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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In our winter newsletter, we offer insights from Maine and beyond from those who are elevating parent voices in family-serving programs — a critical principal in the 2Gen approach.
A growing body of research details the interconnected health of children and their caregivers – especially in the first months after a child is born. While a long-running survey of mothers has provided valuable data during this formative period, relatively little is known about the well-being of fathers, who are a critical factor in family health. With funding from the John T. Gorman Foundation, the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Maine CDC are now working to fill the gap with the Maine Fatherhood Survey.
In Maine, several John T. Gorman Foundation partners have valuable insights to share on centering parent voice. Across the state, these 2Gen leaders are working alongside parents to build programs that are making a difference for families and strengthening whole communities. We profile three of these efforts – Community Caring Collaborative, Moving Families Forward, and Zero to School Starting Strong – to highlight how they have shaped and evolved their programs around parent voice and the lessons they are learning.
