New Beginnings News
Public Notice of Request for Bids
BID #2022-01 BID DATE: October 12, 2022 Thanks to CDBG-CV grant funding from the City of Lewiston, New Beginnings is seeking bids for a new vehicle to purchase for our Transitional Living Program in order to provide safe transportation for youth clients while...
Summer 2022 New Beginnings News!
Welcome to our Summer 2022 New Beginnings Newsletter Summer is here and New Beginnings is helping youth to stay busy and enjoy the activities the sunshine and warm temps offer! In this issue find out how important Street Outreach can be for youth, what exciting new things are happening with Adventure Challenge, see our summer […]
2021 Annual Report
Click here to check out our Mobile Friendly version New Beginnings 2021 Annual Report PDFDownload Thank you to all of our 2021 Donors We are grateful for every gift and all of our supporters! Please note that 2021 supporters donating in-kind goods/services or holiday...
New Beginnings Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Thank you for checking out our PSA on homeless youth in Maine during National Runaway and Homeless Youth Awareness month. The original plans we had were a bit different but our youth's words and responses really led us down an even more impactful road, and we couldn't...
Spring 2022 New Beginnings News!
Welcome to our Spring 2022 New Beginnings News! Winter is finally winding down, and as always we are supporting the resilience and growth of the youth we serve. In this issue find out how family mediation helped one youth reunify with his mom, learn about upcoming trainings and new program collaborations, warmly welcome new Board […]
New Resource for School Districts:
McKinney-Vento Community Regional Representatives Through a new partnership with service providers statewide, funded by the American Rescue Plan Homeless Children and Youth state reservation, the Maine Department of Education has contracted with several organizations...
Staff Updates – Spring 2022
We have had many staff transitions since our last agency news update: Summer through year-end 2021: In August, we welcomed Jennifer Needham as New Beginnings’ Residential Services Director supervising the Marian’s Place shelter program and the Transitional Living Programs; Jenn can be reached at jneedham@newbeginmaine.org or 207-815-9113. In September we welcomed Donna Bilodeau as the new Rural […]
New Beginnings receives $10,000 Avangrid Foundation grant to support homeless youth services
Lewiston, ME – Avangrid Foundation in partnership with Central Maine Power has gifted $10,000 in grant funding to New Beginnings, Inc., a Lewiston-based nonprofit serving homeless and at-risk youth.Avangrid Foundation funding is helping New Beginnings promote the...
Board Elections 2022
Please join us, virtually, on Monday, May 23rd from 5:00p – 6:00p for our Annual Board of Directors elections. Register below and a link to the virtual elections will be sent to you once it is finalized. Register Here
Thank you for helping during the Holidays!
Thank you for helping create our holiday care packages!Thank you to those who participated in our 2021 Holiday Drive. The support of our donors made it possible for homeless youth at New Beginnings have a brighter holiday this year. Gift bags were made for ALL youth...