Medical Homes in Maine
This page is designed to keep you informed about events and activities happening in Maine that will help improve access to medical homes for children with special health care needs (CSHCN).

Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that are a part of the mentorship network will have a "Promise to the State" which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to achieve and measure success for all CSHCN.

Maine Medical Home Team Contact:

Name: Toni Wall, CSHCN Director
Contact: Phone: 207-287-5350 | Email: toni.g.wall@maine.gov

Champions for Progress Center: State Incentive Award
Goal: to conduct a comprehensive survey of primary care practices for the enhancement of quality of care within the medical home.

For more information contact:
Toni G. Wall, CSHCN Director
Children and with Special Health Care Needs Program
Key Bank Plaza 7th Floor
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Phone: (207) 287-5350
Fax: (207) 287-5255
Email: Toni.G.Wall@maine.gov

Healthy Tommorrows Program for Children Grant 2003-2008
Collaborate for Kids
Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford, ME
Numerous studies have indicated that there is a lack of locally available, high quality mental health services for children with the state of Maine. Collaborate for Kids will develop collaborative relationships with local schools and state government to provide assessment services for children within York County who are experiencing mental health, developmental or behavioral issues and who would benefit from a more coordinated system of care, such as children in the foster care system. Assessment teams will conduct interdisciplinary assessments of the children to determine a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan.

For more information on the Healthy Tomorrows Grant Program www.aap.org/commpeds/htpcp/index.html For more information on this HTPCP project, please e-mail your name, address, telephone, and fax numbers with your specific request to healthyt@aap.org.

Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information on current state grants that are working on medical home initiatives. This includes the grant abstract as well as key contacts for the grant.

Healthy & Ready to Work Grant
Project Period: June 1, 2001 through May 31, 2005
Purpose: The Children with Special Health Needs (CSHN) Program, Division of Family Health, Bureau of Health, Maine Department of Human Services, and the University of Maine's Center for Community Inclusion, Maine's Center for Excellence in the Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service propose the Maine Works for Youth Project. Building on the successes and lessons learned from the Maine Adolescent Transition Partnership (MATP) the Maine Works for Youth Project in collaboration with University of Maine's Center for Community Inclusion, Eastern Maine Medical Center and parent advocacy and state and private agencies; and overseen by the CSHN Family Advisory Council (FAC) and the Youth Advisory Council (YAC), will work towards achievement of the six core outcome indicators of Achieving and Measuring Success for Children with Special Health Care Needs by 2010 advanced by MCHB through continuing and enhancing the statewide activities of the collaborative partnership developed in the MATP.
Web site: www.umaine.edu/cci/

Partners in the State
This section provides information on who in the state (individuals and agencies) are working together to create medical homes for children.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter: www.maineafp.org/

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter: E-mail: cleister@mainemed.com

Maine Works for Youth! Maine's Healthy & Ready to Work Initiative: www.umaine.edu/cci/

Title V CSHCN Program: www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/cshn/home.html

Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Title V and Children with Special Health Care Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent, coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote universal newborn hearing screening, develop effective tracking and follow-up as a part of the public health system, promote appropriate and timely diagnosis of the hearing loss, prompt enrollment in appropriate Early Intervention, link newborns to a medical home and strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to service access.

Name: Eleanor "Ellie" Mulcahy
Contact: Phone: 207-287-4623 | Fax: 207-287-5355
E-mail: Eleanor.A.Mulcahy@state.me.us

Early Intervention/Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C of IDEA) is a federal grant program that assists states in operating a comprehensive statewide program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their families.

Name: Laurie Bertulli, Part C & Section 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (207) 624-6660 | Fax: (207) 624-6661 | Email: laurie.bertulli@maine.gov
Web Site: www.maine.gov/education/speced/cds/index.htm

Section 619/ Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This program provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:

Name: Laurie Bertulli, Part C & Section 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (207) 624-6660 | Fax: (207) 624-6661 | Email: laurie.bertulli@maine.gov
Web Site: www.maine.gov/education/speced/index.htm

State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs in early childhood special education and early intervention programs for children with disabilities, assists in the development and implementation of policies that constitute a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies in achieving full participation, coordination, and cooperation for implementation of statewide system.

Name: Jean Eaton, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (207) 563-1411 | Fax: (207) 563-6312

Resources
State Waiver Information: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/08_WavMap.asp
Waivers are the result of a process that allows state Medicaid agencies to apply for and receive permission from HCFA to provide services not otherwise covered by Medicaid and/or to do so in ways not described by the Social Security Act. Most Medicaid managed care programs require Waivers. The Waivers, which can differ greatly, are known by their numbers (1115, 1119), or as home-and community-based, or as Katie Beckett Waivers.

Educational Initiatives
This section provides information on training initiatives on the medical home. Some states will discuss their outreach projects in relation to physicians, families, and the community.

No information is currently available for this category.

Screening Initiatives
This section provides information on surveillance and screening initiatives in the state.

State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs: genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources.htm

• State Newborn Screening Program Links
• State Genetics Program Links
• Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative Links
• Newborn Screening State Contact Fact Sheet

The Association for Retarded Citizen (Arc) Family Resource Guide http://www.thearc.org/familyguide/maine.doc
This guide is written for families raising children with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities. It tells families about benefits, supports and services in their state that might help their child.

State Resources on the Internet: www.medicalhomeinfo.org/states/index.html#res

Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive list, please let us know if you have additions for your state resource page. You can contact us at: medical home@aap.org.

http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/states/state /maine.html

Last Updated April 30, 2007