The Little Birds Foundation
A nest for Seacoast NH & Southern ME families to find support and community.
The Little Birds Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high-quality childcare services and respite opportunities for families of children with special needs in southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire. The Little Birds Foundation offers families respite while ensuring their children are safely and compassionately supervised.
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What's Happening Around the Nest
A nonprofit public charity dedicated to providing high-quality childcare & respite for families with special needs children in NH & Southern ME.
At The Little Birds Foundation we have already started delivering care & are ready to screen more families! As we get started, our availability is largely daytime (between 9-3) and weekends. Are you a caregiver to a child you cannot leave with *just any* sitter? All of our sitters are experienced professionals in the field of special education, CPR-certified, background-checked and supervised by a master's level clinician. Please contact Julie at [email protected] for more information about our screening process. We want to help give families a break while doing what we love- caring for unique kids. 🐦⬛🐥🦜 Our reach is York County (ME), Rockingham County (NH) and Strafford County (NH).
We are so excited to announce our first drop-off event at @atozabilities in Eliot, ME! Please reach out to Julie at [email protected] for more information but here are some quick details:
🔹Care will be provided by trained staff with many years experience working in the field of special education including Ms Julie & Ms Taylar
🔹Ratios for child:adult care will be carefully determined based on the needs of our participants
🔹Rate is 60$/child for 3 hours. Pizza/snacks included but also welcome to pack your own food
🔹If we don't already know your child well, Julie will conduct a thorough screening to ensure we are prepared to support your child(ren)
❗️ You may have noticed that our website is not up-to-date since we transitioned to a nonprofit organization (working on this!) but we are a fully incorporated & insured nonprofit ready to start delivering care❗️
School refusal has been a problem for us for the past two years. While our public school has been amazing and accomodating, it's still exhausting and painful to fight our child to go to school every day. To hear about him struggling. Even when we know that school is the best thing for him, it weighs so heavily on our shoulders. As we gear up for another year, I am trying to be optimistic. Our child is excited. But how many days until he starts saying he hates school? Until the early morning battles begin? For now we will take it one day at a time. That's all we can do.
Congrats to the winner of our giveaway, Angel! Thank you for spreading the word about The Little Birds Foundation! And a very special thank you to Taylar at @atozabilities who dedicates her life to helping this community. In between running an inclusive preschool & sensory gym, sponsoring community events and organizing adaptive sports, this woman finds the time to put together this adorable basket of goodies. Did I mention she's on our Board of Directors? How lucky are we?!
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