A bill before the Legislature would put roughly $1.2 million toward bolstering the state’s mental health system in the hopes of freeing county jails of the burden of caring for the state’s mentally ill.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Lawmakers to propose intervention centers for mental health emergencies
Sen. Cathy Breen and Rep. Charlotte Warren will present recommendations Monday from a mental health working group and urge support for a bill to create four regional mental health centers.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine police working together to defuse mental health crises
The evidence-based Crisis Intervention Team Program helps people access treatment and diverts them from the criminal justice system.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Too graphic’ TV ad could have eased moms’ minds
A commercial pulled from the Oscars broadcast showed postpartum life as it usually is. Why was that so scary to ABC?
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mental health care system continues to abandon the people who need it
This system has already deprived my father of a purposeful life. Now it has failed the clients of Shalom House.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Services sparse for Shalom House program’s former clients
The community integration program, cut because of reimbursement costs, forces 170 clients to find service elsewhere.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers urged to tackle mental health crisis in the state’s jails
A bill before the Legislature aims to ease the strain on the corrections system, including county jails, which increasingly house people with mental health issues who face criminal charges.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s time to house Maine people who are ill
Today, 30 percent of our resources are being spent on 1 percent of our population because they remain homeless.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Adding barriers to employment would hurt asylum seekers, Maine communities
Mainers who want to make it easier for newcomers to find work should comment on two proposed federal rule changes.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
New Medicaid patients strain Maine’s mental health services
The number of adults getting treatment has nearly doubled since the state expanded the health care program, and wait times are swelling.