“There are approximately 100 children in foster care , without an identified family, waiting for adoption.” - Jim Martin Surely there are 100 people in the great state of Maine…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Foster Care. I’ve wondered what people think of when they hear those words. Sympathy for the youth who are fostered? Admiration for the adults who choose to foster parent? The…
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