Promising Futures for Children & Families
Sweetser offers support in many ways for your child and your family behavioral health needs. Services are available in your community, including through many primary care offices, in a residential setting, or in your child’s school.
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Sweetser offers support in many ways for improved adult mental health services — available in your home, or in the community at Sweetser clinics and in many primary care offices.
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It may not be a crisis, but there are times when talking with a peer support specialist who has experience in recovery can make a big difference.
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Giving school-aged students the best chance for successful learning, Sweetser’s special education curriculum supports students struggling with social, emotional, and academic challenges.
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Sweetser offers support in many ways for your child and your family behavioral health needs. Services are available in your community, including through many primary care offices, in a residential setting, or in your child’s school.
Services
It may not be a crisis, but there are times when talking with a peer support specialist who has experience in recovery can make a big difference.
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Last year, Sweetser opened Maine’s only Child ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) program with the state's help. The Department of Justice specifically noted Sweetser's Child ACT team as a benefit to our state. Previously, it was cited as a severe gap in Maine's behavioral health …system.
Since launching this program, we’ve seen reductions in children having to visit Emergency Rooms and have even taken children out of hospital settings for placement into more appropriate, therapeutic levels of care.
Child ACT brings comprehensive treatment and services directly to youth with significant mental health challenges and their families in their homes so they can remain in school and together. But there is only one such team serving a 25-mile radius of Saco. We need this sort of 24/7 team-based family support in every corner of our state.
LD 1426 A Resolve to Expand Child Assertive Community Treatment, sponsored by Representative @lorigramlich, would add additional teams in underserved areas of our state. We are at a critical moment that requires our state legislature to act:
❌422 children await home & community-based services
❌Children’s behavioral health programs are closing at a rapid pace due to a lack of funding support or structure including: school-based, residential units, & inpatient psychiatric units
❌Nearly 40% of Mainers surveyed say their family couldn't access mental health
❌Over one-third of our high school students report feeling sad or hopeless for weeks
❌Rates of anxiety and depression in Maine's youth exceed national averages
This bill has passed every step of the process:
✅ Health & Human Services Committee
✅ House
✅ Senate
Now we need the Appropriations Committee to consider this a critical priority item and allocate the funding necessary to implement it. The cost of this legislation is a drop in the bucket compared to the costs and risks of hospitalization, incarceration, residential care, and other long-term strains on our system. Now is the time to strengthen Maine's behavioral health system for our next generation. Please contact Appropriations Committee members and your own legislator to encourage funding LD 1426 today.
Last year, Sweetser opened Maine’s only Child ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) program with the state's help. The Department of Justice specifically noted Sweetser's Child ACT team as a benefit to our state. Previously, it was cited as a severe gap in Maine's behavioral health …system.
Since launching this program, we’ve seen reductions in children having to visit Emergency Rooms and have even taken children out of hospital settings for placement into more appropriate, therapeutic levels of care.
Child ACT brings comprehensive treatment and services directly to youth with significant mental health challenges and their families in their homes so they can remain in school and together. But there is only one such team serving a 25-mile radius of Saco. We need this sort of 24/7 team-based family support in every corner of our state.
LD 1426 A Resolve to Expand Child Assertive Community Treatment, sponsored by Representative Lori K. Gramlich, would add additional teams in underserved areas of our state. We are at a critical moment that requires our state legislature to act:
❌422 children await home & community-based services
❌Children’s behavioral health programs are closing at a rapid pace due to a lack of funding support or structure including: school-based, residential units, & inpatient psychiatric units
❌Nearly 40% of Mainers surveyed say their family couldn't access mental health
❌Over one-third of our high school students report feeling sad or hopeless for weeks
❌Rates of anxiety and depression in Maine's youth exceed national averages
This bill has passed every step of the process:
✅ Health & Human Services Committee
✅ House
✅ Senate
Now we need the Appropriations Committee to consider this a critical priority item and allocate the funding necessary to implement it. The cost of this legislation is a drop in the bucket compared to the costs and risks of hospitalization, incarceration, residential care, and other long-term strains on our system. Now is the time to strengthen Maine's behavioral health system for our next generation and Maine families in need. Please reach out to Appropriations Committee members to encourage funding LD 1426 today.
