland: Pregnant teens and women. Phone: (207) 772-3678, 306 Congress Street, Portland

New Beginnings: Youth ages 12-21 who are runaways, homeless, or at risk of being homeless. Phone: (207) 778-6193, 124 Main St. Suite 103, Farmington

New Hope For Women: Abused partners and their children. Phone: (207) 594-2128, 1-800-522-3304, PO Box A, Rockland

Oxford Hills Family Shelter: Family. Phone: (207) 739-6502, 5 Porter Street, South Paris

Oxford Street Shelter: General. Phone: (207) 761-2072, 197 Oxford Street, Portland

Preble Street Lighthouse Shelter: Youth. Phone: (207) 774-3073, 65 Elm Street, Portland

Rumford Group Home: Youth. Phone: (207) 369-9230 or 1-800-550-3551, 346 Pine Street, Rumford

Rural Community Action Ministry Emergency Shelter (RCAM): RCAM operates a two-unit emergency homeless shelter for families who find themselves without a place to live. (Serves the Livermore area) . Phone: (207) 524-5095 or 524-3791, 81 Church Hill Rd., Leeds

Shaw House: Youth. Phone: (207) 941-2874, 136 Union Street, Bangor

Shelter: 795-4070

Sister Mary O’Donnell Shelter:. General and youth in Aroostook County.

Phone: (207) 764-5114, 745 Central Avenue Presque

Spruce Run Association: Abused women and their children, people affected by domestic violence. Phone: 1-800-863-9909, PO Box 653, Bangor

St. Andres Group Home: A place for moms ages 19-29 to stay with their babies.

Phone: (207) 783-8003, 188 Sabattus St., Lewiston

St. Francis Community Home: Mental Illness/Substance Abuse/Domestic Violence.

Phone: (207) 469-3018, East Orland

St. Francis Inn: General. Phone: (207) 469-1988, East Orland

St. Martin de Porres:. Overnight facility with no time limitation. Ten beds (6 for men; 4 for women) by referral only. Phone: (207) 786-4690, 23 Bartlett Street, Lewiston

Tedford Shelter: General and families. Phone: (207) 725-4871 (General), (207) 729-4583 (Families), 49 Cumberland Street, Brunswick

The Next Step: Domestic violence. Phone: (207) 255-4785, 1-888-604-8692, Washington County

The Next Step: Domestic violence/safe homes – no shelter.

Phone: (207) 667-4606, 1-800-315-5579, Ellsworth

Womancare/Aegis: Domestic violence-safe homes (no shelter-home network)

Phone: (207) 564-8165 or 1-888-564-8165

York County Shelters Inc: Homeless individuals and families; people who have mental health, chemical dependency, or dual diagnosis problems.

Phone: (207) 324-1137, 147 Shaker Hill Road, PO Box 820, Alfred, ME 04002.

You Are Never Alone: Substance Abuse. Phone: (207) 283-0069, 826 Portland Road, Saco

Youth Alternatives (YA): Most of our services comes through placement with or referral through the Maine Department of Human Services (DHS), but many are open and available to Maine's communities.

Phone: (207) 874-1175, 400 Congress St, Portland

YA BASS HOUSE in Saco, Maine, is a transitional group home offering a supporting, nurturing and stabilizing environment for younger adolescent males, offering boys an interim stay in one of its six beds.

YA GIRL'S TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM in Portland, Maine, provides a safe, supportive and stable environment for girls from ages 12 to 18 in DHHS custody, DOC custody or family conflict. This six-bed shelter has a maximum stay of 45 days. It is the only emergency shelter exclusively for female adolescents in Maine.

YA HERITAGE HOUSE in South Portland, Maine, is seven-bed residence in a residential community for adolescent females being diverted from jail, or leaving the Maine Youth Center.

YA PERRY'S PLACE in Bowdoinham, Maine, provides a temporary stay for young children just entering the custody of Maine DHHS. This bridge home offers six beds to both boys and girls, allowing siblings to remain together following the separation from their parents.

YA REARDON'S PLACE (formerly the Emergency Shelter for Boys) in South Portland, Maine, is a 10-bed residence that provides immediate care for abused, criminally offending, runaway and homeless adolescent boys ages 12 through 18, in DOC or DHHS custody.

YA ROADS GROUP HOME is a long-term facility for boys who have faltered in many placements, including the Maine Youth Center. Residents are in state custody and/or involved with the juvenile justice system. These are adolescent males who know the system well, and have significant behavioral issues. The agency's flagship program, ROADS is an eight-bed home providing a safe, steady environment guiding residents towards responsible adulthood.

Youth and Family Services: Youth. Phone: (207) 474-8574, 627 Middle Road, Skowhegan