The evidence-based Crisis Intervention Team Program helps people access treatment and diverts them from the criminal justice system.
mental health
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?
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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 inMaine, 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 inMaine, 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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Parents, this holiday season, give your children your presence
There is no more important gift than face-to-face time together, without phones or screens or social media.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: First of all, homeless need stable housing
The death of a Brunswick man shows the importance of a permanent, affordable place to live.