by Brenda Peluso | Mar 31, 2025 | News & Events
Members of the Partnership are meeting with legislative leadership this week to urge them to prioritize the restoration of COLAs and reject language that destroys the progress we’ve made on our MaineCare Rate Setting System. We have also collected signatures...
by Brenda Peluso | Mar 27, 2025 | News & Events
While the Partnership continues to fight for at least the status quo in the midst of the unraveling budget situation in the State House, the Working Groups are looking to the future by picking up their Phase Two Work. As we reported in our January 10th post, Maine...
by Brenda Peluso | Mar 15, 2025 | News & Events, Take Action
UPDATED MARCH 15, 2025 Going into this legislative session, The Partnership was working to build on the progress it has made over the past few years. Unfortunately, we have been spending the first months of this session fighting to hold the gains we have made. We...
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...
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...
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...
