Winter 2025 Newsletter: Creating Conditions for Maine Children to Thrive
March 14, 2025
Winter 2025 Newsletter focuses on supports for young children and their families.
A partnership between Bangor Housing and the Boys & Girls Club of Bangor, this program uses a two-generation approach to help children and their families build the support systems they need to thrive. The initiative is a John T. Gorman Foundation demonstration site, serving as a model, resource, and inspiration for similar initiatives.
Mercy Hospital’s McAuley Residence uses a two-
generation model to serve women in substance use
recovery and their children, with multiple supports for family reunification, such as housing, counseling, and parent coaching. In partnership with the John T. Gorman Foundation, these offerings have expanded to include family-centered education and career development pathways.
This innovative MaineHealth program seeks to prevent and mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences for pediatric patients ages 0 to 3, by offering a set of resilience-building supports for their entire families. Foundation funding has allowed the program to embed Early Childhood Support Specialists who have now worked with hundreds of families at pediatric clinics in Portland and Rockland.
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Data Snapshot: Maine Supports for Early Childhood Development
March 4, 2025
Our latest Data Snapshot examines how these early childhood supports have reached Maine families in recent years. While there are encouraging signs among the trends, many areas still need improvement.
Building a ‘Community of Prevention’ in Midcoast Maine
March 4, 2025
John T. Gorman Fellow Jessica Berry has joined other leaders to create the Midcoast Community Collaborative, which is now implementing a new initiative to deliver strengthen community-wide supports for young children and their families.