Tagged With "Maine"

In 2019, the Maine Resilience Building Network grew up. After seven years of operating as a volunteer-driven, grass-roots, cross-sector coalition devoted to building resilience for the state’s children, families and communities, MRBN developed a business plan, applied for non-profit status and hired its first two paid staff. That work was supported by the Bingham Program, a charitable endowment at Tufts Medical Center and a longtime funder of MRBN, formed in 2012 to educate individuals and...

By Joyce Schelling, Bangor Daily News, December 16, 2019 Maine has the nation’s highest rate of anxiety and the third highest rate of depression among children ages 3-7. It is above the national rate for behavior problems and children diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Attention Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD). The average number of suicides per year by youth under age 20 is well above the national average and has risen by 50 percent in just five years. It’s time to ask if these frightening...

Cultivate Mattering with Maine Youth

If you want to be on the ground floor of design and implement a year-round program that gives elementary and middle school students their voice; provides a safe and comfortable place for them to develop their interests and talents, participate in enrichment and recreational activities on-site and on tour, and discover and bolster their strengths – all the while promoting intergenerational relationships and fun activities for youth and elders together ... then Van Buren at the top of Maine is...

A message from Maine Equal Justice about their new, more comprehensive guide for Mainers filing for unemployment insurance.

The winning submissions to the Maine CDC’s short videos contest for students ages 5-17.

Tobacco companies have developed an array of menthol, mint, candy, and fruit-flavored products in colorful packaging to attract new users and keep them using tobacco. The tobacco industry knows that 95% of adult smokers start by age 21, so these flavored products aren’t for adults. Flavors hook kids!