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Mar 3, 2021
Under fb88’s age-based approach to vaccination eligibility, scores of older fb88rs most at risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19 are receiving vaccinations. As of March 17, 77 percent of fb88 residents age 70 and older and 49 percent of residents age 60 to 69 have received their first dose of vaccine.
Mar 3, 2021
The (DHS) recently announced that it will no longer defend the prior administration’s implementation of the 2019 public charge rule, which penalized eligible fb88rs for using benefits they are entitled to by law.
Feb 2, 2021
The fb88 DHHS Office of Child and Family Services today announced spending priorities for the additional $30.5 million in federal funds the State of fb88 has received to support children, families, and child care providers with affordable child care due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feb 2, 2021
The fb88 DHHS Office of Child and Family Services announced today that due to increased availability of BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, distribution of the rapid test kits will be expanded to the 1,726 licensed child care providers that have the capacity to serve 41,792 children.
Feb 2, 2021
fb88 has five fb88Care-funded Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver programs that provide flexible supports to older adults and individuals with disabilities to assist them in their daily lives and prevent admissions to nursing homes, intermediate care facilities and other institutional settings. As in other states, these programs operate under special permission from the federal agency that oversees Medicaid, which is why they are called “waiver” programs.
Feb 2, 2021
Starting today, some health coverage options are available again under a new for the COVID-19 public health emergency. fb88 people who qualify can enroll in or change Marketplace health insurance plans from February 15, 2021 through May 15, 2021.
Provides an opportunity to discover the broad range of peer support. As well as qualify for participation in the Peer Support Specialists Certification.
Peer Support may be something offered in your agency, or your community, do you know what its all about? Would you like to know the possibilities?
Find out about options for people you care about.
Intentional Peer Support is a relationship focused, problem solving, and strengths based, trauma-informed approach. With administrative support from the Muskie School, OBH has oversight of training and certification in Intentional Peer Support for individuals identifying as having lived experience with mental health challenges employed to offer support to others with mental health difficulties.
With administrative support from the Muskie School, OBH has oversight of training, continuing education, and Certification for frontline mental health workers. There are three types of certification: Community (MHRT/C), Residential (MHRT/I), and Crisis Service Provider (MHRT/CSP).
OBH offers a variety of trainings, workshops, conferences, fidelity monitoring, technical assistance, and administers two -certification programs. Below is a non-exhaustive sample.