CHILD & FAMILY WELL-BEING WEBINAR SERIES
2025 Webinars
October 7, 2025: It's All About Relationships: Your Role in Connecting Families to Supports
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Tools for Locating Services and Supports Fact Sheet
August 4th, 2025: The Fundamentals of Collective Impact, Presented by: Jennifer Juster, Executive Director of the Collective Impact Forum Click below for the webinar recording.
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Webinar Slides
June 2nd, 2025: Economic and Concrete Support to Strengthen Families Click below for the webinar recording.
March 31, 2025: Balancing the Roles of Family Supporter and Mandated Reporter, Presented by Claire Louge from Prevent Child Abuse Click below for the webinar recording.
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Webinar Slides
February 4, 2025: Celebrating National Parent Leadership Month in February & HOPE: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences, presented by Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services, Heidi Aakjer and Ruby Parker, Maine Children's Trust, and Joseph Whitmore, Parent Leader & Consultant Click below for the webinar recording.
Archived Webinars
December 2nd, 2024: The Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support, presented by Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services, Heidi Aakjer, Maine Children's Trust Click here for the webinar recording.October 1, 2024: Partnering with Parents and Caregivers in Prevention, presented by Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services, Heidi Aakjer, Maine Children's Trust. Click here for the webinar recording.
August 6, 2024: Be There for ME, a new campaign for parents and caregivers in Maine and the people who support them, presented by Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services, Melissa Hackett, The Maine Child Welfare Action Network (MCWAN) and Mariett Aborn, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: Webinar Slides
June 4, 2024: The Front Porch Project: A community resource and workshop for and with community members to support one another in everyday life, presented by Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services, Heidi Aakjer, Executive Director, Maine Children's Trust, and Denise Trafton, LSW, Prevention Training Coordinator, Maine Children's Trust. Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: Webinar Slides
April 1, 2024: The Role of Community in Strengthening Families and Keeping Children Safe, presented by Clare Anderson, MSW, a Senior Policy Fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: Webinar Slides NCAN Outreach Toolkit
February 6, 2024: Strategies Everyone Can Implement to Strengthen Families in Maine Click here for the webinar recording. Webinar Slides
October 2, 2023: Strengthening Families Through Economic and Concrete Supports: Actionable Tools and Resources, presented by Clare Anderson, MSW, Senior Policy Fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: 1. From Chapin Hall a. https://www.chapinhall.org/research/economic-supports-child-welfare/ b. https://www.chapinhall.org/project/a-key-connection-economic-stability-and-family-well-being c. https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-ECS-Tool-with-Intro_6.14.23.pdf 2. Maine's Child Safety and Well-Being Plan: a. https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/2023-05/Maine%20Child%20Safety%20and%20Family%20Wellbeing%20Plan.pdf Webinar Slides
August 1, 2023: Maine's Child Safety and Family Well-Being State Plan, presented by Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services and Melissa Hackett, Maine Child Welfare Action Network. Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: Webinar Slides
June 6, 2023: The Importance of Economic and Concrete Supports in Keeping Children Safe and Families Strong, presented by Clare Anderson, MSW, a Senior Policy Fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Click here for the webinar recording.
April 4, 2023: Keeping Children Safe by Making Families Strong, 2023 Child Abuse Prevention Month, presented by Heidi Aakjer, Maine Children's Trust and Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services and panelists Bobbi Johnson, Associate Director of Child Welfare, Christine McMillen, Penobscot and Piscataquis Prevention Council, Joe Whitmore, Parent Click here for the webinar recording.
December 6th, 2022: Front Porch Project of Maine, Offering Support as a Child Abuse Prevention, presented by Heidi Aakjer and Denise Trafton, Maine Children's Trust and Christine Theriault, Office of Child and Family Services Click here for the webinar recording.
October 4th, 2022: Examining Youth Mattering as a Child Abuse Prevention Strategy, presented by Kini-Ana Tinkham and Melissa Doyle, Maine Resilience Building Network Click here for the webinar recording.
August 2nd, 2022: Making the Connection: Mental Health, Substance Use and Child Abuse Prevention, presented by Megan Scott and Sheila Nelson, Maine CDC. Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: Webinar Slides
June 7th, 2022: Strengthening Communities, Families, and Practices through the Protective Factors Framework, presented by Denise Trafton, Maine Children's Trust Click here for the webinar recording. Additional Resources: Webinar Slides (Powerpoint Format)
March 25th, 2022: Child Abuse Prevention: It's Everyone's Role, presented by Heidi Aakjer, Maine Children's Trust and Christine Theriault, Maine OCFS Click here for the webinar recording.