Children

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Abuse, neglect or exploitation

• Child Abuse Action Network - The Child Abuse Action Network (CAAN) is a multi-disciplinary, public and private sector committee committed to enhancing the professional and public response to child abuse in Maine.
• Child Protective Services - The child abuse hotline is staffed 24 hours a day.
• Handbook for Parents - Describes rights parents have during a child abuse and neglect assessment.
• Mandated Reporters - Information and resources for people who are required by law to report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation.
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Adoption

• A Guide to Adoption Services in Maine - A list of licensed private adoption agencies in Maine, Maine adoption placement services, adoptive family support groups and other related adoption services.
• How Do I Adopt? - This is the step by step process for adopting a child in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Maine Adoption Reunion Registry - How adoptees and their birth families can attempt a reunion.
• Maine's Waiting Children - A photolisting of the children in the care of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services awaiting adoption.
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Child care

• Child Care Tax Credits - Tax credits that can benefit families with young children.
• Finding Child Care - Types of child care available in Maine and how to go about choosing child care.
  • Child Care Facility Search - Statewide search for facilities in Maine
• Paying for Child Care - Ways to help families pay for child care.
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Child welfare

• ASPIRE/JET - Helping food stamp recipients find employment
• ASPIRE/TANF - Helps TANF recipients find employment.
• Child Support - Services including establishing paternity, finding non-custodial parents, and implementing and enforcing child support payments.
• Emergency Assistance - Providing benefits to families with children in emergency situations.
• Food Supplement (Food Stamps) - Helping low-income people buy food
• Head Start - Serving children from birth to age five whose families meet the Federal poverty guidelines.
• Health Insurance - Free or Low-Cost Health Insurance for Families with Children and Pregnant Women.
• Paternity Testing - Testing to determine the father of a child.
• Public Assistance Application - Applications for foodstamps, TANF, PaS, MaineCare, Long-term care, request for assistance.
• TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) - Provides temporary cash assistance, training, employment services and child care assistance.
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Children's Behavioral Health

• Children's Behavioral Health - Children’s Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) is the authority in Maine regarding behavioral health treatment and services for children from birth up to their 21st birthday.
• Families & Children - Information for children and families wanting help from Children’s Behavioral Health Services.
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Foster care

• Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine - Providing support services for adoptive and foster parents and kinship providers.
• Foster Parenting - Department of Health and Human Services information about and links to information about adoptive and foster parenting.
• Levels of Care - A process for assessing the service needs of all Maine children currently in foster care and new children entering foster care.
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Health/Safety

• Asthma Control and Prevention
• Childhood Lead Program - Identifying and helping children with elevated blood lead levels.
• Children With Special Health Needs Program - Improving the health and well-being of children with special health needs.
• Children's Behavioral Health Services - Providing services to children with special needs, including developmental disabilities/delays, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/autism, substance abuse and mental health disorders.
• Coordinating School Health Programs - Maine's School Health Program.
• HIV, STD, and Viral Hepatitis - Data, disease reporting, forms, publications, care and prevention.
• Lyme Disease
• Home Safety
• Immunization Schedules - Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedules.
• Katie Beckett Option - Katie Beckett is a MaineCare option for children with serious health conditions. It is one of the many ways your child can get MaineCare.
• OADS Disability Services - provides leadership and is an active partner in Maine's comprehensive system of support to individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities.
• Aging and Disability Resource Center - "One-stop-shops" to answer questions from older adults, or from any individuals with disabilities, about a wide range of in-home, community-based, and institutional services.
• OADS Grievance Process - If you are not getting what you think you should or you don’t agree with what you are getting from Mental Retardation Services or your other providers.
• MaineCare Services and Benefits - Benefits available to people with cognitive and physical disabilities.
• Disability Resources - Additional information outside of Maine's Department of Health and Human Services.
• Disability Resource Directory - Directory of Clinical/Ancillary, Day, Employment, and Residential services listed by Maine Counties
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• Oral Health
• Sex Offender Registry - Registered offenders currently within Maine.
• Traffic Safety
• Women, Infants, and Childrens Nutrition Program (WIC) - Free nutrition advice, tips for staying healthy, recipes, and resources for growing families.
• Youth Suicide Prevention - Reducing suicidal behavior among Maine youth.
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Juvenile justice

• Juvenile Drug Court - To improve the quality of juvenile justice in Maine through interventions.
• Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group JJAG through the Maine Department of Corrections, supports programs for the improvement of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
• Maine Department of Corrections (Juvenile Division) - juvenile offenders are provided with education, treatment and other services that teach skills and competencies

Vital Records

• Birth and Death Certificates - How to obtain certified copies.
• Online database search - research marriages and death for the years 1892 to 1996
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