Maine Coalition for Housing and Quality Services
Meeting Agenda
September 9, 2019 12:00-2:00pm
***One City Center, Portland,** AND via Zoom at UCP of ME Elizabeth Levinson Center, Bangor 159 Hogan Road, (207) 941-2952; Uplift Inc., Gardiner 25 Winter Street, (207) 582-8021; John F. Murphy Homes, Auburn 800 Center Street, (207) 782-2726; Waban, Sanford, 5 Dunaway Drive, (207) 324-7955; Autism Society of Maine, Winthrop, 72B Main Street, (800) 273-5200; University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies Orono, Corbett Hall, Room 226, (207) 581-1384; Independence Association, Brunswick, 3 Industrial Pkwy, (207) 725-4371; Central Aroostook Association, Presque Isle, 25 Lombard Street, (207) 764-0134; Coastal Opportunities, Camden, 35 Limerock St, (207) 236-6008; Kittery Town Hall, Kittery, 200 Rogers Rd, (207) 451-7469, South Portland, 236 Gannet Drive, (207) 661-6721; Life Enrichment Advancing People (LEAP), Farmington, 313 Farmington Falls Road, (207) 778-3443.
Meeting Agenda
September 9, 2019 12:00-2:00pm
***One City Center, Portland,** AND via Zoom at UCP of ME Elizabeth Levinson Center, Bangor 159 Hogan Road, (207) 941-2952; Uplift Inc., Gardiner 25 Winter Street, (207) 582-8021; John F. Murphy Homes, Auburn 800 Center Street, (207) 782-2726; Waban, Sanford, 5 Dunaway Drive, (207) 324-7955; Autism Society of Maine, Winthrop, 72B Main Street, (800) 273-5200; University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies Orono, Corbett Hall, Room 226, (207) 581-1384; Independence Association, Brunswick, 3 Industrial Pkwy, (207) 725-4371; Central Aroostook Association, Presque Isle, 25 Lombard Street, (207) 764-0134; Coastal Opportunities, Camden, 35 Limerock St, (207) 236-6008; Kittery Town Hall, Kittery, 200 Rogers Rd, (207) 451-7469, South Portland, 236 Gannet Drive, (207) 661-6721; Life Enrichment Advancing People (LEAP), Farmington, 313 Farmington Falls Road, (207) 778-3443.
1. 12:00pm – Welcome, lunch, social networking -
The Coalition is designed to be an open and inclusive clearinghouse of information. All are welcome.
This meeting will continue a broad discussion, including context, of how we came to this crisis of current and impending waitlists for services and lack of affordable supportive housing in Maine, and what parents, relatives, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, advocates, service providers, DHHS, Special Education, and the experts on Transition can and are doing about it. The major focus will be information sharing and discussion about services that work, housing, transition, employment, the state and federal budgets, advocacy, and resources. This meeting will also focus on seeing through the implementation of a Continuum of Care and Blueprint for Effective Transition so that housing and service needs are met for everyone, and true community inclusion occurs.
2. 12:10pm - Review agenda, review/accept minutes, introductions
3. 12:15pm Featured Speakers: Todd Landry, Director, DHHS Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS). Topic: Update on Children’s Services, and discussion of Blueprint for Effective Transition.
4. 1:30pm - Brief Updates:
Next meeting: ***Monday, November 18, 2019***, 12-2pm, Burton Fisher Community Meeting Room, located on the First Floor of One City Center (food court area, next to City Deli), Portland. Featured Speaker: Derek Fales, Waiver Services Director, Developmental Disabilities and Brain Injury Services, DHHS-OADS. Topic: An update on Maine’s Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), including discussion on the provider self-assessment, FAQs, and OADS’ continued path forward to compliance.
***Please note that this is the third Monday of the month due to the holiday on the regular meeting date***
Unless otherwise decided: All Coalition meetings are the second Monday of the month from 12-2pm.
(in 2019 the October and November meetings are the 3rd Monday due to holidays)
The Maine Coalition for Housing and Quality Services provides equal opportunity for meeting participation. If you wish to attend but require an interpreter or other accommodation, please forward your request two weeks prior to the monthly meeting to vickey@chomhousing.org.
The Coalition is designed to be an open and inclusive clearinghouse of information. All are welcome.
This meeting will continue a broad discussion, including context, of how we came to this crisis of current and impending waitlists for services and lack of affordable supportive housing in Maine, and what parents, relatives, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, advocates, service providers, DHHS, Special Education, and the experts on Transition can and are doing about it. The major focus will be information sharing and discussion about services that work, housing, transition, employment, the state and federal budgets, advocacy, and resources. This meeting will also focus on seeing through the implementation of a Continuum of Care and Blueprint for Effective Transition so that housing and service needs are met for everyone, and true community inclusion occurs.
2. 12:10pm - Review agenda, review/accept minutes, introductions
3. 12:15pm Featured Speakers: Todd Landry, Director, DHHS Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS). Topic: Update on Children’s Services, and discussion of Blueprint for Effective Transition.
4. 1:30pm - Brief Updates:
- Services:
- DHHS, Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS)
- DHHS, Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS)
- Special Education Update
- Southern Maine Advisory Council on Transition (SMACT) Update – On hold until October
- Developmental Services Stakeholders Continuum of Care
- Advocacy - Disability Rights Maine (DRM)
- Housing and Federal Funding
- Federal funding update
- Section 8 Update
- HUD Section 811 Update
- State Legislature – MACSP and Legislators in attendance
- Other business:
- Coalition Website Update – www.maineparentcoalition.org
- Other updates, announcements, and Agenda for next Coalition meeting
Next meeting: ***Monday, November 18, 2019***, 12-2pm, Burton Fisher Community Meeting Room, located on the First Floor of One City Center (food court area, next to City Deli), Portland. Featured Speaker: Derek Fales, Waiver Services Director, Developmental Disabilities and Brain Injury Services, DHHS-OADS. Topic: An update on Maine’s Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), including discussion on the provider self-assessment, FAQs, and OADS’ continued path forward to compliance.
***Please note that this is the third Monday of the month due to the holiday on the regular meeting date***
Unless otherwise decided: All Coalition meetings are the second Monday of the month from 12-2pm.
(in 2019 the October and November meetings are the 3rd Monday due to holidays)
The Maine Coalition for Housing and Quality Services provides equal opportunity for meeting participation. If you wish to attend but require an interpreter or other accommodation, please forward your request two weeks prior to the monthly meeting to vickey@chomhousing.org.