Because services are not adequately funded, there are some 200 vacant, hard-to-to fill positions.
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Maine DHHS is failing the children it is supposed to protect
Problems at Long Creek started with failures at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Maine Voices: We need to support the most vulnerable people in our state – those with mental illness
An important program is targeted for severe cuts in reimbursement as a result of DHHS reviews.
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State can’t be sued for selling property, euthanizing cat of man in its care, Maine’s top court rules
William Dean died before the conclusion of his four-year case, but now his attorney wants legislation to make the state accountable when ‘the duty of care is so grossly breached.’
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Report on Riverview Psychiatic Center calls for fast action
Former Chief Justice Daniel Wathen, who oversees a court decree applying to the state-owned psychiatric center, writes that progress has been made, but says the need for more space is ‘evident and urgent.’