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Maine Resiliency Center outlines longterm needs; Lewiston administration to pursue MOU
Summary
The Maine Resiliency Center described two years of supports for victims and survivors of the Oct. 25, 2023 mass shooting and asked the city to develop a memorandum of understanding to coordinate outreach and long‑term services; council directed administration to begin MOU talks and return with an agreement for approval.
The Maine Resiliency Center (MRC) told Lewiston city council on March 17 that it has served more than 900 people since opening in the wake of the Oct. 25, 2023 mass shooting and now faces a funding cliff without clearer local coordination.
“We opened the Maine resiliency center 19 days after the shooting,” Danielle Parent, director of the MRC operated by Community Concepts, said in a 45‑minute presentation. Parent described a rapid response of volunteers, victim advocates and federal partners and said the center has provided thousands of contacts, more than 320 support‑group sessions and 133 community…
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