Our Program

Community/Educational Engagement

Educational program: Here OIH prepare student for the success in the school system, ensures that no child is left behind; by providing tutoring for low-income families, underserve and disadvantaged population, New Mainers by offering free educational guideline sessions, scholastic materials, and opportunity for share knowledge with fellow students, with the hope to support high school students and New Mainers that are ready to join college.

  1. Continue to provide long-term goal that support student from grant five (5th Grade) to grade twelve (12th Grade). The program is designed to reduce challenges faced by New Mainers by learning to become academic success in their lifetime and help prevent dropout student.

Youth Leadership/Training Engagement

We provide community-based approach (CBA)designed to meet high school and College dropout student who experience greater challenge related to their health, whether emotional, and physical. The CBA helps re-engaged students with opportunities to connect with fellow students, or fellow youth to share stories, motivation, and hope based on educational system.
  1. Connect student with Youth Center where they can get help to explore different experience, cultures, and the opportunity to get mentor from the community.

Wellness/Health Wiseness

We provide community members with wellness or healthiness opportunity to navigate resources such as food, housing, employment opportunities, social and emotional support, and connecting community with available service. The services provided include all communities in Maine without discrimination, and a few of those communities include, New Mariners, Immigrants, refugee, asylum seekers, individuals, and all communities in Greater Portland Maine.

Other Services

  1. Other than providing the above service, we also provide the following services: –
    • School Dropout Prevention and Re-engagement Networking
    • Community Research-Based Strategies for Engagement
    • Mental Health Education and Risk Awareness
Our program focuses to provide high service and ways for reengaging students to community by creating hope for student to meet other fellow students at the student’s center by contributing positively to the community of color, immigrants, refugee and improving human health through wellness.