Maine Youth Transition Collaborative

We're Honored!

MYTC is honored to be this year's recipient of the FAME Education at Work for Maine award. This award recognizes MYTC's initiative to open NextGen savings accounts for every youth in Maine's foster care system.

Congratulations to the new Jim Casey Young Fellows!

The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently named 12 new Jim Casey Young Fellows, who are trained in leadership and advocacy skills to help inform the philanthropy’s nationwide efforts to improve outcomes for youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood

Opportunity Passport™ $1 Million Milestone Celebration

On December 1, 2015 youth and adult supporters gathered at the Capital Center in Augusta to celebrate the financial achievements of Maine’s youth in foster care: the Opportunity Passport™, the Maine Youth Transition Collaborative’s matched savings program.

Great news from the Maine Legislature!

Gov. LePage’s Commissioner, business leaders, higher education leaders, and students endorse LD 215, “An Act To Improve Student Retention in Maine's Postsecondary Institutions.”

College Enrollment & Completion Report

The Mitchell Institute conducted interesting research about college enrollment for young adults who spent time in Maine’s foster care system.

Postsecondary Supports!

Apply now! The DHHS Alumni Transition Grant Program (ATGP) provides financial assistance and support for postsecondary education. Click here for more information and the application.

MYTC Advisory Board

Youth and adults on the Maine Youth Transition Collaborative Advisory Board come together every quarter to discuss issues important to youth transitioning from foster care, to build youth-adult partnerships, and to celebrate milestones and achievements.

What We Do

Youth and Community Engagement (YCE) Programs focus on helping all young people make a successful transition to adulthood in their communities.

Visit the YCE website

Our Framework

MYTC is a network of youth leaders and public partners from across Maine that works to ensure that youth transitioning from the foster care system to adulthood have resources and personal connections they need to be successful.

Resources

The partners of the Maine Youth Transition Collaborative, both youth and adults, are the most important resource for youth as they transition from foster care to adulthood. Besides these partner relationships, we have assembled some additional resources that might be of use to youth and the people who help them.

MYTC: Improving the successful transition of youth in foster care into adulthood

Partners from the public and private sectors work together in the Maine Youth Transition Collaborative to ensure that youth transitioning from foster care have the resources and opportunities they need to be successful adults. Youth and adults focus together on improving outcomes for youth in transition from foster care in the areas of employment, education, housing, mental and physical health, and lifelong personal and community connections.