Shifting the Paradigm: Empowering Youth Voices

New Beginnings began the process of creating a statewide Youth Action Board (YAB) in 2017 and will fully implement the YAB over the next 18-months thanks to funding from the John T. Gorman Foundation. The primary goal of bringing the YAB to full scale is to improve...

HIGHLOW Project Exhibition Highlights An Invisible Problem

As part of National Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Month, this past November, New Beginnings and L/A Arts co-hosted an exhibition of artist Ned Castle’s HIGHLOW Project exhibited at L/A Arts gallery space in downtown Lewiston. The HIGHLOW Project originated as...

Outreach Food Program

Meal Schedule Lunch Monday – Friday: 1:30 pm Dinner Tuesday & Thursday: 5:30 pm Dinner Transportation Monday: 4:15 pm, travel to Hope Haven Wednesday: 4:45 pm, travel to Calvery Methodist Church Mobile Food Pantry Thursday: Make reservations for Friday...

Autumn 2018 Newsletter

Welcome to our Autumn New Beginnings News! This issue one youth’s story of how connection helped him move from being in trouble with the law, to reunification with family, and ultimately a life of service in the Marine corps.You will also read about new members...

Connection Leads to Breakthrough

For most teens, high school is a challenge, but for a young person like Shane* substance abuse and running with the wrong crowd landed him in Juvenile Detention, where he missed over a month of school. Things were difficult at home before Shane’s arrest, which led to...