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PublishedJuly 14, 2024
A 13-year-old Bingham girl has been stuck in the ER since Christmas. She just wants a place to call home.
Her parents, hospital officials, advocates and state officials want to find a placement, but there's no place else to go.
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PublishedJune 25, 2024
Opinion: DHHS must not bungle home health, direct-care rules
Maine can't afford to further weaken its tottering health care system. A strong and viable direct-care network is the foundation of that system.
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PublishedJune 23, 2024
A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.
Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
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PublishedJune 18, 2024
Maine urged to raise wages for home health aides, long-term care workers
The Maine Center for Economic Policy recommends that health support workers be paid at least 140% of minimum wage, or $19.80 per hour.
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PublishedMay 24, 2024
Mills appoints longtime deputy as acting commissioner of DHHS
Sara Gagné-Holmes, who has been number 2 at the Department of Health and Human Services for 5 years, has been named acting commissioner to replace Jeanne Lambrew.
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PublishedMay 7, 2024
Maine health and human services commissioner is stepping down
Jeanne Lambrew, who led the department through the COVID-19 pandemic, will begin a job at a Washington-based think tank and teach at Harvard University.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Settlement requires DHHS to reform use of psychotropic drugs given to foster children
The parties agreed to 3 critical reforms: an improved medical records system, creation of an informed consent process, and a psychiatric clinical review after the drugs are administered to children.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Father alleges former Maine DHHS caseworker sexually assaulted him
The federal lawsuit names Morgan Polky, who admitted to sexual misconduct with the father when the state revoked her social worker license in 2018.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
Maine fails to meet federal standards when returning at-risk children to their families, watchdog report says
OPEGA's report highlights another symptom of a child welfare system that suffers from high vacancies, heavy caseloads and a lack of community services for families struggling with mental health and substance use issues.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2024
Department veteran chosen to lead reforms of Maine’s child protection agency
Bobbi Johnson, a 30-year veteran in the state's child welfare office, will take over leadership of the agency after the former director resigned amid a legislative review of child deaths.
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