Maine Coalition for Housing and Quality Services
Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2021 12:00-2:00pm
In accordance with Governor Mills’ Executive Orders and to promote social distancing, all remote sites are temporarily closed until further notice. Meeting participants can connect to the meeting via Zoom in their homes or offices as applicable.
You can obtain the Zoom link by contacting Vickey Rand at least two hours prior to the start of the meeting at vickey@chomhousing.org.
Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2021 12:00-2:00pm
In accordance with Governor Mills’ Executive Orders and to promote social distancing, all remote sites are temporarily closed until further notice. Meeting participants can connect to the meeting via Zoom in their homes or offices as applicable.
You can obtain the Zoom link by contacting Vickey Rand at least two hours prior to the start of the meeting at vickey@chomhousing.org.
1. 12:00pm – Welcome
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. 12:05pm - Review agenda, review/accept minutes, introductions
3. 12:10pm – Featured Speakers: Frederick Murphy III, State & Federal Health Adviser, Market Place Insurance Agency, LLC. Topic: An overview of Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans (such as WellCare Maine), including the differences between the various insurance options. And, Laura Cordes, Executive Director, Maine Association for Community Service Providers (MACSP). Topic: 130th Legislature – Legislative agenda and priorities for the system of care for people with ID/DD.
4. 1:30pm - Brief Updates:
Next meeting: Monday, February 8, 2021, 12-2pm, via Zoom*. Featured Speakers and topics TBD.
Unless otherwise decided: All Coalition meetings are the second Monday of the month from 12-2pm.
(in 2021 the October meeting will be the 3rd Monday due to the holiday)
*Until further notice meetings will be held solely via Zoom.*
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. 12:05pm - Review agenda, review/accept minutes, introductions
3. 12:10pm – Featured Speakers: Frederick Murphy III, State & Federal Health Adviser, Market Place Insurance Agency, LLC. Topic: An overview of Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans (such as WellCare Maine), including the differences between the various insurance options. And, Laura Cordes, Executive Director, Maine Association for Community Service Providers (MACSP). Topic: 130th Legislature – Legislative agenda and priorities for the system of care for people with ID/DD.
4. 1:30pm - Brief Updates:
- Services:
- DHHS, Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) – Betsy Hopkins and Craig Peterson
- DHHS, Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) – Teresa Barrows and Amanda Hodgkins
- Special Education Update
- Southern Maine Advisory Council on Transition (SMACT) Update – Nancy Peavy
- Developmental Services Stakeholders Continuum of Care
- Advocacy - Disability Rights Maine (DRM) – Staci Converse
- 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, February 8, 2021, 12-2pm, via Zoom*. Featured Speakers and topics TBD.
Unless otherwise decided: All Coalition meetings are the second Monday of the month from 12-2pm.
(in 2021 the October meeting will be the 3rd Monday due to the holiday)
*Until further notice meetings will be held solely via Zoom.*
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.