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THE SPURWINKIAN NEWSLETTER: AUGUST 2023
GOING THE DISTANCE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IN MAINE
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SUPPORTING SPURWINK SERVICES
2023/24 School Supply Drive
 Students and families served by Spurwink need your help to start the 2023-24 school year off right! Spurwink is now receiving school supply donations and gift cards to local stores such as Staples, Target, Walmart, Renys, or others to help enable families to meet their specific needs. Help us reach our goal of raising $2,000 in gift cards by September 15, 2023!
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LEARN ABOUT SPURWINK SERVICES
Back to School Time, Including for Spurwink's Public School Clinicians
 The end of August signals the beginning of a new school year, and our Spurwink staff have been busy getting ready, including our Public School Clinicians! We have clinicians in over 60 schools across the state of Maine, ranging from urban to rural settings, serving over 1,200 students last year alone. See what one local Principal has to say about this program!
Spurwink Launches Kineo, an Adult Residential Treatment Program Helping Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness
 In Spring 2023, Spurwink opened Kineo, adding ten beds to the already opened Bigelow program and campus. Kineo is specifically designed to serve adults aged 50 years and older who have serious and persistent mental illness. It follows Bigelow’s treatment model to improve psychiatric symptoms and functioning, decrease hospitalization, increase housing stability, reduce arrests, and improve quality of life.
 Have you heard of Spurwink's Shared Living program? It connects adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to caring families and community members, who share their home and help provide support. Sometimes family members or friends are already providing this support, but haven't been connected with any support services or stipends.
 This summer, Spurwink's Outpatient & Community Services team in Randolph worked together to map out and create a community garden at their Randolph location. The idea was initially brought up in a monthly meeting, and quickly took off, deciding that it was a project they wanted to take on for team building purposes, as well as the benefit of the people they serve and their families.
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OUT & ABOUT
Annual Northern New England Conference on Child Maltreatment
 Join us for the Annual Northern New England Conference on Child Maltreatment on Thursday, November 2nd & Friday, November 3rd, in Freeport, ME. The conference is intended for a multi-disciplinary audience, including professionals from the fields of nursing, mental health, law, child welfare, law enforcement, child advocacy, emergency services, medicine, and education.
Fostering Potential: Celebrating the Resiliency of Families
 Join A Family for ME (AFfME) and the Family Focused Treatment Association (FFTA) for a day of family fun and raising awareness about foster care at Mill Creek Park in South Portland, September 16th, 11 am to 3 pm. Enjoy live music, activities, food trucks, vendors, guest speakers, and more!
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GRANTS IN ACTION
United Way Invests in Access to Behavioral Health Care in Southern Maine & Kennebec County
 Spurwink is thrilled to be the recipient of three grants totaling over $60,000 from the United Way of Southern Maine and a new grant from the United Way of Kennebec Valley totaling $27,000 over two years.
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