Early childhood mental health consultation services now available

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Are you an early childhood educator or family child care provider needing support with social, emotional, or behavioral needs in your program? Maine ECCP® can help! Consultants have immediate availability to serve individual children or licensed child care programs in Aroostook, Androscoggin, Kennebec and York county. Maine ECCP® is a no cost early childhood mental health consultation program available to licensed child care centers, licensed family child care providers, public schools, and afterschool programs who serve children 0-8 years old. ECCP® is an evidence-based consultation service designed to address the social-emotional needs of children age 0-8 in early care and education programs. ECCP® offers on-site strategies, support, staff training and education, and focused consultation to early care and education providers and families of young children to support children's emotional wellbeing and effectively manage challenging behavior. Services may be requested by families, Head Start programs, licensed child care centers, licensed family child care providers, public school educators, and afterschool programs. ECCP® is currently available in the following counties: Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Penobscot, Washington and York. ECCP® will be expanding statewide in early 2023. OCFS will release more information about ECCP® expansion as it becomes available. For more information and to find out how to make a referral, please see the attached brochure or visit the Maine ECCP® website to find the local ECCP® consultant in your area: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/support-for-families/child-care/early-childhood-consultation-partnership ME_ECCP_Brochure.pdf Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please visit subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by Maine Department of Health & Human Services. This email was sent to ooseims.archieves@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Maine Department of Health & Human Services · 109 Capitol St · Augusta, ME 04333