Blog
11/8/2024
Maine Launches TIME Project to Enhance ASL Interpreting Services Across the State
View the new TIME website which includes an announcement about the TIME Project needs assessment.
11/6/2024
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) recently published important new data in the scientific Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
10/10/2024
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) joined Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on September 27 for a panel discussion about building resilience through human connection.
8/7/2024
Maine's Medicaid program (MaineCare) is in the midst of significant changes that make it more important than ever to keep Maine people covered for health care.
5/28/2024
Reorganization strengthens child welfare operations and completes transition of Children’s Behavioral Health Services
5/16/2024
The Maine DHHS Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) announced today new child care reimbursement rates taking effect in July 2024 that will improve access to high-quality child care and early childhood learning for families across Maine.
5/9/2024
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) continues to make progress on key priorities and efforts to implement the numerous laws and initiatives advanced by the 131st Legislature as it approaches adjournment.
4/25/2024
Today marks six months since the tragedy in Lewiston on the evening of October 25, 2023.
4/23/2024
The supplemental budget passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Mills on Monday invests in a range of Maine Department of Health and Human Services programs and initiatives.
4/12/2024
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued support this week to the families of nearly 8,500 Maine 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 Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine 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 Maine, one in every 175 pregnancies ends in stillbirth, with racial minorities disproportionally affected.
3/14/2024
The Maine 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 Maine 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, Maine 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 Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released the framework (PDF) for MaineCare (Maine 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 Maine Department of Health and Human Services is prioritizing a comprehensive outreach effort to ensure MaineCare (Medicaid) members know they need to connect with the Department to continue their coverage.
1/23/2024
Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released an update on the resumption of MaineCare (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 Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced today that it is bringing closure to a long-standing financing issue dating back to 2018 in Maine’s Medicaid program by eliminating a CMS-contested tax on health care providers (MaineCare).
1/18/2024
The Maine 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
MaineCare continues progress toward ensuring equitable, accessible, and sustainable health coverage for low-income people, through its nationally recognized transformation of Maine’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 Maine’s state-based marketplace, CoverME.gov.