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As mental health crisis deepens, community resources can help students
Melissa Fochesato of Mid Coast Hospital has become alarmed at the state of many local students’ mental health.
Read MoreInitiative in RSU 1 aims to provide school supplies to all students
The Bath-based Midcoast Community Alliance, founded in 2016 by Jamie Dorr, seeks funds and donations in the coming months to outfit all Regional School Unit 1 students with school supplies at an Aug. 19 event. Donation boxes are at locations throughout the city, including the Bath Area Family YMCA.
Read MorePlanning underway for first Back to School: Set for Success
Drop off school supplies for Midcoast Community Alliance’s first Set for Success event
Read MoreSuicide prevention alliance uses group’s power to help
With an issue as complex as mental health, it’s OK not to have all the answers.
Read MoreMCA hosts session at NAMI Maine’s Beyond the Basics
Integrating Health Care Systems and Schools into a Community Approach for Suicide Prevention Facilitator: Dee Kerry, Maine Medical Association Speakers: Michael W. Field, Chief of Police, Bath…
Read MoreYoung Adults
Dear Community, Recently, we have been discussing ways we can better support the young adults in our community. Yesterday, we announced that The Park will…
Read MoreUnderstanding Why Kids Use Drugs and Alcohol
Today’s teens are growing up in an environment with pressures, stress and priorities vastly different from when we were their age. If you’re concerned that…
Read MoreAttachment-Based Family Therapy Workshop
Please see the flyer below for a great training on working with kids and families. This is a very effective model to manage complex teen…
Read MoreImportant message from our School Resource Officer:
Dear Parents, My name is Chuck Reece, I am the School Resource Officer at Morse and work for the Bath Police Department in conjunction with…
Read MoreBath-area youth support group celebrates outreach, honors
BATH — It was a very good year for Jamie Dorr and the Midcoast Community Alliance. The network, which she founded a year ago to help troubled…
Read MoreMCA Receives its Sixth Honor of 2017
Last week, Jamie Dorr, Board President for the Bath Youth Meetinghouse & Skatepark, accepted the 2017 Spirit of America Award presented by Sagadahoc County. Dorr…
Read MorePortland Press: Mainers We are Thankful For
Jamie Dorr She felt compelled to organize a grass-roots Bath initiative to prevent suicide.
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