Task Forces and Work Groups

The Alliance participates in the following collaborative work groups and task forces that help to shape Maine’s Behavioral and Mental Health System:

Maine Opioid Prevention Workgroup
Substance Use Disorder Services Commission
MaineCare Advisory Committee
Office of Children and Family Services: Children’s Behavioral Health Stakeholder Group
Juvenile Justice System Assessment and Reinvestment Task Force
Opioid Task Force
Quality Improvement Council

Opioids: A continuing epidemic, within a pandemic

Sep 16, 2021

As COVID-19 captures the public’s attention, Maine’s battle with opioid addiction rages on. BY ROSE LUNDY | SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 Scott Knowles became a recovery coach after his own experience with substance use, which began when he was 11. He has been sober for three years and is working on a degree from Eastern Maine Community College. Photo…

Maine allows more time for required vaccinations as new COVID-19 cases nearly double

Sep 3, 2021

Enforcement will begin Oct. 29 rather than Oct. 1, to give health care workers more time to get fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the state reports the most new cases in a day since Jan. 22. Maine is giving health care workers nearly an extra month to get vaccinated against COVID-19, extending the deadline even as the…

Maine to pay addiction treatment providers more per patient

Sep 1, 2021

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Facilities that provide treatment for substance use disorder will be reimbursed at a higher rate for Medicaid patients they treat, Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday. Some $2.1 million set aside in the budget passed in July will go toward making the payments to a range of facilities, including detoxification providers…

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