Foster care licensing, adoption agencies, kinship support, CASA volunteers, and resources for youth aging out of care across Maine. Every child deserves a safe, loving home.
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
The state agency responsible for child welfare, foster care licensing, and adoption in Maine. Manages all public foster care placements and provides adoption services for children in state custody. District offices statewide.
Maine DHHS
Maine's 24/7 hotline for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect. Calls are confidential. Reporters may remain anonymous. Available around the clock, every day of the year.
Spurwink Services / Maine DHHS
Maine's official foster and adoptive family recruitment program. Regional recruitment specialists cover all Maine counties. This is the state's primary entry point for anyone interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent.
Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine
Maine's primary support organization for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. Provides free training, support groups, resource navigation, respite coordination, and a county-by-county support network. Also operates the Kinship Program for relatives raising children.
Maine Administrative Office of the Courts
CASA volunteers serve as court-appointed guardians ad litem in child protection cases. They advocate for the best interests of children in foster care by gathering facts, interviewing families, and presenting recommendations to judges.
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers
Nonprofit adoption agency since 1899. Maine's only Hague-accredited international adoption program. Provides domestic, interstate, and international adoption services, home studies, matching, placement, post-placement support, and family counseling.
Good Samaritan Agency
Full-service domestic adoption agency in Bangor. Provides counseling for expectant parents, home studies, matching, placement, and post-adoption support. Licensed child placement agency serving families across Maine.
AAA Full Circle Adoptions & Family Building Center
Hague-accredited nonprofit adoption agency in Portland specializing in domestic adoption. Provides comprehensive services to birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, and adoptees throughout the US and internationally.
Adoption Solutions of Maine
Licensed nonprofit adoption agency based in Yarmouth. Directed by Jackie Komar, MSW, with over 25 years of experience. Provides domestic adoption services with personalized support for birth parents and adoptive families.
Woodfords Family Services
Provides adoption home studies and post-adoption resources. Also offers a wide range of family services for individuals with special needs including residential, day, and clinical programs. Licensed child placement agency.
Spurwink Services
Large behavioral health nonprofit that partners with Maine DHHS to operate foster parent recruitment. Provides therapeutic foster care, mental health services for children and families, and family-based treatment programs statewide.
Community Care
Treatment foster care program supporting foster parents and providing comprehensive services to youth in DHHS custody. Serves families within a 1-hour radius of Skowhegan, Bangor, and the Machias area. Provides training, case management, and clinical support.