- Toll-free Crisis Hotline 24/7
1-800-522-3304
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911
Dear Friends of New Hope — We need your help! It will take just a couple minutes. Each year, Bangor Savings Bank supports non-profits through the state through a contest event called Community Matters More. New Hope is one of the selected non-profits, and now we need votes to move us from selectee (getting $1,000) to regional winner (getting $5,000). Here’s how you can help us:
Vote Online Now (we are located in the Mid-Coast block of non-profits)
You may also vote at any branch office of the Bangor Savings Bank.
PLEASE encourage your friends, work colleagues and family members to vote for us. We need the numbers!!! The vote is open until March 2nd, but I encourage you to cast your vote as soon as possible. Thanks for your time, your vote, your support of our work to end domestic and dating violence.
Glen E. Rainsley
Development Director
New Hope's services are free and confidential. Wheelchair accessible sites available with advance notice.
New Hope for Women was founded in 1981 and is the only agency providing services to battered women, men, their children, families, friends and communities in Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties. These services include a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline, emergency shelter, court and systems advocacy, legal information and referrals, support groups for survivors, prevention groups and outreach programs in schools, and community education and response trainings. We opened two units of transitional housing in Knox County in 1997, two units in Waldo County in 1998, and two units in Lincoln County in 2006. Outreach offices are located in Damariscotta, Belfast, and Boothbay Harbor. All these services are free.
New Hope's tri-county coverage area includes six islands with year-round populations, three district courts with seven court days, thirteen high schools, two colleges, four hospitals, nine police departments, and three sheriff departments.
New Hope delivers services directly to individuals affected by domestic or dating violence through our hotline, in our offices, and in court. Additionally, we facilitate weekly support groups. We also maintain a safe home network throughout our tri-county area. At present eight families are providing this service.
New Hope's Community Response Program works with our communities in two ways: providing education on domestic violence and the needs of those using our services, and working with institutions to ensure a consistent and helpful response to those needs. Groups we have worked with include child-care workers, clergy, counselors, doctors, legal advocates, mental health workers, hairdressers, dental assistants, and nurses. We frequently address service clubs and organizations. We operate a certified batterer intervention program, Time for Change, and work closely with local law enforcement agencies. New Hope is also involved with the Domestic Violence Task Forces in Knox, Waldo, and Lincoln Counties that are focused on improving services for victims and abusers, specifically increased arrests for domestic violence assaults and more successful prosecution.
We run a school outreach program because we believe that prevention is the most certain route to ending domestic violence. This program provides information on dating violence, healthy relationships, and domestic violence to young people in middle schools, high schools and colleges. In the fall of 1999 New Hope began a Peer Education Program. This program focuses on training high school students to create and deliver prevention presentations to their peers in area schools. This program evolved from a commitment to youth empowerment as well as the knowledge that young people are more likely to alter social behaviors after being educated by their peers.
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