Home Counselors Inc., founded by Projects, Inc. under the original name “Home Builders,” was first established as a domestic crisis counseling program. In its earliest stages, the organization focused exclusively on interventions with dysfunctional families – dispatching trained counselors to homes in crisis. Now operating independently, Home Counselors has evolved substantially over the past 27 […]

 Walking into YouthLinks, a youth community service organization in Rockland, Maine, feels like walking into somebody’s home. You enter through a side door that leads to a mudroom, stuffed with shoes and coats that belong to a mix of adults and students. Up a few steps is the kitchen, where you’re likely to see someone, […]

“Odd Jobs,” established by PROJECTS in 1979, developed as an outgrowth of the organization’s “Knox County Youth Employment Training Program.” The participants, who had been developing employment skills through community service work, approached PROJECTS with a proposal: “Can we start getting paid for the work we’re doing?” Impressed by the kids’ initiative, the PROJECTS staff […]