Spurwink’s Center for Safe and Healthy Families (CSHF), Maine’s only provider of forensic medical exams for children who may have been abused or neglected, was recently awarded a grant from…
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Spurwink’s A Family for ME (AFfME) foster care recruitment campaign was awarded a Broderson Award in May, 2019. The Broderson’s are Maine’s premier advertising award, recognizing creative excellence in advertising,…
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At your recent medical visits, have you noticed your caregiver updating your history and symptoms directly into a computer instead of taking handwritten notes and adding them to a file?…
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Spurwink is grateful for the recent support of the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) for our inaugural Community Impact Forum, focused on trauma. Through their meeting support grant program, we…
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Have you ever felt overwhelmed and found yourself needing to take a break, re-calibrate, before you’re ready to tackle a challenge or try something new? For children and youth with…
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The community can truly make a difference for children in care. Many businesses are displaying portraits of children awaiting an adoptive family, portraits taken by volunteer photographers, to help draw…
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Early traumatic experiences can have a deep and lasting impact on how children learn, grow, and see the world. It can interfere with a child’s sense of safety and security,…
Read MorePORTLAND — Spurwink Services was chosen as the nonprofit beneficiary for the inaugural Portland 10 Miler road race to be held Sunday, April 22. Spurwink serves 6,800 Maine families, children and individuals affected…
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Explore becoming a foster parent Consider becoming a respite provider Ask us for rack cards to display or distribute Have us write a short article for your employee newsletter Share…
Read MoreCommunity Partners Inc., a 50-year-old behavioral health organization in Biddeford, will merge with Spurwink Services at the start of the new year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.…
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