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...
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...
by Brenda Peluso | Jan 6, 2025 | News & Events, Reports & Research
Between October and early December, the Partnership’s three working groups worked to produce recommendations for action. These recommendations include potential legislation for introduction in the 132nd Maine Legislature as well as for internal considerations...
by Brenda Peluso | Aug 15, 2024 | News & Events, Reports & Research, Take Action
Maine’s Essential Care & Support Workforce Partnership gathered for the Future of Maine’s Care Workforce Planning Summit to generate the action steps needed to grow this workforce to meet Maine’s current and future demands. Maine’s lack of care and...
