Article Title: Family Services

New or Expecting Parents – Maine Families is a home-based service offered to all families who are expecting or have a new baby at home. Whether it is your first or your third baby, Maine Families certified Home Visitors can provide information, encouragement and support. Visitors listen to your questions and share information about topics that matter to you. Topics include health, nutrition, safety, development and your family’s well-being. Best of all, they come to you at your convenience and at no cost to you! Parenting is the most important job that you will ever have.  It is also the hardest!  Home visitors provide information that you can trust and the support you need when you need it.

For information call 973-3674 or check us out at www.mainefamilies.org

Whole Families Services is a partnership built on what’s important to you.  A coordinator works with you to set goals.  Together, you and your coordinator work towards removing obstacles while connecting resources, providing support and guidance to reach your goals.

If you have at least one child in the household who is under 18 and at least one adult looking to explore employment or education opportunities, Whole Families Services may be for you. To learn more, call us today to see if you are financially eligible for this free program. You may automatically qualify if you receive TANF, SNAP, or have children in Head Start. Contact April Sargent at (207) 814-0002 or asargent@penquis.org.

• • Education plans and goals
  • Employment opportunities
  • Creating family supports
  • Budgeting and planning
  • Connections to needed resources
  • Build community connections

Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Prevention Classes for Men (CDVIP) are designed to educate men about the dynamics of power and control and help participants to decrease the use of violence in relationships.  This is an educational class that works to create growth and change in behavior.  The goal is to provide an opportunity for the participants to recognize and change their controlling and/or abusive behaviors, improve the quality of their own lives and those around them.

What are Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Prevention Classes for Men?

This program was designed to educate men about abusive behaviors brought on as a result of male privilege and to help them find alternative ways of managing abusive tendencies.

Through education, men receive the tools and resources to make changes in their lives, and the lives of their families.

If you want to learn the effects of domestic violence on your children, improve your communication skills, and cope with family issues without the use of violence, this is the class for you!

Who should attend?

• Any Man
• Court Referrals
• PFA Referrals
• DHHS Referrals
• Probation Referrals
• D.A. Referrals
• Counselor Referrals
• Self Referral 

For More Information and to Apply

Please call (207) 802-3037 or email dvip@penquis.org.

Class Requirements

• Intake fee and weekly class fee vary and depend on sliding scale for those who qualify
• Participation in 48 weekly classes
• Compliance with class policies

Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Prevention Classes for Men are made available through a collaborative of Penquis and Partners for Peace.  Working together to build stronger communities and safer futures.