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Posted on 07/24/2012 at 12:09 pm
Comprehensive mental health care is available for people experiencing or coping with a mental illness or substance abuse addiction through Sweetser’s Same-Day Access. This service provides those seeking assistance with rapid access to a wide variety of behavioral health and substance abuse services. In most cases, a behavioral health...
Posted on 06/11/2012 at 03:59 pm
Jon Mistos, Sweetser’s Senior Director of Facilitie s recently received a Keeping Maine’s Children Connected “Great People Who Rock” award. He was presented with the award by Maine’s First Lady, Ann LePage, during a ceremony at the Blaine House. The awards are given out annually to those people throughout Maine who have worked with and...
Posted on 06/06/2012 at 12:25 pm
Sweetser recently received a $15,000 grant from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation. Elmina Sewall, who passed away in 2005, was a longtime Sweetser supporter. She established the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation in 1982, which continues her philanthropic legacy to benefit numerous charitable organizations.
Posted on 05/30/2012 at 12:18 pm
Our Sanford office will be moving to 863 Main Street on June 8, 2012. There will be no disruption of service, and our current office at 890 Main Street will remain open until June 7. Directions to the NEW Location - From North Take I-95 to Exit 32 Alfred/Biddeford. At exit 32, take the exit ramp right for ME-111 toward Sanford....
Posted on 05/29/2012 at 02:52 pm
Today, three leading Maine health care organizations are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership designed to better serve the health needs of people living and working in southern and mid-coast Maine. Behavioral health specialists from Spurwink Services and Sweetser will soon be located at several Martin's Point Health Care Centers, and...
Posted on 05/16/2012 at 11:21 am
Sweetser’s 20thAnnual Sold on Kids Auction presented by Key Bank raised $86,000. The annual fundraising auction and dinner has been held for the past 20 years, with funds going directly back to Sweetser programs designed to help those with mental and behavioral health issues. “We always look forward to this event. To see such a wonderful...
Posted on 05/01/2012 at 05:15 pm
As part of National Volunteer Week, Sweetser has acknowledged the efforts of the many volunteers, board members and corporators, who during 2011 collectively logged 45,863 volunteer hours. That translates to $979,634. The Sweetser Volunteer Celebration was held on April 25, in Saco. The celebration included a country-and-western theme, as...
Posted on 04/26/2012 at 08:15 am
Many of the Sweetser Training Institute's May workshops still have openings. Please see the information below for descriptions, dates and cost. If you would like to register for a course, please do so by visiting our website calendar or by contacting Barry Daniels at 294-4414 or bdaniels@sweetser.org . Stay tuned for offerings from the...
Posted on 04/20/2012 at 09:45 am
Sweetser has embarked on two new programs in partnership with the Passamaquoddy Tribe. Sweetser now provides psychiatric care to those patients at the Passamaquoddy Health Center at Indian Township. The process began months ago, when Sweetser's Director of Special Programs Dean Bailey met with Nakia Dana, Director of Passamaquoddy Health...
Posted on 04/03/2012 at 09:15 am
Wiscasset, ME – Sweetser has partnered with Wiscasset Family Medicine, a primary care practice, to provide behavioral health services to patients there. Often, many primary care practices do not have their own psychiatrist or behavioral health practitioner and have to refer patients out for those services. Nationwide, patients overwhelmingly...
