Our Mission

MyT supports Maine’s communities by promoting research-based resilience practices that foster positive environments, experiences and relationships, ensuring a healthy, connected, and flourishing future for all our young people.

Our Vision

MyT envisions a future where every young person in Maine has the ability to flourish in a healthy, supportive, and nurturing community.

Our Beliefs

MyT believes that youth thrive when they are part of communities, institutions, schools and families that promote the positive. By translating the latest research to provide awareness, education and support to communities and systems of care (including families, schools, healthcare facilities and youth-serving organizations), MyT can positively impact the conditions youth grow up in, fostering their resilience and increasing mental and physical wellbeing.

Our Commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Maine Youth Thriving (MyT) is dedicated to pursuing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as a moral imperative integral to our mission of fostering resilience and wellbeing in Maine's communities. Shaped by input from MyT’s stakeholders and approved by our board of directors, this commitment guides our efforts. MyT affirms the inherent dignity of every person we engage with, and works to dismantle inequities within our policies, programs, and services. We strive to create an environment where all individuals can flourish and reach their full potential.

As an organization, we hold ourselves accountable to the ongoing learning and actions required for effective achievement of these goals. We are intentional in our partnerships and stand in solidarity with movements supporting historically marginalized communities, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with disabilities. The staff at MyT humbly acknowledge and honor the Indigenous communities whose ancestral homelands and resources were taken and colonized in the creation of this nation and state. We recognize that we operate on land that was held sacred by the Wabanaki Confederacy. We honor them as the ancestral and spiritual stewards of this land and their descendants who continue to breathe sacred life into this land and all lands across the country.