Portland Press Herald: A brighter future for Maine children starts with a whole-family approach
In an Portland Press Herald op-ed, Nicole Witherbee of the John T. Gorman Foundation and Marjorie Sims share themes from a statewide convening and identify changes that need to be made on a practice and policy level to help more families in Maine thrive.
“In Maine and across the nation, a growing number of nonprofit organizations and states are taking a two-generation (2Gen) approach – which serves children and their caregivers simultaneously – and is proving to be uniquely effective in building a brighter future for families.”
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