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Maine Career Exploration: Final Evaluation Report
No full textThe Maine Career Exploration (MCE) Program was a two-year, $25 million pilot initiative launched in 2022 by Governor Janet Mills as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan. The program aimed to connect young people aged 16 to 24 with Maine’s economy through paid, age-appropriate career experiences that matched their interests, while also expanding career exploration opportunities in schools and communities and building long-term infrastructure to sustain these efforts. Managed by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, MCE distributed funding across three main streams: the Maine Children’s Cabinet Career Exploration Pilot Project, the Maine Department of Education’s Extended Learning Opportunity Expansion Program, and the Jobs for Maine Graduates Career Exploration Expansion. Together, these efforts successfully exceeded participation goals, offering meaningful paid work experiences to youth across the state. The Children’s Cabinet initiative engaged disconnected and underrepresented young people, the Department of Education expanded hands-on learning programs and opportunities to earn school credit, and Jobs for Maine Graduates supported students with career readiness training and statewide coordination. The Data Innovation Project at the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute conducted a mixed-methods evaluation to assess the program’s effectiveness, drawing on surveys, interviews, employer feedback, and focus groups. Findings highlighted that the program provided valuable real-world learning experiences, strengthened youth career readiness, and fostered partnerships between schools, employers, and communities. This final evaluation report expands on earlier findings to offer insights and recommendations for sustaining and growing Maine’s career exploration infrastructure in the years ahead.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/dip_publications/1004/thumbnail.jp
Wassataquoik, 1904
No full textGroup of men working on redirecting logs towards current in the Wassataquoik stream, Mainehttps://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1008/thumbnail.jp
[View of Kineo House]
No full textKineo house can be seen in the distance, surrounded by Moosehead Lakehttps://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1032/thumbnail.jp
Moosehead Lake Me, no. 1035
No full textPanoramic View from uphill, looking down at the Moosehead Lake. Possibly Kineo house can be seen on the right.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1075/thumbnail.jp
[Moosehead Lake region]
No full textCapens inn positioned in the center of the frame, a woman stands in front of the building.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1108/thumbnail.jp
Sander Store
No full textA high snow pile half covers Sanders Store with a Mobil gas extension. Two automobiles are parked outside the store.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1118/thumbnail.jp
[Log Camp]
No full textA man sitting on the left side of the frame next to wood burning stove. In the background, horse shoe repair tools can be spotted hanging.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1139/thumbnail.jp
Logs on the river
No full textPhotograph, from possible a boat, of logs floating on lake.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1176/thumbnail.jp
Team of Oxen hauling logs on winter snow sleigh
No full textScene of a yoke of oxen hauling logs on a snowy roadhttps://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1178/thumbnail.jp
Indian Pond Project - Dam Construction in Background 1952-54
No full textView of construction site next to a treeline. An automobile is parked on grass next to the road on the right side of the frame.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/hamilton-thayer-photographs/1219/thumbnail.jp