[July 9, 2007] Youth Alternatives and Ingraham Agree to Merge
Merger Will Reduce Operational Costs While Improving the Quality and Breadth of Service Delivery
Youth Alternatives and Ingraham, two of greater Portland’s leading social service agencies, will join forces to reduce administrative costs, ensure continued excellence of service delivery and provide a broader array of services to Maine’s children, adults and families.
The legal merging of the two organizations will take place within the next 45 days. The combined entity will be led by Mike Tarpinian, a proven leader in the field with 25 years’ experience in the delivery of social services in Maine.
The merged organization will have a combined staff of 400. Neither organization will reduce services and both will keep their respective offices.
Youth Alternatives, a nonprofit social service agency founded in 1972, advances safe, happy and healthy childhoods and positive family relationships. Through its comprehensive continuum of care, Youth Alternatives creates homes for vulnerable children and youth; supports families in need, conflict or crisis; reaches out to homeless youth; and ensures safety by working to prevent child abuse and neglect. Through its programs, Youth Alternatives serves more than 5,000 children, youth and family members throughout Maine each year.
Ingraham, a not-for-profit human service agency, addresses some of the most critical issues in Cumberland County – including suicide, crisis intervention, homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse – and is a gateway to statewide community resources. Since 1970, Ingraham has been improving the lives of thousands of individuals through crisis, residential, and support programs.
