Partnership in Action
Research, Updates, News, and MorePartnership Urges Maine’s Legislature to Act on Behalf of Workers
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. In response, we’ve asked the Legislature to intervene.
Working Groups Issue Phase One Reports
Between October and early December, the Partnership’s three working groups worked to produce recommendations for action.
The Future of Maine’s Care Workforce Planning Summit
Read the Culminating Report from this past event and learn how you can have an impact on this ongoing and growing crisis.
The Partnership Launches Its Second Report
Authored by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, the report, titled, Closing the Gap: Maine’s Direct Care Shortage and Solutions to Fix It, builds on MECEP’s previous work to support efforts by academics, advocates, consumers, state health officials, policymakers, and providers to address issues that impact our direct care system. By quantifying the current care gap, what it will take to address it, and the costs of inaction, we hope to bring these issues into greater focus and identify solutions.
Webinar: The High Cost of Undervaluing Direct Care Work
This 41 minute video does more than highlight the major findings of The Maine Center for Economic Policy’s study of the costs born by the state due to the extreme shortage of direct care and support workers: The High Cost of Undervaluing Direct Care Work.
The High Cost of Undervaluing Direct Care Work
In April of 2023, we contracted with The Maine Center for Economic Policy to study the costs born by the state due to the extreme shortage of direct care and support workers.