By Michelle Eppinger My daughter asked if we could take in foster children. My parents fostered when I was young. I have a friend who had a horrible experience as…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
“There are approximately 100 children in foster care [in Maine], without an identified family, waiting for adoption.” – Jim Martin Surely there are 100 people in the great state of…
May is Foster Family Recognition Month, a time to pause and consider that there are nearly 2,000 children in foster care in Maine, and less than 1,500 foster homes. Children…
Meg and John Cole became foster parents 19 years ago, sparked by admiration for friends at their Waterville church who were fostering. Fostering a child provides a temporary safe and…
July, 2013. It was a beautiful summer day, lakeside in Maine. Kaleb and Clara, brother and sister, were playing in the water, jumping off the dock, smiling, being happy. Kaleb…
Seven years ago, the last thing on Eric Stearns mind was parenthood. Eric was employed at a Spurwink behavioral-health residence in Cornville, where he met a hard-to-forget eight-year-old boy named Ethan. Affected…