Purpose
The Children’s Cabinet adds Public Value
- Coordinates approaches to the delivery of services;
- Establishes administrative priorities across departments/agencies/bureaus;
- Distributes through its Senior Staff and the Regional Children’s
Cabinets, Pooled Flexible Funds to fill one-time family needs
where there is no other eligibility-related service available
to keep a child or teen safely in the home;
- Leverages resources both human (staff) and financial,
that maximizes funding by collaborative grants and best use
of federal funding streams, as mandates allow.
- Operationalize
the Governor’s commitment to creating
better outcomes for children and youth in Maine.
