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Committees

AFFM has representation on the following committees:

• The Maine Dental Access Group meets the second Friday of each month.

• The Adoptive and Foster Camp Conference Planning Committee meets periodically throughout the year. Bette Hoxie of AFFM can share any training info you would like addressed by this committee. Several foster and adoptive parents serve on this committee as well. For names of your local representatives please contact us.

• AFFM Board of Directors meets monthly (usually) on the third Thursday of the month at the AFFM office. Guests are welcome. Please contact us to be sure the meeting has not been postponed or changed.

• Child Abuse and Neglect,

• Role of Courts in Child protection,

• Engaging Maine's Youth (educational committee for seeking out how kids may fall through the cracks in the educational system, particularly kids who are in the child welfare system)

• PIP, Program Improvement Project  committee works on areas recognized to be weaknesses in Maine's child welfare system as noted by the federal government's audit.

• Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Committee(SCAN) is a committee established at EMMC to monitor child abuse issues seen in the ER and pediatrics ward etc.

• FOCUS is a committee established by the National Foster Parent Association to develop ways to build support groups in areas where none currently exist and where a need has been identified, The New England Foster Parent Association NEFCA, came together to develop training resources and to strategize how foster parents in New England could best optimize their respective and similar needs. Ben Melancon of Starks, Maine is the president of NEFCA. NEFCA delivers a conference every two years rotating from one state to the next in each of the 6 states that comprise New England. The most recent conference was held in NH in Nov. 06.

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  Maine Foster Family Treatment Association (MEFFTA)is part of a National association and is comprised of leaders/representatives of the various treatment foster care placement programs throughout the state.
  Treatment Network Team (TNT ) is a collaborative group of treatment foster care providers and the DHHS.

• Recruitment and Retention Group. There are two groups one in Bangor and one in Augusta. The groups strategize ways as the name implies to recruit and retain foster, kinship and adoptive parents. These meetings are held at the DHHS Regional offices in Augusta and in Bangor.

• Engaging Maine's Youth

• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative

• Maine Justice for Children Task Force

• Recruitment and Retention Committees

• NFPA Focus Group

• FFTA

Are you interested in getting your concerns shared with any of the committees?
If so contact the AFFM office.

These are just a few of the committees we have representation on, if you are curious about other activities or committees where AFFM represents the adoptive and foster family community please contact us.