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March2, 2025 – Spurred by a teacher who has seen the issues wrought by substance use among local teens, the proposal hinges on getting funding from the state’s pool of opioid settlement money.
During the week, eight students would live in a dormitory on the University of Maine Fort Kent’s campus, supervised by two or three staff members, eat meals in a dedicated dining hall…
The program administrators would work with outside service providers, like Aroostook Mental Health Center, to provide support services, and help students coordinate medical and dental appointments, including medication management, through Fish River Rural Health and Northern Maine Medical Center as part of the program’s “whole-person approach to health, wellness and recovery.”
Recovery high school students would use the same hybrid education model as those in Valley Unified’s alternative schooling program, which caters to at-risk students. Like students in the alternative program, recovery students would also have opportunities to pursue community-based projects, internships or jobs through Valley Unified or the Maine Youth Action Network, and would participate in weekly “Breakthrough Youth” activities taught by Aroostook County Action Program instructors.
