Knox County Homeless Coalition

The Knox County Homeless Coalition offers comprehensive programs and services to adults, families, and youth in Midcoast Maine. Our focus is to support clients to achieve sustainable independence and a hopeful future. We carefully build relationships by practicing honest and forthright communication, slowly earning trust. We work to maximize individual strengths and minimize barriers. We collaborate with community partners and support clients to find shelter, housing, childcare, physical and mental healthcare, transportation, as well as education, job-skills training, financial literacy and life-skills learning. In addition, we offer emergency services, food, clothing, and supplies, thanks, in part, to the in-kind donations we receive from this caring community. Above all, we embrace a client-centered approach and maintain support for as long as it takes for a client to rebuild confidence and achieve their goals. As a result, more than 90% of clients who complete our full program achieve sustainable independence. We have assisted well over 2000 people since we opened our doors in 2014, and helped more than 1000 people to find a home.