Happy Wednesday!
New this week:
January 22nd, 1 pm free webinar: Could long-acting medication treatments reduce your daily caregiving stress? When you’re supporting a loved one with serious mental illness, the day-to-day can feel nonstop—appointments, medication routines, insurance hurdles, and the emotional weight of uncertainty. Join us for a webinar exploring how long-acting injectable/medication (LAI & LAM) treatment pathways may support continuity of care and reduce daily treatment demands—while also acknowledging the real system barriers caregivers face. Register here.
January 28th, 12 pm, University of Maine, Machias in Torrey Hall, Room 221: Please join us for the first spring talk in our Wabanaki Voices Series, “Wabanaki Connections to Land and Water” by Minquansis Sapiel. Zoom attendance is also available. Minquansis is a published author of children’s Books (“Little People of the Dawn” and “Gluskabe: and the gift of the Maple trees”) received a Master’s degree in Social Work, and has earned her Captains license. She is self employed as a Storyteller, Speaker, and provides guided boat tours. Download a flyer to share.
Every other Wednesday, January 28th through April 8th on Zoom, 3 – 4 pm: The Maine Council on Aging and Trust for America’s Health is offering a free training opportunity for public health leaders: TFAH will facilitate seven free 1-hour sessions over the course of 14 weeks to introduce participants to age-friendly public health concepts and the AFPHS 6Cs Framework as well as in-depth training on how public health practitioners can improve healthy aging practice including expanding networks, data collection, health assessments, and other key roles of public health with a view toward building capacity to support older adults and caregivers. Register here.
February 3rd, 9 am — 12 Noon, Washington County Community College, Calais: This free, collaborative event will bring together people from across the full spectrum of health-related fields, including medical care, mental and behavioral health, recovery services, EMS, dental and vision care, therapy and rehabilitation programs, veterinary and animal health, public health, and wellness education. View Agenda and register here.
National Substance Use Disorder Summit
February 11th, 11 am — 5:30 pm, Virtual event: The First 1,000 Days: Shifting Policy and Practice Together with Families in Recovery. Whether you’re a policymaker, practitioner, advocate, or family partner, this summit offers actionable insights and real-world strategies to help build stronger families and healthier communities. Panelists include staff from Healthy Acadia and Community Caring Collaborative speaking about Safe Harbor. View agenda and speakers. Register with Early Bird Rate.
Mark your calendars and grab your friends to join us for a magical afternoon at the Performing Arts Center: UMaine Machias is showing Wicked: For Good on February 15th at 2 pm and admission is free! Snacks will be provided and donations will be accepted. Download a flyer to share.
Maine Seacoast Mission is partnering with the MDI Biological Laboratory and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust to offer Washington County Discover STEM, a new multi-site science enrichment program at the EdGE after-school programs in Milbridge, Harrington, and Addison. In December, Dr. Elisabeth Marnik, MDI Bio Lab’s Director of Science Education & Outreach, started leading a rotating series of hands-on STEM sessions at EdGE after-school sites. The program aims to… (read more).
The Project ECHO Team at Dartmouth Health invites you to join our newest ECHO: Cannabis in Clinical Care ECHO: Addressing the Spectrum of Use, February 4th through April 15th, every other Wednesday from 12 — 1 pm. Changing state policies in the U.S. have made cannabis increasingly available for both recreational and therapeutic use. As a result, healthcare clinicians must often engage with health issues related to cannabis, including informed decision-making when patients request certification for therapeutic use, identification of harmful misuse or cannabis use disorder, avoidance of cannabis-medication interactions, and management of side effects of cannabis use, among others. This ECHO course will explore the changing societal context of cannabis use, the biologic properties of cannabis and its potential harms and benefits, and best practices in clinical management across the spectrum of cannabis-related health issues. Details and registration here. Download a flyer to share.
The Office of MaineCare Services is excited to announce that we are launching a new, partner-focused, quarterly newsletter, “MaineCare Connects.” The goal of the newsletter is to share partner-focused news, updates, resources, and more with interested parties. Anyone who is interested in receiving consistent communications about MaineCare and ways to engage is welcome to subscribe, including partners, providers, community-based organizations, and members. To subscribe, fill out this quick, one-minute survey. Please share this email and survey link with your network! You can expect to see the first edition of the newsletter in late January 2026. If you have any questions, please reach out to the MaineCare Communications Team at Communications.MaineCare@maine.gov.
Washington County is seeking a full time Public Health Nurse I – new grads welcome! Details and application here.
Daughterhood, the Podcast: Dealing with a narcissistic parent can be filled with guilt, anxiety and frustration. In this episode, clinical psychologist, author and caregiver Julia L. Mayer, PsyD, joins Rosanne for a thoughtful, compassionate conversation about recognizing narcissistic patterns, strategies to help, tending to your own well-being along the way and so much more. Stream anywhere you listen to your podcasts or Daughterhood.org under the podcast section. Listen now.