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Welcome to YLAT

We're so glad you're here!

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Registration for Teen Conference 2026 is now open!

Follow this link to register:

2026 Teen Conference Registration

Or use the QR code below!

Register for the 2026 Teen Conference

We hope to see you for our 36th Teen Conference

on June 24 at Husson University!

Who we are:
About the Youth Leadership Advisory Team

What we do:
learn about our activities

Get involved:
See our meeting calendar (PDF)

Read Our March Newsletter

YLAT's quarterly newsletter covers all the fun things that we have been up to, including meeting updates, upcoming events, and resources

Read our past Newsletters!

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MEETING CALENDAR

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YLAT is a joint project between Maine’s Youth in Foster Care, The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, and the Catherine Cutler Institute at University of Southern Maine. YLAT is committed to improving the short-term and long-term outcomes for youth who are or have been in foster care.

The Catherine Cutler Institute at the University of Southern Maine is committed to making our websites and digital content accessible to all users. We are actively working to improve the accessibility and usability of our websites and to align with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA.


Accessibility is an ongoing process. We regularly review our websites using automated tools and manual checks, and we continue to make improvements as issues are identified. If you encounter a barrier to accessing information on this website or need content in an alternative format, please contact us.

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-A brief description of the problem
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Contact us: maineylat@gmail.com

YLAT, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, PO Box 9300,

Portland, ME 04104-9300, phone: 207-780-5861

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