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.

Services For Families

Promising Futures for Adults

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.

Services For Adults

Peer-to-Peer Support

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.

Peer Services

Educational Services

Giving school-aged students the best chance for successful learning, Sweetser’s special education curriculum supports students struggling with social, emotional, and academic challenges.

Educational Services

Join Our Team!

Don’t settle for just a paycheck. Choose a job that truly inspires you. Choose a job that could change a life – even your own. Begin your career in mental health with Sweetser, paid training provided. Sign on bonuses for many positions.

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Sweetser Spotlight

Sweetser has opened a new mental health and substance use clinic in Sanford thanks to a $4 million grant from the Federal government.

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Thank you to the Maine Community Foundation for raising and providing critical funds to 29 Maine nonprofits, including Sweetser, as we all work collectively towards healing and recovery in the Lewiston area and across the state. We are all Lewiston Strong.

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Nonprofits receive community support funds from mass shooting donations

Twenty-nine nonprofits each received $63,000 from a $1.9 million fund created with donations after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting.

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On this #EarthDay, our Topsham PNMI program staff and residents began prepping their new raised garden beds! They also personalized the boards with their handprints and brought the tricycles out of hibernation.

On this #EarthDay, our Topsham PNMI program staff and residents began prepping their new raised garden beds! They also personalized the boards with their handprints and brought the tricycles out of hibernation.

Make a difference as an Ed Tech III at our Special Purpose Private School in Saco. You’ll support children who experience mental, behavioral and emotional health challenges. Starting at $19 per hour and with a $5,000 Sign-On Bonus! Support the classroom teacher or specialist by assisting in the planning and implementation of the instructional process, and help maintain an environment conducive to learning. Sweetser offers extensive paid training, continuing education credits, paid holidays, school breaks and summers! Learn more: https://www.sweetserjobs.org/careers/

Hot off the press! This has been a year of transformation for Sweetser. We’ve been laser-focused on making our organization a highly sought after leader in behavioral health for media stories, legislative advocacy, and new programs to best serve Maine people. Check out our 2024 Annual Report to see some of our major highlights with link in bio.

Hot off the press! This has been a year of transformation for Sweetser. We’ve been laser-focused on making our organization a highly sought after leader in behavioral health for media stories, legislative advocacy, and new programs to best serve Maine people. Check out our 2024 Annual Report to see some of our major highlights: https://www.sweetser.org/2024-sweetser-annual-report

Thank you to @newscentermaine and the @marinersofmaine for hosting mental health night in Portland! Sweetser had the opportunity to take the ceremonial first shot and talk about the importance of seeking #mentalhealth support. Together we are reducing the stigma! @chriscostatv @sharon_rose_news

Thank you to NEWS CENTER Maine and the Maine Mariners Hockey for hosting mental health night in Portland! Sweetser had the opportunity to take the ceremonial first shot and talk about the importance of seeking mental health support.

SCORE! Sweetser’s Senior Director of Human Resources, Holly Hall, participates in the ceremonial first shot at the @marinersofmaine Mental Health Night in Portland. 🏒

SCORE! Sweetser’s Senior Director of Human Resources, Holly Hall, participates in the ceremonial first shot at the Maine Mariners Hockey Mental Health Night in Portland. 🏒

'The mental health of Maine’s next generation is at stake. Now is not the time to cut mental health in schools. If anything, we should be investing more in this critical prevention strategy.'

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Mental Health Moment: School-based mental health support at risk

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'…we must prioritize funding for evidence-based practices and preventive supports for youth. Initiatives like L.D. 435, L.D. 2002, and L.D. 2083 focus on securing access to medically necessary behavioral health care services for children, providing incentives to schools for social work and family therapy services, and establishing timely access and medication management across the state.'

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Malory Shaughnessy and Betsy Sweet: Maine must fund mental health care: An urgent call for action

The need for investment in Maine’s mental health care system is clear and urgent. We urge the governor and the Legislature to act now by funding the…

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