Mainers for Tax Fairness coalition launched our efforts today to clean up our tax code, return balance to its impacts, and provide the funding to invest back into our state, our communities, and our people. Our people deserve the investment! We are thrilled to see this effort move forward and to participate in making these needed changes!! Please join us. Watch Here ... Read More ›
A coalition of 13 organizations sent a joint letter to members of the 130th Maine Legislature on Wednesday calling on them to raise $400 million in new annual revenue to spur Maine’s recovery from the pandemic and fund long-standing unmet needs in health care, childcare, education, housing, food security, local services and infrastructure.
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Children in crisis increasingly have no place to go, but help may be on the way
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Vision For An Equitable Maine Launched
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Alison Weiss Maine Equal Justice (207) 232-0859 or aweiss@mejp.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2021 Maine groups and community members share their “Vision for an Equitable Maine” and coordinate Day of Action to spotlight ways our “new normal” must be more equitable AUGUSTA – As Mainers anxiously wait for their vaccinations, and legislators work to craft a state budget to help Maine recover from the consequences of the pandemic, 50 ... Read More ›
Northern Light Health provides $10K for access to behavioral health resources
Many have suffered hardships in our communities and will continue to do so until the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. Northern Light Health is dedicated to supporting our communities by upholding our tradition of partnering with others to better serve and support Maine people in need. In the spirit of collaboration and in this time of extraordinary need, the statewide health delivery system made a $10,000 donation to the Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services, Maine (The Alliance). ... Read More ›
Portland Providers: Possible Cuts to Services Without State Help
Providers say mental health and substance-use services are even more critical during the pandemic, with more Mainers experiencing feelings of loneliness and isolation. (Chinnapong/Adobe Stock) December 8, 2020 Lily Bohlke, Public News Service - ME PORTLAND, Maine -- Some mental health and substance-use providers in Portland may need to cut down on services in the midst of the global pandemic after a ballot initiative passed in the city that requires employers to pay time-and-a-half in ... Read More ›
Alliance Joins Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce in Litigation Regarding New Portland Emergency Pay Increase
Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services, Maine Press Statement for immediate release 12.1.2020 Re: Portland Emergency Wage Provision Litigation Contact Malory Shaughnessy, Executive Director 207-242-0303, mshaughnessy@masap.org The Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services, Maine (the Alliance) is a statewide membership association for community behavioral health organizations providing services, programming and leadership to ensure that Mainers have full ... Read More ›
All Mainers need to join the struggle for stronger mental health care
Student’s mental health is put to the test while attending school during a pandemic in Maine. Photo by Antyna Gould Ellen Moon Opinion | September 21, 2020 Fighting for mental health services and support has turned into a global movement. In Maine, the state legislature has created many resources, laws and programs to support those affected by a variety of mental health disorders. From 2011 to 2015, the state of Maine’s annual average of mental health ... Read More ›
We can fight the opioid crisis by creating connections, opportunities and hope
People attended a candlelight vigil in Lincoln on as part of International Overdose Awareness Day activities in this Aug. 31, 2016, file photo. Credit: Nick Sambides Jr. / BDN The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Lee Umphrey is president and CEO of Eastern Maine Development Corp. Doug Dunbar is EMDC’s recovery and re-entry workforce ... Read More ›
Much work remains to tame Maine’s opioid epidemic
Lighted paper bags stand as memorials to those lost at a drug overdose victims' vigil in Portland's Monument Square on Aug. 31, 2015. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Gordon Smith is Maine’s first director of opioid response In her column published on International Overdose Awareness Day, ... Read More ›