Tessa Lee Libby Treatment Center
Tessa’s Story
How one life became a movement
A legacy of hope
From one house to a whole organization — Tessa’s legacy is growing.
What began as a single home born from unimaginable loss has become a growing source of care, safety, and second chances for women and families across Maine.
In Memory of Tessa Lee McCue
Tessa Lee McCue was a bright, loving, and deeply caring young woman. She had a smile that could light up a room and a heart that reached out to everyone around her. Like so many, Tessa struggled with the disease of addiction — a struggle she fought with courage even when it felt impossible.
In November 2022, Tessa lost her life to a fentanyl overdose. She was one of far too many lives cut short by an epidemic that continues to devastate families and communities across Maine and the country.
Out of that heartbreaking loss, a mission was born. Tessa’s family and loved ones were determined that her death would not be the end of her story. They believed that no one should have to face addiction alone, and that every person deserves a safe place to begin again.
Tessa’s House was created in her honor — a place of healing, dignity, and hope for women in recovery. It stands as a living tribute to Tessa’s life and to the belief that recovery is possible when people are met with compassion instead of judgment.
Today, Tessa’s legacy lives on in every woman who walks through our doors, in every family that finds hope again, and in every life touched by the work we do in her name.
“No one should have to face addiction alone, and every person deserves a safe place to begin again.”
In memory of Tessa Lee McCue
The mission grows
From Tessa’s House to Tessa Lee Libby Treatment Center
Tessa’s House was the beginning — one safe home where women could find shelter, structure, and the belief that they were worth saving. But the need was greater than one house could hold. So the mission grew.
Today, Tessa Lee Libby Treatment Center carries that same heart into a broader continuum of care — residential treatment, outpatient services, and medication-assisted recovery — reaching more women and families across Maine than Tessa’s House ever could alone. What was born from one family’s grief has become a place of healing for many, and the promise at its center remains unchanged: everyone deserves compassion instead of judgment, and a safe place to begin again.
Carry Tessa’s legacy forward
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