Spurwink’s Senior Director of Adult Behavioral Health, Ben Strick, has recently been appointed to the State Board of Social Worker Licensure by Governor Janet Mills. A snippet from the press…
This past August, volunteers from our Corporate Partners at USI and Gorham Savings Bank picked up paint and brushes to brighten up our Glickman Academy classrooms! Schoolteachers had students pick…
A huge thank you to all our Spurwinkians and dedicated community partners who contributed to this year’s school supply drive, helping children and families to start the 2022-23 school year…
What is Shared Living? In the Shared Living service, Spurwink partners with caring families and community members to help adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities create meaningful and connected lives….
Do you know the meaning behind the Spurwink logo? At Spurwink we put a lot of thought into everything we do and that includes designing our logo! The circle of…
Kelly Kierstead, Administrator of Old Lisbon Road ICF (Intermediate Care Facility) was nominated and voted on to the Board of Directors for MACSP, the Maine Association for Community Service Providers….
This year, Spurwink welcomed several new Corporate Partners. Support from these corporate partners make life-changing programming possible by covering startup costs and other needs for programs alongside state and insurance…
In July, we were happy to share our space at Bigelow, a new Adult Residential Treatment program, providing integrated residential treatment to adults 18+ with co-occurring mental health and substance…
Spurwink launches Bigelow Program, providing much-needed residential treatment for adults with mental health needs and substance use disorder Individuals with serious mental illness die on average 25 years before persons…
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now live and available in Maine. And there is tremendous need, given: In 2020, the U.S. had one death by suicide every 11…
