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5.__Coordinated service delivery.__Coordinate the delivery of
residential and community-based children's services among the
departments;

 
6.__Assessment.__Assess resource capacity and allocations;

 
7.__Policy and program review.__Improve policies and programs
through the review of specific case examples; and

 
8.__Communication.__Broadly communicate the work of the
cabinet.

 
§19133.__Program implementation and oversight

 
The cabinet shall initiate, implement and oversee programs,
policies and services consistent with the purposes of this
chapter, which may include but are not limited to:

 
1.__Communities for Children.__Supporting a collaborative
effort between communities and State Government, known as
Communities for Children, to effectively address problems facing
the State's children and families by mobilizing the resources of
State Government with resources and leadership at the community
level;

 
2.__Effectiveness indicators.__Identifying indicators to
measure child well-being to be used by Maine policy makers;

 
3.__Safe homes.__Working to ensure that all children have a
safe and permanent home;

 
4.__Civil and caring school environments.__Providing civil and
caring school environments in which violence is eliminated and
the health needs of students are provided for;

 
5.__Supportive communities.__Focusing community members and
resources to support goal-setting, counseling and mentoring for
every child;

 
6.__Reducing suicide.__Reducing the incidence of suicide among
Maine youth and improving access to appropriate prevention and
intervention services;

 
7.__Access to information and referral.__Ensuring easy access
to information and referral services regarding child and family
services;

 
8.__Service coordination.__Coordinating social services to
children and their families as an integrated whole and
facilitating access to all services needed by family members;


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