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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the health department of Maine headquartered in Augusta, Maine, that provides public assistance, child and family welfare services, and oversees health policy and management. [1] It is the largest executive branch department in Maine, employing over 3,000 people. [1]
Augusta Mental Health Institute: Department of Health and Human Services Augusta Kennebec No Closed - Behavioral health Bridgton Hospital Central Maine Healthcare Bridgton: Cumberland: Yes Active: Calais Community Hospital Independent: Calais: Washington: Yes Active: Cary Medical Center Independent: Caribou: Aroostook: Yes Active: Central Maine ...
Augusta Mayor William Stokes also expressed concern over Augusta's bearing an unfair burden of mental health patients. [ 6 ] The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on October 2, 2013, that Riverview's Medicare Provider Agreement would be terminated, ending the roughly $20 million in federal funds the center receives a ...
Sep. 23—To the surprise of absolutely no one, Maine's system for indigent legal services is in crisis, without enough lawyers to cover cases, or money to attract more. The system has been headed ...
(The Center Square) – Maine will be required to expand community and home-based behavioral health services for youth under an agreement between the state and the U.S. Department of Justice that ...
Pine Tree Legal Assistance (PTLA) is a nonprofit agency that specializes in providing free civil legal services for the poor in Maine, United States. Based in Portland, Maine but operating statewide, PTLA opened in 1967. [1] It was led by Nan Heald from 1990 to 2022. [2]
Dirigo Health was created as part of Maine Public Law 469, also known as the Dirigo Health Reform Act. It was originally presented to the Maine Legislature by Governor John Baldacci in May 2003 and became law in June 2003. [4] [5] The law is a comprehensive reform of the state's health care system, addressing cost
The Maine Women's Lobby was founded in 1978 by nine women, including Patricia E. Ryan, Linda Smith Dyer, Lois Galgay Reckitt, and Janet T. Mills. [2] [3] During the 1978 Maine Legislative Session, the group worked to fund battered women’s shelters, but when the session concluded, there was no money appropriated for the shelters.