Family Focus

05/15/2026

Witness how Water Street Early Learning honored Mother's Day. Muffins for mom!

05/08/2026

Honoring the unshakeable dedication and limitless passion of our exceptional educators during Teacher Appreciation Week at our Water Street location.

05/04/2026

This past Saturday, our Child Care Advisory Board hosted a Spring Clean-up day at our Water Street location! Thank you to everyone who came to help. It's great seeing our awesome community come together.

04/22/2026

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Governor Janet Mills visited a child care center in Brunswick on Wednesday to ceremonially sign the Apple Act, which will expand Maine's free school meals program.

The law provides almost $900,000 allocated from the general fund for a grant program to supply students in off-site public preschool programs with breakfast, lunch, and a snack.

Laura Larson, executive director at Family Focus Early Learning Center, said this bill will save her almost $15,000 a year to feed her 36 Pre-K students lunch.

✍️ 📷: Madi Smith

03/19/2026

Woodside SACC successfully hosted their second Family Game Night yesterday 3-18-26, which featured a highly engaging Bingo event with a substantial attendance.

03/18/2026

DREAM, DARE, DO! The NAA conference motto was heard loudly at this year's conference in Washington, D.C. Laura Larson, Family Focus Executive Director, along with Amanda Beaudette, the School-Age Director, were very proud to represent Maine school-age programs along with others who share the same passion for supporting youth. The days were filled with inspiring speakers and learning sessions.
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03/18/2026

Family Focus School-Age Director, Amanda Beaudette, and Executive Director, Laura Larson, were on Capitol Hill last Wednesday, 3-11-2026, in Washington, D.C., advocating with the Maine Afterschool Network to encourage increased funding for afterschool programs! They met with Senators Angus S. King and Susan Collins, along with other Maine youth program advocates.
They provided data, resources, and success stories of students whose lives have been impacted by youth programs and the valuable skills they have learned through after-school programming.
Have you called your representatives today to encourage them to continue to support funding for after-school programs? Let’s support the future of Maine youth through out-of-school time (OST) success together!

03/06/2026

Math, sharing, job responsibilities, cooperation, imagination and more…..at Williams-cone SACC this morning.

02/22/2026

Due to the incoming storm on 2/23, all Family Focus programs will be closed tomorrow. Please stay safe.

02/13/2026

Coffin school-age is preparing for Valentine's Day tomorrow. They possibly ate some conversation hearts for inspiration.