Questions received at jwalker@fchn.org may be posted below.
Q: I am homeless. Are there any shelters that I can go to for help?
Safe Voices: Provides a shelter for abused persons 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 YA’s services comes through placement with or referral through the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 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
