Employer Profile

The Opportunity Alliance is the Community Action Agency for Cumberland County. Through multiple integrated community-based and clinical programs, we serve more than 20,000 people annually throughout Maine.

For 50 years, we have provided advocacy, leadership, and support to help individuals, families, and communities identify goals and address their needs. TOA works in partnership with organizations and community members to identify and address barriers for individuals and families to thrive and create a strong community fabric. As an integral part of this work, TOA is committed to helping individuals and their families advocate for the resources and support they need to achieve positive outcomes.  TOA has at its foundation three organizations with long histories of serving communities throughout Maine: Ingraham, Peoples Regional Opportunity Program (PROP), and Youth Alternatives. The three organizations merged in 2011 to form The Opportunity Alliance.

Our programming includes:

• Early Childhood Education; 
• Family and Community Supports; 
• Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and Adults;  
• Crisis Intervention and Prevention; 
• Information and Referral; 
• and Community Initiatives.

• Respect and Trust – We uphold respect and trust as essential to all good interaction and all healthy relationships. 

• Diversity – We value diversity, individuality, and the unique contribution of each person. 

• Integrity – We believe integrity is exemplified in sound ethical organizational practices and service delivery.

• Collaboration and Community – We value the power of strong relationships deemed vital to working with children, youth, adults, families, community partners, and funding sources.

• Empathy and Compassion – We believe that empathy and compassion are the cornerstones of a humane and civil society and of greater community interconnection.

• Empowerment – We value a process that fosters self-determination in individuals and communities, thereby emboldening people to act on and implement solutions to issues which they define as important. 

• Advocacy – We believe that all people have the right to advocate for and influence their own well-being, and that of their families and communities.