LEWISTON – Volunteers of America has closed its 60 Pine St. office, moving two youth programs and ending a third.

The national, nonprofit, faith-based organization ran programs for homeless young people and for young people who had recently gotten in trouble with the law.

It also ran a program to oversee young offenders just released from juvenile detention centers. That program was shut down.

Officials at Volunteers of America of Northern New England say state funding for it – $230,000 – was cut.

“You always hate to see a program like this go,” said Susan Giambalvo, program operations director.

The organization learned about a month ago that the program would have to end. For six or seven years, the intensive program oversaw young offenders and helped them complete community service requirements, gain social skills, develop better family relationships and find substance abuse or other counseling after their release from juvenile detention. Four people ran it, overseeing 28 young people between 12 and 20 years old.

The program was funded through state grants, the Department of Corrections and MaineCare. Both the state grants and Department of Corrections funding were cut, Giambalvo said.

The organization closed its satellite office in Lisbon. And this week, employees packed up the Pine Street office and moved out.

The organization left some used chairs and desks just off the street. But in the chaos of moving, workers also inadvertently left behind boxes of new supplies and some personal items. By Friday afternoon, it was all gone.

“If people have it, we’d love to have it back,” said Glenn Michaels, communications director for Volunteers of America of Northern New England.

But organization officials say they’re looking ahead more than they are looking back.

The program for homeless youth, which shared the Pine Street building, will move to office space in Auburn. The building’s other program, which helped oversee troubled young people before their day in court, will become completely mobile. Employees will now work entirely on the road, stopping in to Volunteers of America office space only when necessary.

As for the program that was shut down, its clients have been referred to new service providers.

Volunteers of America runs 50 programs in 20 locations in Maine, with services that include senior housing, mentoring and community outreach.