Every child deserves a loving and stable home, and in Maine there is a critical need for foster care parents, especially for groups of siblings, teens, and infants. Maybe you’ve…
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What is ShifaME? Spurwink’s ShifaME is a program providing outpatient and community services to newly resettled immigrant and refugee youth and families. Services provided under the ShifaME program include counseling,…
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By Jaynelle Smith, Treatment Foster Care Coordinator Brenda and Russell Gordon started taking care of their grandchildren in 2014 when it became clear that the children’s parents were unable to…
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Sun Life Financial is one of Spurwink’s valued Corporate Partners and has supported Spurwink in all sorts of ways over the past year! In addition to sponsoring the Spurwink Humanitarian…
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By Kristen Farnham JD, Vice President of Development Samantha came to live in a Spurwink home and attend a Spurwink school in 2015. She was 13 years old when she…
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Portland, ME – Spurwink Services and Community Partners, Inc. (CPI) are pleased to announce their intent to merge the two behavioral health organizations on January 1, 2018. The combined organization will…
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Senator Collins Invited Eric Meyer, President And CEO Of Spurwink In Portland, To Testify Washington, D.C. – People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are living longer with medical and…
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Lisa and Randy Goodrich, center, with sons Matthew age 30 and Justin age 28(in uniform) Lisa and Randy Goodrich became foster parents over thirteen years ago. In that time they…
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Is Shared Living Right for Me? The most important quality in a shared living provider is the desire to open their home to a person with a developmental disability or…
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Spurwink Services was the recipient of a 2016 Psychologically Healthy Workplace award, presented by the Maine Psychological Association. The award program recognizes organizations that make a commitment to workplace well being…
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