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Maine DHHS and partners roll out five-year Child Safety and Family Well‑being Plan
Summary
Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Child Welfare Action Network presented a five‑year Child Safety and Family Well‑being Plan to the legislaturecommittee, emphasizing upstream prevention, family partnership, and pilot initiatives including a public campaign and community spaces work.
A five‑year Child Safety and Family Well‑being Plan intended to "keep children safe by keeping families strong" was presented Wednesday to the Legislature—s Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Child Welfare Action Network.
Mariette Aylborn, Special Projects Manager for Child and Family Well‑being at DHHS, described the plan as "a comprehensive and collaborative effort to keep children safe by keeping families strong," saying the strategy focuses on working "further upstream" to prevent child welfare involvement by strengthening families and communities.
The plan sets two goals and five strategies that center parents, caregivers and families. Presenters said the plan emphasizes economic and concrete supports such as food, housing, child care and transportation; low‑barrier access to services; family partnership and leadership; supportive community spaces; and improved coordination between state and community partners.
Maine Child Welfare Action Network coordinator Melissa Hackett and Christine…
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