Introduction
Maine Marks is a project of the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet. The Cabinet was established in 1995 to oversee and coordinate delivery of services to children in Maine. It is composed of those State departments directly related to children and families and includes the Departments of Health and Human Services, Corrections, Education, Public Safety and Labor.
This 2007 update to Maine Marks, builds on work started in 1998 when 80 measures were created so government, citizens and interested groups could track the well-being of the state’s children, families and communities. Maine Marks provides at least three years of data on each measure so that trends in child well-being can be tracked over time. This edition highlights new indicators and lists some indicators for which data are no longer being collected. Measures are grouped in several ways so you can sort by Outcome or by the three Children’s Cabinet priority areas: Youth in Transition, Adverse Childhood Experiences/Resiliency or Early Childhood.
Development of Maine Marks is ongoing. For the 2007 Maine Marks update, the Children’s Cabinet added initiative-specific measures, each of which has an established relationship or opportunity for a partnership with three or more of the State departments. These new measures are specific to particular programs and not the general population. For example, in 2007, the number of people trained in Coordinated Transition, an outcome measure of the Keeping Maine Children Connected initiative, was added to Maine Marks. The 2007 update of Maine Marks therefore includes primary data sources from federal and state sources, e.g. census and survey data, as well as data from program initiatives at the state level.
The Children's Cabinet:
First Lady Karen Baldacci |
Chair, Children's Cabinet |
Susan Gendron, Commissioner |
Department of Education |
Brenda M. Harvey, Commissioner |
Department of Health and Human Services |
Martin Magnusson, Commissioner |
Department of Corrections |
Laura Fortman, Commissioner |
Department of Labor |
Anne H. Jordan, Commissioner |
Department of Public Safety |
| Patrick Ende, Senior Policy Advisor | Governor's Office |
| Karla Black, Senior Policy Advisor | Governor's Office |
| Mike Mahoney, Senior Policy Advisor | Governor's Office |
Children's Cabinet Executive Staff:
| James Beougher, Child and Family Services | Department of Health and Human Services |
| Valerie Seaberg, Special Projects | Department of Education |
| Barry Stoodley, Juvenile Services | Department of Corrections |
| Denise V. Lord, Legislative and Program Services | Department of Corrections |
| Jane L. Gilbert, OC | Department of Labor |
| Janet D. Richards, Special Projects | Department of Public Safety |
| Susan Savell | Communities for Children and Youth |
| Lauren Sterling | Children's Cabinet Staff |
| Leslie J. Rozeff | Muskie School of Public Service |
The Senior Staff:
Lauren Sterling |
Children's Cabinet Staff |
Bobbi Johnson, Holly Stover, Ansley Newton |
Chairs, Regional Children's Cabinet |
Renna Hegg |
Department of Corrections |
| Mary Lucia | Public Safety |
Joan Smyrski, Children's Behavioral Health Services |
Department of Health and Human Services |
David Stockford, Special Services |
Department of Education |
Mary Fran Gamage |
Department of Labor |
| Daniel R. Despard, Child Protection | Department of Health and Human Services |
Susan Savell |
Communities for Children and Youth, Children's Cabinet Staff |
| Dick Aronson, Maternal and Child Health | Department of Health and Human Services |
| Patti Woolley, Early Childhood Division | Department of Health and Human Services |
