Since receiving funding this spring, our 2020 Direct Services Grantees have done exceptional work across Maine to meet new and increased needs for low-income Mainers while coping with numerous challenges. These pictures from the field offer a glimpse of how they’ve done it.
Fellowship Delayed: Due to the COVID pandemic, the Foundation has made the tough decision to delay recruitment for the next cohort of John T. Gorman Fellowship until 2021. An exact date will be shared in the future. During this time, we continue to reach out to and support our past Fellows, who are doing exceptional … Read more
On July 21, the John T. Gorman Foundation hosted a webinar on its recent policy brief, “The Two-Generation Approach: Recommendations for Bridging Practice and Policy in Maine.” Panelists included the brief’s author Sarah Griffen, Maine Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Commissioner Bethany Hamm, and Tracye Fortin, Director of Child and Family Services at … Read more
This May, the John T. Gorman Foundation awarded $700,000 to 43 nonprofits across Maine in its annual Direct Services Grant Program. These grants support efforts to meet immediate, basic needs for low-income Mainers. In this profile, we learn more about first-time grantee Cooking for Community, which is using an innovative approach to help the food insecure and a struggling food industry.
By Alexis Mann, Ph.D., Program Associate An important focus of the John T. Gorman Foundation’s efforts to improve the lives of low-income families in Maine is helping them achieve greater economic stability. One of the most effective ways to do so is ensuring that they have what they need to access – and advance … Read more
As the pandemic stretches on, the John T. Gorman Foundation directs grants to address emerging concerns about domestic violence, the safety of children and families, and the well-being of Maine’s tribal communities When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Maine this spring, the John T. Gorman Foundation quickly joined others in diverting resources to meet sudden … Read more
The two-generation approach is an innovative model for supporting the success of whole families by working with parents and their children simultaneously. Hosted by the John T. Gorman Foundation, this webinar covers a recent brief on two-generation practice and policy in Maine. The panelists – policy brief author and national two-generation expert Sarah Griffen, Maine … Read more
With important issues of race and inequality once again coming to the forefront, the John T. Gorman Foundation joins others in recognizing the systemic issues that people of color face, in Maine and across the country. We see evidence of these issues in our work every day – whether it’s alarming childhood lead poisoning rates … Read more
Grant funds go to 43 organizations working to help Mainers in all 16 counties From 2019, a nutrition educator and volunteers at grantee Healthy Community Coalition of Franklin County distribute free produce grown at one of its community gardens. Portland – The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded $700,000 to 43 nonprofits throughout Maine that … Read more
The John T. Gorman Foundation is providing a periodic roundup of news articles chronicling the emerging challenges of vulnerable Mainers during the pandemic, and highlight new resources and innovative practices that may be helpful to organizations, individuals, and communities working to address those challenges. NOTE: the resource items referenced below, and others, can be found … Read more
