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.

We are appreciative of the guidance and leadership provided to Maine Marks by the following individuals:

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