Partnership Members and Others Come Together to Push for the Reinstatement of MaineCare Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs)

by Brenda Peluso | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized

As covered in our previous post, “Partnership UrgesMaine’s Legislature to Act on Behalf of Workers,” the end of 2024, the Mills administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will not implement cost-of-living adjustments...

WGME: Maine Speaker proposes bill to boost wages for direct care workers

by Brenda Peluso | Jan 14, 2025 | News & Events

WGME, Channel 13 News Reporter, Anna Coon, caught up with Speaker Ryan Fecteau about one major provision in The Maine Essential Care & Support Workforce Enhancement Act he recently submitted. The piece focuses on Part 1 of the bill which would allow employers to...

PPH: Speaker of Maine House unveils bill to ease health care workforce shortage

by Brenda Peluso | Jan 13, 2025 | News & Events

In this Portland Press Herald article by Reporter, Joe Lawlor, Speaker Ryan Fecteau says, “It is no secret that there is a care gap in Maine that is keeping people from accessing direct care support. It’s increasingly challenging to find folks who are willing to step...

Speaker Fecteau Submits Bill to Address Maine’s Direct Care Workforce Shortage

by Brenda Peluso | Jan 10, 2025 | News & Events

The Maine Essential Care & Support Workforce Enhancement Act, submitted by Speaker Fecteau to the Revisor’s Office on January 9th, includes six (6) key provisions that will act together to ensure every person in Maine entitled to care or support services is...

Partnership Urges Maine’s Legislature to Act on Behalf of Workers

by Brenda Peluso | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized

On December 2, 2024, the Mills administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will not implement cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for the MaineCare program required by 22 M.R.S.A §3173-J and §7402. This action violates state law and the...