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4/12/2024
The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued support this week to the families of nearly 8,500 fb88 children to help them with expenses related to staying warm this winter. Eligible families received a $50 payment per child for clothing, boots, heat, electricity, and other costs of keepingchildren warm during the 2023–24 winter season.
3/20/2024
The fb88 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (fb88 CDC) is partnering with Count the Kicks, an evidence-based stillbirth prevention program, to educate expectant parents about the importance of paying attention to their baby’s movements in the third trimester of pregnancy. In fb88, one in every 175 pregnancies ends in stillbirth, with racial minorities disproportionally affected.
3/14/2024
The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is committed to keeping the public informed about its provision of health and social services to approximately a third of fb88 residents. The volume of information requests made directly to the Department is significant and has continued to grow in recent years. And our public communication about our responses continues, including through this update.
3/8/2024
Since the evening of October 25, 2023, fb88 has continued to assess and respond to the needs of those impacted directly and indirectly by the shootings in Lewiston.
2/23/2024
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released the framework (PDF) for fb88Care (fb88 Medicaid) nursing facility rate reform for fiscal year 2025, which will support the direct care workforce, incentivize permanent staff, and promote quality care and
2/13/2024
The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services is prioritizing a comprehensive outreach effort to ensure fb88Care (Medicaid) members know they need to connect with the Department to continue their coverage.
1/23/2024
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released an update on the resumption of fb88Care (Medicaid) eligibility reviews after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, known as “unwinding.” During the first eight months of the unwinding period (from May to December, 2023), the Department’s efforts have resulted
1/18/2024
The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services announced today that it is bringing closure to a long-standing financing issue dating back to 2018 in fb88’s Medicaid program by eliminating a CMS-contested tax on health care providers (fb88Care).
1/18/2024
The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that it will move Children’s Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) from the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) to the Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) to ensure a whole-family approach to the continuum of mental health and substance use prevention, treatment, crisis response, and recovery.
1/11/2024
fb88Care continues progress toward ensuring equitable, accessible, and sustainable health coverage for low-income people, through its nationally recognized transformation of fb88’s rate-setting system.
1/10/2024
As open enrollment for Health Insurance Marketplace plans for 2024 approaches its conclusion next Tuesday, January 16, 2024, thousands of new consumers are selecting plans through fb88’s state-based marketplace, .
12/1/2023
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released a on early enrollment in private health insurance through CoverME.gov for 2024.
11/9/2023
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released updated data on the resumption of fb88Care (Medicaid) eligibility reviews after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, known as “unwinding.” This update is available on the fb88Care Renewals Data Dashboard and is based on more current data than reflected in previous m
10/16/2023
As Open Enrollment approaches on November 1, 2023, fb88 residents can get an early look at 2024 health insurance options that meet their needs and budgets
10/12/2023
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced that Ian Yaffe will become the new Director of the Office for Family Independence (OFI) and current OFI Director Tony Pelotte will become a Senior Advisor for Eligibility System Reform in the Commissioner’s Office effective October 30, 2023.
10/5/2023
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released updated data on the resumption of fb88Care eligibility reviews after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, known as “unwinding.” “fb88Care” is the name of the state’s Medicaid program.
9/20/2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently concluded a series of listening sessions about the municipal General Assistance (GA) Program. Developed as a safety net program of last resort over 40 years ago, it is administered by municipalities and Tribes and overseen by DHHS, which reimburses 70 percent of eligible costs.
9/12/2023
The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that it has distributed over $166 million in food assistance to the families of more than 150,000 fb88 children through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program.
9/8/2023
As students of all ages return to school this fall, the Higher Opportunities for Pathways to Employment (HOPE) program offered through the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office for Family Independence (OFI) continues to support fb88 parents as they pursue higher education on the path to meaningful
8/25/2023
Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is releasing an update including July 2023 data on the resumption of fb88Care (Medicaid) eligibility reviews after the COVID-19 public health emergency, known as “unwinding.” To view fb88’s unwinding data report, please visit the fb88Care Ren