Margaret.Rotundo@legislature.maine.gov Maine Senate Democrats
Susan.Bernard@Legislature.Maine.gov
Cameron.Reny@Legislature.Maine.gov Senator Cameron Reny
Andrew.Gattine@legislature.maine.gov State Representative Drew Gattine – Maine District 126
Amy.Arata@Legislature.Maine.gov Amy B. Arata – Maine House
Mark.Blier@Legislature.Maine.gov Representative Mark Blier
Michael.Brennan@Legislature.Maine.gov Rep. Michael Brennan
Kristen.Cloutier@Legislature.Maine.gov Representative Kristen Cloutier
Deqa.Dhalac@Legislature.Maine.gov Rep. Deqa Dhalac
John.Ducharme@Legislature.Maine.gov Representative Jack Ducharme
Kenneth.Fredette@legislature.maine.gov
Ambureen.Rana@Legislature.Maine.gov Representative Ambureen Rana
Holly.Stover@Legislature.Maine.gov Representative Holly Stover
Sweetser's team was out in full force at @brunswickme_pride! Always such a wonderful event to showcase our love for our LGBTQ+ community.
Sweetser's team was out in full force at Brunswick ME Pride! Always such a wonderful event to showcase our love for our LGBTQ+ community.
Don’t miss the concert event of the summer, Higher Ground: A Tribute to the Superstars of Soul, featuring an all-star band with special guest Idol’s Julia Gagnon, performing the best of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and more.
Happening 8PM on Friday July 11th at the …@vinhillmusic in Arundel.
The show is graciously sponsored by our friends at @kennebunksavings and the @993thewave. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Sweetser’s youth mental health programs.
Reserve your seats with the link in the bio.
We appreciate everyone who participated in @oxford.casino’s Give for Change promotion during Mental Health Awareness Month! Your coin slips brought in nearly $3,700 to fuel our mental health programs!
We appreciate everyone who participated in Oxford Casino Hotel’s Give for Change promotion during Mental Health Awareness Month! Your coin slips brought in nearly $3,700 to fuel our mental health programs!
Sweetser staff recently attended the 2025 HOPE Conference at the Augusta Civic Center, a statewide event for Mainers recovering from substance use or mental health challenges. Staff in attendance included Sweetser's Director of Recovery services Alaina Knox, and members of the …@knowyouroptionsme initiative including Kortnie Willeford of Waterville, David Pierce of Augusta, Manny Reis of Franklin County, and others. While the OPTIONS team promoted Sweetser's recovery and peer services, Alaina joined other wellness providers for a recovery-focused workshop that highlighted the realities of accessing treatment and how no two paths to recovery are the same. Shout out to the Consumer Council System of Maine for hosting this important event and to all the partnering organizations for making this day possible.
Sweetser staff recently attended the 2025 HOPE Conference at the Augusta Civic Center, a statewide event for Mainers recovering from substance use or mental health challenges. Staff in attendance included Sweetser's Director of Recovery services Alaina Knox, and members of the Know Your …OPTIONS initiative including Kortnie Willeford of Waterville, David Pierce of Augusta, Manny Reis of Franklin County, and others. While the OPTIONS team promoted Sweetser's recovery and peer services, Alaina joined other wellness providers for a recovery-focused workshop that highlighted the realities of accessing treatment and how no two paths to recovery are the same. Shout out to the Consumer Council System of Maine for hosting this important event and to all the partnering organizations for making this day possible.
This free 2 hour training course, provided by Sweetser at the Sanford Community Adult Ed, will train attendees on how to recognize warning signs of suicide risk in others, learn ways to approach someone contemplating suicide, and connect people in need to appropriate mental health resources and …services. See details below…
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