Engaging young people in all aspects of permanency planning and helping them maintain meaningful connections with family and other support systems while in out-of-home care supports the development of leadership…
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Reunification. It’s a word many foster parents worry about—how will we cope when the children placed with us leave? Foster parents Tom and Lori McElwain understand and support reunification, citing…
Eric and David Stearns came to know Spurwink’s foster care program in 2014. They had a goal of becoming a permanent home for a young man named Ethan, who they…
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…
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…