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Summer Youth Programming
Summer Lunch Program
Portland Housing Authority partners with the Portland Public Schools to provide free, balanced nutrition meals to youth in public housing during the summer months. Free USDA summer meals are available to any youth 0 to 18 years old, regardless of whether or not they live in housing or receive free or reduced price lunch at school
Lunches are served between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM at each of the following locations:
- Riverton Park
- Sagamore Village
- Kennedy Park
Schedules vary year to year but generally the program is available the second Monday after the last day of school in June until mid-August, before school resumes in the Fall (following the Portland Public Schools Calendar).
The CHEETA Project
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The Community Hope through Education Empowerment Training and Action (CHEETA) Project is a youth empowerment program of the Portland Housing Authority (PHA) Portland, Maine.
It is a leadership and community building program that was created and developed by the youth who serve as its members & staff. CHEETA started as a series of workshops in summer of 2010 and opened a teen drop-in center for youth 13-18 years old in Riverton Park in 2011. In summer of 2013, the program expanded to Sagamore Village, Kennedy Park, and Front Street with workshops to develop youth leadership opportunities in those neighborhoods.
With the expansion of the program under the auspices of the Portland Housing Authority, the CHEETA project now operates through the PHA Study Centers during the summer months with internships for teens.
Boys & Girls Club
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine provides transportation from Riverton Park and Sagamore village to the downtown clubhouse on Cumberland Ave Monday through Friday afternoons.