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May is Mental Health Month. The month of recognition began in 1949 to raise awareness of mental health conditions and mental wellness for all. At Crossroads for Women, depression is a very common problem for clients. Here are some facts about depression and women in particular: About one in every eight women can expect to…
Our Residential Rehab program here at Crossroads for Women uses a lot of craft supplies – typical stuff like markers, scissors, colored paper, old magazines for collages, etc. Clients new in recovery often find the art projects our clinicians give them a new and creative way to sort through their thoughts and feelings, outside of…
Following is the text of the 2 minute testimony from Barbara Dacri, Crossroads for Women‘s executive director, to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs of the Maine Legislature. Barbara testified on 5/11/11 at the State House in Augusta, Maine in response to the governor’s new change package. The Maine Office of Substance…
Today, the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the policy committees of the Maine Legislature are holding public hearings in Room 228 of the State House on the Governor’s CHANGE PACKAGE to LD 1043. If passed, this change package will close both of Crossroads for Women’s residential facilities. We asked for your…
May 4, 2011 is the second annual World Give Day. The website defines the day as “one day a year to give to the causes you care about most.” Started by the founder of GiveForward, it’s a day where you are encouraged to give hugs, money, clothes, love…whatever inspires you. The point is to give.…