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2024
Maine
Resiliency
Package
For Mental Health Action
Why Now?
In the last few months Maine has undergone crises that
have highlighted the high and increasing need for
mental health services across our state.
Much of the need is found in the gaps and under

resourcing of current services, and then there are
several new initiatives that must be passed and funded.
Time For Action

We urge the Governor and the Legislature
fund a Maine Resiliency package of bills as
an action plan to provide timely and
appropriate access to quality mental
services across Maine.
Alliance Contact: Malory Shaughnessy

[email protected] / 207.242.0303
Collaborative Contact: Betsy Sweet
[email protected] / 207.441.3060
These bills below already passed with unanimous
support & need to be taken from the AFA Table & put
into the budget now.
EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES

THROUGH WORKFORCE
Approx. INVESTMENTS
$2.4M • LD 632, to amend the Social Work Education Loan
Program to invest in getting more clinicians into the
field ($500K p/yr)
• LD 997, to reduce workforce barriers for mental health
professionals in Maine ($920K p/yr)
• LD 1506, to convene a stakeholder group to study the
training and recruitment of behavioral health
professionals ($450k)
• LD 1718, to encourage participation in Maine’s essential
support workforce through access to higher education
($500K p/yr)
FILL IN GAPS IN THE MENTAL

HEALTH CARE CONTINUUM FOR
SPECIAL POPULATIONS
• LD 539, to direct the department to include counseling for
Approx.
substance use disorder in rehabilitative services for $5M
MaineCare members who have sustained an acquired
brain injury, which in many cases is the outcome from
surviving an overdose ($500K p/yr)
• LD 840, to develop support services for individuals with
emotional dysregulation disorders that often escalate into
crisis ($1.8M p/yr)
• LD 907, to better meet the needs of those with severe and
persistent mental illness ($100K p/yr)
• LD 1178, to reduce barriers to recovery from addiction by
expanding eligibility for Targeted Case Management
services to all who are receiving treatment for substance
use disorder ($2M p/yr)
• LD 1236, to increase the provision of children’s mental
health services in rural areas of Maine ($500K p/yr)
Approx. SUPPORT BEST PRACTICE
$3M MODELS OF CARE
• LD 472, to provide bridge funding for the Certified
Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model of
care, that not only provides comprehensive mental
health and substance use services, but also are a
resource for trauma-informed care ($2M one-time
funds)
• LD 1305, to resolve to design and implement a
community-based model of care that addresses the
acute mental health needs of adolescents with
co-occurring disorders and upon discharge from a
residential substance use treatment facility ($1.5M
one-time funds).
We urge passage & funding of

these new initiatives of
evidence-based practices and
preventive supports for youth:
• LD 435, to ensure the provision of medically necessary
behavioral health care services for children in their homes
and communities (minimal cost)
• LD 2002, to provide incentives to schools that contract for
certain social work and family therapy services ($1.3M p/yr)
• LD 2083 - A Resolve to Ensure Timely Access and
Medication Management Across the State. For many,
medical management of mental health medications is the
foundation for their successful integration into their
communities and workplaces (minimal cost)
ENHANCE MOBILE CRISIS
RESPONSE
LR 3025 - Invest in more mobile crisis response
units and fund a hundred new community crisis
workers that are supervised and supported by
community based mental health agencies,
creating a crisis system available for all Mainers
24/7/365 that is funded on a cost reimbursement
basis.
EXPAND THE NUMBER &

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF
RECEIVING CENTERS
Receiving centers (formerly know as the living room
model) are physical locations that are open 24/7 and are
places where Law Enforcement, EMT's, families and
individuals themselves can take people who are in
mental health or SUD crisis. At the center they receive
medical attention, mental health support, peer support,
safe over night accommodation if necessary, and are
triaged into appropriate ongoing services. Currently we
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have one in Portland and one scheduled for Kennebec
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County. We believe that 6 additional centers are needed
around the state.

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2024

Much of the need is found in the gaps and under

Time For Action

Alliance Contact: Malory Shaughnessy

EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES

FILL IN GAPS IN THE MENTAL

We urge passage & funding of

EXPAND THE NUMBER &

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