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Adoption

• A Family for ME - Help, support and information on adoption and foster care.
• 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 photo listing of the children in the care of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services awaiting adoption.

Behavioral Health

• 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.
• Children Behavioral Health Services Provider list
• 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.

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.
• Child Care Licensing
• Choosing Child Care (Adobe PDF*) (free viewer)

Child Protection (Abuse, neglect or exploitation)

• Abuse - Report Child Abuse - the child abuse hotline is staffed 24 hours a day.
• 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.
• 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.

Foster Parenting

• A Family for ME - Help, support and information on adoption and foster care.
• 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.

Head Start

• Head Start - Serving children from birth to age five whose families meet the Federal poverty guidelines.
• Head Start Locator - Federal Administration for Children and Families Search page - Find a Head Start program in Maine

Resources

• Behavioral Health Parent/Family Resources
• Child Care and Head Start Resources

Teens

• Independent Living - Information and resources for older youth in the custody, or continued care of DHHS. Includes information on the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, Independent Living, and more.

 

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