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• 211 Maine - Have you ever wondered how to find a community service when you or someone you know needs help? Do you know where to turn when you want to reach out and help by volunteering or donating? In times of disaster or emergency, do you know where to go to receive updates and emergency bulletins

•  Adoptive Families The award-winning national adoption magazine, is the leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption.

• Autism Society of Maine The Autism Society of Maine is a non-profit organization that serves individuals with autism and their families, professionals, and communities by providing education, advocacy, referrals, and resource development. The Society provides current information in support of informed choice of treatments and services.

•  CAMP TO BELONG Camp to Belong Maine is a summer camp program that reunites brothers and sisters who have been seperated by foster care for events of fun, sibling connection and creating life-long memories together.

• Casey Family Services - Helping children, families, and communities grow stronger together.

• Child Welfare Training Institute (CWTI) - The mission of the Child Welfare Training Institute (CWTI) is to enhance the professional development and organizational effectiveness of state and community child welfare providers and caregivers in order to improve the quality of services delivered to the children and families of Maine.

• Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. We feature the latest on topics from prevention to permanency, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.

• The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) - The oldest and largest national nonprofit organization developing and promoting policies and programs to protect America' children and strengthen America's families.

• Foster Care Month - Every day, there are 518,000 children and youth living in foster care because their own parents can't take care of them. We must address the needs of these children, who need a stable and secure home until they can either return to their parents or establish a lifelong connection to a nurturing adult.

• www.fosterparentcollege.com We provide innovative, research-based, interactive online courses for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. We strive to give foster, adoptive and kinship parents the knowledge they need to raise children who will thrive in today's world.
  
   

• G.E.A.R. G.E.A.R. Parent Network empowers parents of children with emotional and behavioral health needs to effect life decisions based on their family’s individual strengths and needs by providing safe and supportive avenues for: emotional support, problem solving, sharing common experiences, seeking knowledge about community resources and advocacy, identifying the strengths and needs of their child/children and families and accessing information/education related to children’s issues. G.E.A.R. believes in a system of care that helps children, youth and families function better at home, in school, in the community and throughout life.

• Learning Disabilities Association of Maine  The Learning Disabilities Association of Maine is dedicated to assisting individuals with specific learning disabilities through support, education, and advocacy.

• Maine Autism Alliance The Maine Autism Alliance was founded on the premise that people with autism should have a quality of life worth celebrating. There is no typical person with autism; their strengths and weaknesses, skills and struggles vary greatly, just as in the "neurotypical" community. The Alliance was created to help people on the autism spectrum and their families. The Alliance will offer social/activity groups for youth, teens and adults.
  

• Maine Children's Alliance - The mission of the Maine Children's Alliance is to be a strong and powerful voice to improve the lives of all Maine's children, youth and families.

• Maine Department of Health and Human Services -  Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

• Maine.Families.Created.By.Adoption  MeFCA, is a statewide organization of families who have adopted or who are waiting to adopt. Our children come from Maine and around the world. Our children come into our families every way possible, including private adoption, adoption through the foster care program, kinship, and international adoptions. Together we have created a wonderful network of beautiful families who help each other navigate the exciting, complex process of adoption.

• Maine Kids-Kin - Maine Kids-Kin assists extended family members who are stepping in to care for a relatives child(ren). The family member may be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, cousin or good friend of the family.  The children may be in the relative's care, or the relatives may be working towards that goal. Grandfamilies is a term for families headed by an extended family member: grandparent, aunt, uncle or other relative.  We are proud to servce Grandfamilies throughout the state of Maine.

• Maine Parent Federation - The Maine Parent Federation, Inc. is a statewide private non-profit organization that provides information, advocacy, education, and training to parents and professionals to benefit all children. We promote individual aspirations and community inclusion for people with disabilities. In existence since 1984, MPF is physically located in Augusta Maine, but assistance is available on a statewide basis.

• Maine Training State of Maine Rules require a single Family Foster Parent to obtain at least 18 hours of training per 2-year license period. In two-parent Family foster homes, the secondary foster parent needs to obtain at least 6 hours of the above 18 hours. Training for Family Foster Parents must be related to the needs of the children in foster care and approved by the foster home licensing worker. A single Specialized Foster Parent needs to obtain at least 36 hours of training per 2-year license period. In two-parent Specialized foster homes, the secondary foster parent needs to obtain at least 12 hours of the above 36 hours. Training for Specialized Foster Parents must be related to the needs of children in foster care with moderate to severe needs.

• Maine Wildlife Park - The Maine Wildlife Park is located on Route 26 in Gray, Maine. The park is open 7 days a week from April through November 11, 2006.  The gates open 9:30 AM and close 4:30 PM.  All visitors are asked to leave the park by 6:00 PM. The park offers special events throughout the season.

• Nancy Thomas Parenting - A not-for-profit service organization offering information and resources on attachment disorder.

• The National Foster Parent Association (NFPA) - The National Foster Parent Association is the only national organization which strives to support foster parents, and remains a consistently strong voice on behalf of all children.

• North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) - Every child has the right to a permanent family. The Council advocates the right of every child to a permanent, continuous, nurturing and culturally sensitive family.

• National Alliance on Mental Illness of Maine (NAMI) NAMI Maine has been providing support, education, and advocacy on behalf of people with mental illness and their families since 1984. For more information on NAMI Maine's support groups and about NAMI Please click on the Support drop down box. Support groups are available across the state, our help line responds to thousands of calls each year, and we provide education about mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse issues to all who need it. We work locally and state-wide to make sure that people with mental illness and their families can find the help when and where they need it.

• Southern Maine Parent Awareness   SMPA is dedicated to providing information, referral support and education to families who have children and youth with special needs throughout Maine.

• UMA Bangor Dental Hygiene Clinic   Through its Dental Hygiene program, UMA Bangor offers a low-cost dental hygiene clinic to the public from September until April. Services are provided by UMA Bangor dental hygiene students under the close supervision of faculty.

• Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) - Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are everyday people who are appointed by judges to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. A CASA volunteer stays with each child until he or she is placed into a safe, permanent and nurturing home

•  Youth Leadership Advisory Team (YLAT) Maine’s YLAT is a dynamic group of young people and adult partners from across the state working together to make sure that youth in care have the best possible experience. We believe that this partnership has a powerful role in improving foster care experiences for all youth in care in Maine. YLAT members passionately seek to improve outcomes for youth in foster care with a sense of duty, on behalf of all future youth who will come in contact with the system.

   

• youthmovemaine.org/  Youth M.O.V.E. Maine offers comprehensive training and technical assistance, outreach, advocacy and skills building grounded in the knowledge and experience gained over three years developing and implementing Thrive’s youth program in the Tri- County region. Youth M.O.V.E Maine supports the development and transition of youth ages 14-25, as well as provides trauma-informed, youth-guided and culturally and linguistically competent training and technical assistance to agencies seeking to engage youth in all aspects of organizational development and service delivery. Youth M.O.V.E. Maine receives support from the national System of Care, Maine Children’s Behavioral Health and the Thrive Initiative’s committed youth team

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