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…
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SAVE THE DATE: The 23rd Annual Northern New England Conference on Child Maltreatment
SAVE THE DATES October 25 & 26, 2018 Registration is $150.00 for both days or $75 for a single day SESSION TOPICS: · Building Pathways to Power: Creating…
2018 Humanitarian Awards
On Friday, October 12th, Spurwink will celebrate and honor those have shown a commitment to Spurwink’s mission – going the distance for those in need – at the 32nd annual Humanitarian…
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Bangor Daily News: Children’s Behavioral Health Treatment
Spurwink’s President & CEO, Eric Meyer, offers his perspective on the acute need for children’s behavioral health treatment in this article from the Bangor Daily News.
Read MoreThe Forecaster: Portland race to benefit Spurwink Services
PORTLAND — Spurwink Services was chosen as the nonprofit beneficiary for the inaugural Portland 10 Miler road race to be held Sunday, April 22. Spurwink serves 6,800 Maine families, children and individuals affected…
Read MorePortland Press Herald: Community Partners Inc. to join Spurwink
Community Partners Inc., a 50-year-old behavioral health organization in Biddeford, will merge with Spurwink Services at the start of the new year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed….
Read MoreKennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel: Work begins on Spurwink expansion in Chelsea
The organization, which offers behavioral health and education services for children, plans new classrooms and housing for residential students in Chelsea. CHELSEA — Work has begun on a construction project…
Read MorePortland Press Herald, Washington Times, Maine Biz: Collins, King Announce $20 Million Department of Education Grant for Spurwink Services in Maine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Spurwink Services in Portland has been awarded a five-year, $20 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Scale-up grant…
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SPURWINK MERGER WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INC. WILL STRENGTHEN SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
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…
Read MorePRESIDENT OF MAINE NONPROFIT SPURWINK TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATOR COLLINS’ COMMITTEE AT HEARING ON AGING WITH DISABILITIES
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…
Read MoreSpurwink Awarded 2016 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Honor
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…
Read MoreMaine Sunday Telegram-Scene & Heard: Humanitarian Awards Ceremony
Giving – and taking – shelter from the Storm Margaret Logan- Society Notebook Below is an excerpt, please click link above to read complete article: A downpour forces Spurwink’s Humanitarian…
Read MoreSpurwink Mental Health Center Director Named Maine Nursing Association 2016 Agnes E. Flaherty Award Honoree
Spurwink proudly announces that Catherine Lorello-Snow, PMHRN-BC, Director at the Spurwink Mental Health Center (formerly Portland Help Center), received the Agnes E Flaherty Leadership in Nursing award from the American…
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Spurwink is grateful for the generous support of Corporate Partner USI Insurance. USI serves over 150,000 clients nationwide, meeting their property and casualty, employee benefit, personal risk and retirement needs….
What do behavioral health, Otto’s pizza and the Indigo Girls have in common? They all play a part in the life of Carrie Cianchette, one of our incredible volunteers and a…
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