Confidential Resource Advisors (CRAs) can provide support in person and virtually. To connect with a CRA, students and employees of the University of Maine at Presque Isle should contact the CRA for their campus:

Keely LeBlanc

Email: keely.leblanc@maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9570 (office) or 207-762-1513 (cell)
Office: 105 Campus Center

About Your CRA

Keely (she/her) is an alumna of the University of Maine at Augusta’s Mental Health and Human Services program with minors in Trauma and also in Geriatrics. During her program, Keely volunteered with Hope and Justice Project, Aroostook County’s Domestic Violence Resource Center, supporting their after-hours hotline. 

After graduation, Keely accepted a full-time position with Hope and Justice Project, where she worked for two years as the Central Aroostook Shelter Advocate providing Housing Navigation Services for both Central and Northern Aroostook county. Keely co-facilitated the weekly Violence Intervention Program for Survivor/Defendants, various support groups, and Comprehensive Advocacy, Intervention, Response and Ethics Training (CAIRET) training. She was cross trained to provide legal and Child Protective Services advocacy as well and completed Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) training enabling her to assist in providing support to survivors of sexual assault. Keely currently serves on the Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse.

Keely is also the CRA for the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Campus and Community Support

Title IX Services – Students

For sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual misconduct at UMPI

Sarah Coyer, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
207-768-9518 | sarah.coyer@maine.edu

Title IX Services – Employees

For sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual misconduct at UMPI

Melissa DeMerchant, HR Partner
207-768-9462 | melissa.demerchant@maine.edu

AMHC Sexual Assault Services

For sexual assault in Aroostook, Hancock, and Washington Counties

24/7 Helpline: 1-800-871-7741

Hope and Justice Project

For domestic and dating abuse and violence in Aroostook County

24/7 Helpline: 1-800-439-2323

For additional support, visit the crisis and support helplines page.