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Annual Awards

Each year, we celebrate the incredible youth, alumni, supporters, and artists who strengthen our community. If you know someone deserving, we’d love to hear from you!

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Annual Awards
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  • Brad Levesque Youth Leadership Award honors a young person in care, ages 14-18, who demonstrates exceptional leadership in the YLAT community.

  • Foster Care Alumni Award recognizes an alumnus of foster care, ages 18 and up, who is making a positive impact on the child welfare system and YLAT community.

  • Friend of Youth in Care Award: Celebrates individuals or agencies, big or small, who go above and beyond for all youth in foster care in the state of Maine. 

  • Creative Arts Award: Highlights the photography, art, or poetry of youth or alumni of the YLAT community.

Youth Leadership Advisory Team (YLAT)

Youth Leadership Advisory Team logo, click to navigate to the home page.

YLAT is a joint project between Maine youth who have experienced foster care, Maine's 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 have experienced foster care.

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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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When reaching out, please include:
-The web page or URL where you encountered the issue
-A brief description of the problem
-Your contact information (if you would like a response)
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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