New Promotional Materials Maine Families has created new promotional materials that we are excited to share with providers. We have a variety of forms of materials from short videos, testimonials from families, posters, rack cards, etc. We are attaching an example of a 60 second video that providers are free to share with potential parents […]
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Maine Families Midcoast participates in Community Baby Showers Maine Families prides itself on the connections that we make with other community organizations to better support enrolled families and increase community engagement. One of those connections is with Maine’s Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Councils (CAN councils) throughout the state. This year, our visitors participated in […]
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National Home Visiting Week We are celebrating and honoring 25 years of home visiting in Maine during the first national Home Visiting Appreciation Week. This is an observance to celebrate and recognize family visitors and the positive impact they make on maternal and child health outcomes. Home visiting professionals empower and work alongside parents to build […]
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Heather Elowe Retires This past August our beloved colleague Heather Elowe retired after 12 years at Maine Families. Heather’s love of families, wealth of knowledge, and many talents brought a joie de vive to our program. Heather would bless us with her musical talents by singing and playing guitar at groups, her creativity in the […]
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Spotlight on Literacy We at Maine Families Mid-Coast love to support parents and children in their literacy journey together. One way that we are able to assist families in this endeavor is by providing them with board books. Each family enrolled in our program gets to explore their very own brand new board books covering […]
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Welcome, Celena! Maine Families is happy to welcome our newest home visitor, Celena Zacchai, to our mid-coast team. Celena has a background supporting individuals and families toward their goals, most recently as a career coach at Fedcap. She is getting up to speed with trainings and shadowing home visits for the time being and is […]
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Happy fall to all of our partners in the community! Here is an update on what Maine Families Mid-Coast has been up to these past couple of months: Welcoming New Staff In order to accommodate the growing interest in our program we have brought on another Parent Education Professional to serve in Cumberland County. Cathy […]
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Happy spring to all of our partners in the community! Here is how Maine Families Midcoast wrapped up the Winter: Group Connections A central focus of our program is to connect participating families to each other and to their wider community. We try to offer a variety of options so that parents who have different […]
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Happy New Year to all of our wonderful partners in the community. Thank you for your continued support of our program. Here’s how Maine Families Midcoast rounded out 2022. Maine Families Midcoast Receives National Recognition as a Blue Ribbon Affiliate Maine Families Midcoast has earned a prestigious endorsement from Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc., […]
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Fall is here! We are continuing to meet with families in a variety of fashions including fresh air visits, home visits, and zoom visits. Parent Educator Spotlight: Gretchen Gee, BS, CCLS Parent Education Professional/Maine Families Visitor Gretchen Gee likes to be called “GG.” She has been a family visitor for 7 years, working with Maine […]
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