Maine AAP Committee on Fostering Resilience and Strengthening Families (Foster Care)
Children and teens in foster care have a high prevalence of chronic medical, dental, mental health, developmental, and educational issues requiring that they receive more frequent and detailed health monitoring than other children and teens.
State & National Committees
- Maine AAP Foster Care Committee
The Maine AAP Foster Care Committee meets every other month to discuss key topics and forward potential legislation to assure Maine kids are getting the best care possible. Notes from those meetings are posted below. If you're interested in joining, please reach out to Emily Belanger at emily.belanger@maineaap.org
- National AAP Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care
The Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and youth in foster care, kinship care, and those who have been adopted.
Resources
- AAP Foster Care Resource
Tools and resources for providers caring for children in foster care.
- Foster Care Intake Exam Template
- Family First Advocacy Toolkit
Using this toolkit, AAP members and chapters can be an effective voice for vulnerable children in the child welfare
system. T - Comprehensive Health Exams for Youth Entering Foster Care - Historical Timeline
- Health Care Issues for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care and Kinship Care
AAP Policy Statement
- Improving the Child Welfare System To Respond to the Needs of Substance-Exposed Infants
- Improving Information Sharing for Youth in Foster Care
- For Families: Adoption & Foster Care
Informational articles for families on adoption and foster care.
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Sanford Office -
890 Main Street, Suite 208
Sanford, ME 04073-3800
Telephone: (207)490-5400
Toll-free: 1-800-482-0790
Fax: (207) 490-5463
sanford.dhhs@maine.govLewiston Office -
200 Main Street
Lewiston, ME 04240-7098
Telephone: (207)795-4300
Fax: (207) 795-4444Toll-free: 1-800-482-7517
lewiston.dhhs@maine.govSouth Paris Office -
243 Main Street, Suite 6
South Paris, ME 04281-1620
Telephone: (207)744-1200
Toll-free: 1-888-593-9775
Fax: (207) 743-8798
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Skowhegan -
98 North Avenue, Suite 10
Skowhegan, ME 04976-1996
Telephone: (207)474-4800
Fax: (207) 474-4888Toll-free: 1-800-452-4602
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Sanford Office -
890 Main Street, Suite 208
Sanford, ME 04073-3800
Telephone: (207)490-5400
Toll-free: 1-800-482-0790
Fax: (207) 490-5463
sanford.dhhs@maine.govPortland Office -
151 Jetport Boulevard
South Portland, ME
Telephone: (207)822-2000
Toll-free: 1-800-482-7520
Fax: (207) 822-2310
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Augusta Office -
35 Anthony Avenue, 11 SHS
Augusta, ME 04330-0011
Telephone: (207) 624-8090
Toll-free:1-800-452-1926
Fax: (207) 624-8124
augusta.dhhs@maine.gov -
DHHS District Office Locations []
Rockland Office -
91 Camden Street, Suite 103
Rockland, ME 04841
Telephone: (207) 822-2000
Toll Free: 1-800-482-7520
Fax: (207) 822-2310
rockland.dhhs@maine.gov -
DHHS District Office Locations []
Machias Office -
38 Prescott Drive
Machias, ME 04654-9984
Telephone: (207)255-2000
Toll-free: 1-800-432-7846
Fax: (207) 255-2022
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Lewiston Office -
200 Main Street
Lewiston, ME 04240-7098
Telephone: (207)795-4300
Fax: (207) 795-4444Toll-free: 1-800-482-7517
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Farmington Office -
114 Corn Shop Lane
Farmington, ME 04938
Telephone: (207)778-8400
Fax: (207) 834-1001Toll Free: 1-800-442-6382
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Ellsworth Office -
17 Eastward Lane
Ellsworth, ME 04605-1718
Telephone: (207)664-1400
Toll free: 1-800-432-7823
Fax: (207) 667-5364
ellsworth.dhhs@maine.gov -
DHHS District Office Locations []
Caribou Office -
30 Skyway Drive, Unit 100
Caribou, ME 04736-2060
Telephone: (207)493-4000
Fax: (207) 493-4001Toll-free: 1-800-432-7366
caribou.dhhs@maine.govFort Kent Office -
139 Market Street, Suite 109
Fort Kent, ME 04743-1149
Telephone: (207)834-1000
Fax: (207) 834-1001Toll-free: 1-800-432-7340
fortkent.dhhs@maine.govHoulton Office -
11 High Street
Houlton, ME 04730-2012
Telephone: (207)532-5000
Fax: (207) 532-7995Toll-free: 1-800-432-7338
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Biddeford Office -
Park One Eleven
407 Alfred Street, Suite A-1
Biddeford, Maine 04005
Telephone: (207)286-2400
Fax: (207) 282-5154Toll-free: 1-800-322-1919
biddeford.dhhs@maine.govSanford Office -
890 Main Street, Suite 208
Sanford, ME 04073-3800
Telephone: (207)490-5400
Toll-free: 1-800-482-0790
Fax: (207) 490-5463
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DHHS District Office Locations []
Bangor Office -
19 Maine Avenue,
Bangor, Maine 04401
Telephone: (207)561-4100
Fax: (207) 941-8871Toll-free: 1-800-432-7825
bangor.dhhs@maine.govSkowhegan -
98 North Avenue, Suite 10
Skowhegan, ME 04976-1996
Telephone: (207)474-4800
Fax: (207) 474-4888Toll-free: 1-800-452-4602
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Edmund N. Ervin Pediatric Center Pediatric Rapid Evaluation Program []
Devoted to meeting the medical and psychological needs of children in foster care. Children are seen only upon referral by DHHS.
Edmund N. Ervin Pediatric Center
Ballard Center
6 East Chestnut Street
Augusta, Maine 04330
Phone: (207) 623-6500 -
Fostering Health []
Standards of health care for children and adolescents in foster care are detailed in 10 chapters. The members of the AAP Task Force on Foster Care hope that this manual will result in the integration of the health care plan with child welfare's permanency plan for each child or adolescent in foster care. For a copy please contact fostercare@aap.org until supplies last.
Developed by an AAP multidisciplinary panel of experts, Fostering Health has been designed for use by medical, mental health, and developmental health care professionals, as well as foster parents, social welfare agencies, members of the legal community, health insurance agencies, and policy makers.
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Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope with Trauma [pdf]
The purpose of this guide is to support adoptive and foster families by strengthening the abilities of pediatricians to: 1) identify traumatized children, 2) educate families about toxic stress and the possible biological, behavioral, and social manifestations of early childhood trauma, and 3) empower families to respond to their child's behavior in a manner that acknowledges past trauma but promotes the learning of new, more adaptive reactions to stress.
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Parenting After Trauma: Understanding Your Child's Needs [pdf]
A guide for foster and adoptive parents
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Spurwink Portland Clinic []
Provides care for children placed in care through the Biddeford and Portland DHHS offices. Serves York, Oxford, and Cumberland counties.
Spurwink Services
901 Washington Ave., Suite 100
Portland, ME 04103
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The Key Clinic, PCHC Pediatrics []
Provides comprehensive medical evaluations for children from Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, and Hancock counties.
Penobscot Pediatrics
1068 Union Street, Bangor, ME 04401
207-947-0147