 Medical
Homes in Maine
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Maine that will help improve access
to medical homes for children with special health care needs
(CSHCN).
Click on a topic below to learn more about what's
going on in Maine
Click here for state funding opportunities
Medical Home Initiatives
This section
provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs.
States that are a part of the mentorship
network will have a "Promise to the State"
which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children
have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy
People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to
achieve and
measure
success for all CSHCN.
Maine
Medical Home Contact:
Name: Toni Wall, CSHCN Director
Contact: Phone: 207-287-5350 | Email:
toni.g.wall@maine.gov
Champions
for Progress Center: State Incentive Award
Goal: to conduct a comprehensive survey of primary
care practices for the enhancement of quality of care within
the medical home.
For more information contact:
Toni G. Wall, CSHCN Director
Children and with Special Health Care Needs Program
Key Bank Plaza 7th Floor
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Phone: (207) 287-5350
Fax: (207) 287-5255
Email: Toni.G.Wall@maine.gov
Healthy Tommorrows Program for
Children Grant 2003-2008
Collaborate for Kids
Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford, ME
Numerous studies have indicated that there is a lack of
locally available, high quality mental health services for
children with the state of Maine. Collaborate for Kids will
develop collaborative relationships with local schools and
state government to provide assessment services for children
within York County who are experiencing mental health, developmental
or behavioral issues and who would benefit from a more coordinated
system of care, such as children in the foster care system.
Assessment teams will conduct interdisciplinary assessments
of the children to determine a diagnosis and develop a treatment
plan.
For more information on the Healthy
Tomorrows Grant Program click
here. For
more information on this HTPCP project, please e-mail your
name, address, telephone, and fax numbers with your specific
request to healthyt@aap.org.
Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information
on current state grants that are working on medical home
initiatives. This includes the grant abstract as well as
key contacts for the grant.
Healthy & Ready to Work Grant: Abstract
Project Period: June 1, 2001 through May
31, 2005
Purpose: The Children with Special Health
Needs (CSHN) Program, Division of Family Health, Bureau
of Health, Maine Department of Human Services, and the University
of Maine's Center for Community Inclusion, Maine's Center
for Excellence in the Developmental Disabilities Education,
Research, and Service propose the Maine Works for Youth
Project. Building on the successes and lessons learned from
the Maine Adolescent Transition Partnership (MATP) the Maine
Works for Youth Project in collaboration with University
of Maine's Center for Community Inclusion, Eastern Maine
Medical Center and parent advocacy and state and private
agencies; and overseen by the CSHN Family Advisory Council
(FAC) and the Youth Advisory Council (YAC), will work towards
achievement of the six core outcome indicators of Achieving
and Measuring Success for Children with Special Health Care
Needs by 2010 advanced by MCHB through continuing and enhancing
the statewide activities of the collaborative partnership
developed in the MATP.
Web site:
www.umaine.edu/cci/
Partners in the State
This section provides information
on who in the state (individuals and agencies) are working
together to create medical homes for children.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.maineafp.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter:E-mail:
cleister@mainemed.com
Title V CSHCN Program: www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/cshn/home.html
Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest
Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring
the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents,
and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title
V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Title V and Children with Special Health Care
Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and
implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent,
coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million
U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical,
developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and
who also require health and related services of a type
or amount beyond that required by children generally.
Maine Works for Youth! Maine's Healthy &
Ready to Work Initiative: www.umaine.edu/cci/
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote
universal newborn hearing screening, develop effective tracking
and follow-up as a part of the public health system, promote
appropriate and timely diagnosis of the hearing loss, prompt
enrollment in appropriate Early Intervention,
link newborns to a medical home and strive to eliminate
geographic and financial barriers to service access.
Name: Eleanor "Ellie" Mulcahy
Contact: Phone: 207-287-4623 | Fax:
207-287-5355
E-mail: Eleanor.A.Mulcahy@state.me.us
Early Intervention/Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers
with Disabilities (Part C of IDEA) is a federal grant program
that assists states in operating a comprehensive statewide
program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers
with disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their
families.
Name: Laurie Bertulli, Part C &
Section 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (207) 624-6660 | Fax:
(207) 624-6661 | Email:
laurie.bertulli@maine.gov
Web Site: www.maine.gov/education/speced/cds/index.htm
Section 619/ Preschool Grants
Program of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA). This program provides free appropriate public
education (FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with
disabilities:
Name: Laurie Bertulli, Part C &
Section 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (207) 624-6660 | Fax:
(207) 624-6661 | Email:
laurie.bertulli@maine.gov
Web Site: www.maine.gov/education/speced/cds/index.htm
State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs
in early childhood special education and early intervention
programs for children with disabilities, assists in the
development and implementation of policies that constitute
a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies
in achieving full participation, coordination, and cooperation
for implementation of statewide system.
Name: Jean Eaton, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (207) 563-1411 | Fax:
(207) 563-6312
Resources
State Waiver Information: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/08_WavMap.asp
Waivers are the result of a process
that allows state Medicaid agencies to apply for and receive
permission from HCFA to provide services not otherwise covered
by Medicaid and/or to do so in ways not described by the
Social Security Act. Most Medicaid managed care programs
require Waivers. The Waivers, which can differ greatly,
are known by their numbers (1115, 1119), or as home-and
community-based, or as Katie Beckett Waivers.
Educational Initiatives
This section provides information
on training initiatives on the medical home. Some states
will discuss their outreach projects in relation to physicians,
families, and the community.
No information is currently available for this category.
Screening
Initiatives
This section provides information on surveillance
and screening initiatives in the state.
State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources.htm
- State Newborn Screening
Program Links
- State Genetics Program
Links
- Regional Genetics and
Newborn Screening
Collaborative Links
- Newborn Screening
State Contact Fact
Sheet
Autism Task Force Report
The MADSEC Autism Task Force will perform a detailed analysis
of methodologies with which
to educate children with autism. This analysis will focus
upon the scope and quality of scientific
research which objectively substantiates, or fails to substantiate,
each method’s effectiveness.
Based upon the research analysis, the MADSEC Autism Task
Force will make
recommendations for the consideration of decision makers
who are key to the intervention of
children with autism.
http://www.madsec.org/docs/ATFReport.pdf
Funding Opportunities
Partnership for Effective Nonprofits Offers Grant Program for Organizations in New Hampshire and Maine
Deadline: February 15 and July 14, 2006
The purpose of the Partnership for Effective Nonprofits, a joint initiative of the Foundation for Seacoast Health, the Piscataqua Region of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and the United Way of the Greater Seacoast, with additional support from the Fuller Foundation, is to coordinate resources to strengthen management and improve the sustainability of community-based nonprofit organizations in southeastern New Hampshire and southern York County, Maine.
For the 2006 program, proposals can be submitted online using the Greater Seacoast United Way electronic grant system. Complete details and links to the system will be posted at the PEN Web site by December 15, 2005.
See the Web site for complete program guidelines, including further information on geographic eligibility, and details on previously funded projects at: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5002100/partnership
State Resources on the Internet
Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted
by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive
list, please let us know if you have additions for your
state resource page. You can contact us at: medical
home@aap.org.
Last Updated
March 22, 2007
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