Spurwink is proud to announce and celebrate Team Chelsea 2019! Eight athletes and one Student Assistant Coach had the opportunity to participate in Special Olympics of Maine events including Regional…
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PORTLAND, ME – Spurwink is pleased to announce it has received an inaugural grant from United Way of Greater Portland to support the launch of an opioid treatment program that…
Dan Hibbs, LCSW, is a Senior Program Director with Spurwink and has been affiliated with Spurwink since June, 1977. When he’s not busy working in the residential world of Spurwink,…
Representatives from Spurwink’s ShifaME program recently had the opportunity to introduce a large audience to Trauma Systems Therapy adapted for Refugees (TSTR). Sarah Ferriss, Director of Refugee Services, Heidi Harrison,…
Spurwink Services and 10 other nonprofits in western Maine will get a combined $68,083 in grants from the Maine Community Foundation. Grants were awarded though the foundation’s Western Mountains Fund, a…
Dr. Amanda Brownell, Medical Director of the Spurwink Center for Safe and Healthy Families, spoke at the Maine Child Welfare Conference at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor… There’s some…
Michelle Libby—pictured in the center, in pink, with the Century 21 team at 2019 Brews & Backpacks—is a Development Committee member and volunteer, who was inspired by the “significant, collaborative,…
Spurwink’s centralized referral department, The Link, launched in April of 2015. The aim of the department is to improve operational excellence and programmatic effectiveness by ensuring accessibility, prompt response, and…
The Positive Youth Development Institute (PYDI) recently held their annual professional development conference entitled “Making Summer Count” in Augusta, and new this year was an inaugural Youth Development Advocate award….
LEWISTON — Spurwink Services is partnering with Lewiston Adult Education to offer a Certified Nursing Assistant program free of charge… Briefly: City