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- EIN 01-0319802
- info@spurwink.org
- (207) 871-1200
- 899 Riverside Street Portland ME 04103 USA
- http://www.spurwink.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education
Mission: Established non-profit organization focused on providing innovative and tailored services to individuals facing mental illness, emotional challenges and/or developmental disorders so they can reach their full potential. We provide assistance to theses individuals in their homes or in our facilities while integrating them into the community.
Geographic areas served: Maine and beyond
Programs: Across spurwink, treatment for children takes place in 1) residential programs in cumberland, androscoggin, kennebec and somerset counties (188 children served per year); 2) six schools for special education in cumberland, androscoggin, kennebec, somerset and york counties (286 children served per year); 3) outpatient & community services in 13 of maine's 16 counties, including targeted case management, public school counseling, functional family therapy, treatment foster care, integrated behavioral health services in primary care practices, trauma therapy for refugees, outpatient therapy, and home and community based treatment (2,513 children served per year); and 4) diagnostic evaluations for child abuse at the only forensic child abuse clinic in maine (1,169 children served per year).
treatment for adults with intellectual disabilities occurs in residential and community support programs in cumberland and york counties (serving 55 and 41, respectively, per year). Treatment for adults with severe and persistent mental illness occurs at two outpatient clinics in downtown portland (serving 744 adults per year), and through integrated behavioral health services in services in primary care practices (serving 613 adults per year), consisting of medication management, outpatient therapy and an assertive community treatment (act) teams. Treatment also occurs across 13 of maine's counties through an affiliate network of licensed outpatient therapists for children, adults & families challenged by intellectual disabilities, including autism, and mental illness. Our affiliate network serves 396 children & 231 adults each year.