KIDS LEGAL
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Teen Resources

Hotlines:

National Runaway Hotline: 1-800-RUNAWAY

National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-621-4000
(provides crisis intervention, free bus rides home and confirmation message delivery)

Shelters:

Preble Street Teen Center, Portland: 874-1197

Lighthouse, Portland: 774-3073

New Beginnings, Lewiston: 795-4077

Shaw House, Bangor: 941-2874

Breakwater Teen Shelter

Emancipation:

A 16+ year old may apply at the local Maine District Court for emancipation. An attorney is appointed in most cases.

Pine Tree Legal Assistance publishes a brief pamphlet on emancipation, also available in pdf format.

Income and Support:

General Assistance - town office

TANF: 1-800-452-1926 or local DHHS office

Food Stamps: 1-800-452-1926 or local DHHS office

Social Security Benefits - SSA: 1-800-772-1213

MaineCare - DHHS: 1-800-321-5557

Eating Disorders:

Mercy Hospital: 1-800-293-6583, 879-3880

Alternative Education:

N.E. Job Corps: Portland, 800-469-1885; Augusta, 800-815-9983; Bangor, 800-949-1937; Aroostook, 888-216-2034

Job Placement Services, Inc./Saco Island School: 283-1435
(for at risk students in York and Cumberland Counties)

Future Builders, Raymond: 655-1000

Youth Building Alternatives: 775-0105

The Carleton Project, Presque Isle: 768-9998

GED Info: 624-6752

Legal Advocacy

KIDS LEGAL: 774-8246, 1-866-624-7787