In July, Becky Beal was interviewed on the WVOM-FM radio station about A Family for ME, speaking about the 2,000 children who are currently in foster care in Maine. Two-thousand…
Read MorePORTLAND — 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 MoreCommunity 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 MoreThe 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 MoreWASHINGTON, 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…
Read MoreGiving - 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 Receives $2 million Federal Grant to Provide Mental Health Services to Refugee Children. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded Spurwink Services the federal grant to support a school-…
Read MoreOn Thursday, June 23rd, Spurwink hosted a Brews & Backpacks event at Shipyard Brewing Company at 86 Newbury Street in Portland to benefit children in crisis. This interactive fundraiser took…
Read MoreThe Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has honored Joyce Wientzen, LCSW, Spurwink ‘s Child Abuse Program Director and Director of the Cumberland County Children’s Advocacy Center (CCCAC), for her commitment to…
Read More Spurwink announces that Lawrence R. Ricci, MD, Medical Director, Spurwink Child Abuse Program in Portland was presented with the 2016 Ray E. Helfer Award in April. The Helfer Society—an…
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