Official State Website: http://www.state.me.us

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-452-1999 (nationwide)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Mid-Maine Child Trauma Network
Contact: Jean Youde
Phone: (207) 621-0415
Email: jyoude@mainegeneral.org

Shelters

American Rescue Workers
391 Lisbon Street
Lisbon, ME 04240-7381
Phone: (207)777-1212

Hope Haven Gospel Mission
209 Lincoln Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: (207)783-6086

Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless
P. O. Box 324
West Harwich, ME 02671
York County Shelters, Inc.
P. O. Box 820
Alfred, ME 04002
Phone: 207 324 4496

YWCA of Portland
874-1130
Tedford Shelter
Brunswick 729-1161

St. Michael's Center
Bangor 941-2588

Portland Family Shelter
775-7912

The Next Step
Ellsworth 667-0176

Bangor Area Shelter
947-0045

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.mcedv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Maine Coalition To End Domestic Violence
170 Park Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-1194 Fax: (207) 941-2327
Email: info@mcedv.org
Website: http://www.mcedv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.abilitymaine.org/CAP.html
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/wic/locations.htm
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/occhs/aboutus.htm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Maine Office of Licensing & Registration
Dept. of Professional & Financial Regul.
35 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
207-624-8617
http://www.state.me.us/pfr/olr/categories/cat10.htm

Department of the Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
6 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0006
207-626-8800

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Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates