Midcoast Youth Center

Compass: Compass afterschool programming served over 650 youth this year, bringing the total to its highest ever. We serve afterschool snacks and dinner every day; we offer a wide variety of activities.

MAINE CAREER: COAST Workforce Development program was launched and serving several cohorts of students: Career Opportunities & Advancing Skills Together is a workforce development program for 16-24 year olds living in Sagadahoc County, Brunswick or Harpswell and is designed for youth who are traditionally more disconnected from natural or formal supports including young adults experiencing homelessness or who have unenrolled from high school.

Working Communities Challenge Initiative: The Working Communities Challenge advances local collaborative efforts that build strong, healthy economies and communities in Maines rural towns, regions, and smaller cities. Launched in 2020, the initiative supports local teams working together to improve economic outcomes for all people in Maines towns, cities, and rural communities. Our initiative focuses on reducing the rate of youth hopelessness by 15% over the next 10 years by creating a comprehensive web of support that includes education, mentoring, training, jobs, and healthcare; so that one call for help unlocks, and sets into motion, a wide range of support systems and removes the numerous barriers often faced especially by families with low-to-moderate incomes, families of color, and members of our LGBTQ communities.We were very successful in creating a youth advisory board to inform the work of the WCC. Our Rising Youth Activists (RYA) helped us host Baths first Pride Event!