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Programs/Services
On this page:
Abuse, crisis, Hotline numbers
Adoption
Caregiver information
Child care
Child welfare
Cognitive & Physical Disabilities
- Children's Behavioral Health Services - Provides information and referrals for children to their 21st birthday with developmental disabilities/delays, mental retardation, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/autism and mental health disorders.
- Contact Information - Office locations and phone numbers for the Office of Adults with Cognitive and Physical Disability Services.
- Grievance Process - If you are not getting what you think you should or you don’t agree with what you are getting from Mental Retardation Services or your other providers.
- MaineCare Services and Benefits - Benefits
available to people with cognitive and physical disabilities.
- Resource Directory - Directory of Clinical/Ancillary, Day, Employment, and Residential services listed by Maine Counties
- Resources - Additional information outside of Maine's Department of Health and Human Services.
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Disease reporting
Education
Employment
Environmental Health
Food, money, housing
- 2-1-1
Maine
 - Statewide social services
- Assisted Living Facilities - A searchable listing of Assisted Living Facilities in Maine.
- Consumer
Credit Counseling Services of Maine - Provides the residents of Maine with financial counseling, debt repayment plans, and consumer education.
- Emergency Assistance - Providing benefits to families with children in emergency situations.
- Food Stamps - Helping low-income people buy food
- Homeless
Shelters
 - Maine homeless shelters with contact names and phone numbers.
- Housing Resources - Assisting persons with mental health issues in securing safe, decent, and affordable housing
- Maine
State Housing Authority - Assisting first-time homebuyers, home repair, rental housing, special needs, and the homeless.
- Maine
Subsidized Housing - Information for low income people in need of subsidized housing or emergency shelters; to renters; and to landlords.
- Nutrition for Older People in Maine - Congregate and Home Delivered meals, with links to Maine's Area Agencies on Aging.
- Property
Tax and Rent Refund - Eligible Maine residents can receive a partial refund of property taxes and/or rent paid on their primary residence.
- Public Assistance Application - Applications for foodstamps, TANF, PaS, MaineCare, Long-term care, request for assistance.
- Rights
of Tenants in Maine - An overview of Maine's landlord-tenant laws.
- Search for a senior dining site - A searchable listing of dining sites throughout the state.
- TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) - Provides temporary cash assistance, training, employment services and child care assistance.
- Women, Infants, and Children's Nutrition Program (WIC) - Free nutrition advice, tips for staying healthy, recipes, and resources for growing families.
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Foster care
- A
Family for ME - Help, support and information on adoption and foster care.
- Adoptive
and Foster Families of Maine - Providing support services for adoptive and foster parents and kinship providers.
- Foster Parenting - Department of Health and Human Services information about and links to information about adoptive and foster parenting.
- Levels of Care - A process for assessing the service needs of all Maine children currently in foster care and new children entering foster care.
- Maine
Caring Families - A therapeutic foster care program for certain children in the Department's custody.
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Guardianship
Health/Safety
- A Guide to Prescription Drugs in Maine
- Alzheimer's Information - Includes resources on related dementias.
- Asthma Control and Prevention
- Cardiovascular
Health - Providing health education to Maine residents.
- Caregiver Information - If you are providing care for a loved one, you are faced with an enormous amount of responsibility and work. Often there are no others there to help you, and you have little time to take care of your own needs. This page includes some resources which may be helpful.
- Carseat Check Locations - Using a child safety seat or safety belt the right way.
- Childhood Lead Program - Identifying and helping children with elevated blood lead levels.
- Children's Behavioral Health Services - Providing services to children with special needs, including developmental disabilities/delays, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/autism, substance abuse and mental health disorders.
- Children Behavioral Health Services Provider list - Includes contact information and the areas each agency serves.
- Children With Special Health Needs Program - Improving the health and well-being of children with special health needs.
- Community Health Centers - Providing medical services to people on a sliding fee scale.
- Coordinating
School Health Programs - Maine's School Health Program.
- Diabetes Prevention and Control
- Disease Specific Information
- Drug Company Patient Assistance Programs - Programs to help people who cannot afford the cost of their brand name prescription drugs.
- Eating Disorders Prevention and Treatment in Maine - Topics include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating.
- Fish and Game - Warnings on eating fish and game.
- Health
and Nutrition Advice from Maine's First Lady
- HIV, STD, and Viral Hepatitis - Data, disease reporting, forms, publications, care and prevention.
- HIV/AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) - Assisting qualified residents get HIV-related medications free of charge.
- Home Safety
- Immunization
Schedules - Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedules.
- Immunizations and Vaccines - Information about the types of child immunization and vaccination.
- Income Eligible Carseat Suppliers - Where to get a car seat, how to fit the car seat to the child and installation instructions.
- Influenza - Vaccine clinic information, surveillance reports, advisories
- Injury Prevention - Injury is the leading cause of death among our youngest citizens, accounting for
approximately 30% of all years of life lost before age 65.
- Katie Beckett Option - Katie Beckett is a MaineCare option for children with serious health conditions. It is one of the many ways your child can get MaineCare.
- Low Cost Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled - Eligibility and benefits.
- Lyme Disease
- Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program - An early detection program.
- Maine
Youth Suicide Prevention Program - Education, resources, and support.
- MaineCare benefits for members under 21 -
Answers to questions about: body changes; weight and eating habits; HIV, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases; alcohol and drug use; birth control information; signs of illness.
- MaineCare Services and Benefits for people with cognitive and physical disabilities
- Maine Rx Plus - Reducing the cost of prescription drugs for qualifying Mainers.
- Medicare Information - If you are 65 and over and receive Social Security Retirement or Railroad Retirement benefits you are eligible to receive Medicare to help pay certain medical expenses.
- Minority Health - Promoting health and wellness in Maine's racial and
ethnic minority communities.
- Oral Health
- Partnership
For A Tobacco-Free Maine (PTM) -
Creating an environment supportive of a tobacco-free life.
- Physical Activity and Nutrition Program - Working towards improving nutrition and increasing physical activity
- Prescription Drugs
- Sex
Offender Registry - Registered offenders currently within Maine.
- Teen and Young Adult Health Program -
Ensuring all adolescents have skills and access to services, information, and supports that promote healthy life choices
- Traffic Safety
- Tuberculosis - Surveillance of TB disease throughout the State.
- Water Testing - Order water test kits online, water test guides and applications
- West Nile Virus (arbovirus) - Advice on protection and treatment methods.
- Youth Gambling
- Youth Suicide Prevention - Reducing suicidal behavior among Maine youth.
- Youth Violence Prevention - Helping schools conduct conflict management, peer mediation, and bullying prevention programs.
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Independence
Insurance
Legal issues
- Adult Guardianship & Conservatorship - Questions and Answers - About the adult guardianship and conservatorship process.
- Aging: Taking Care of Business - Advance directives, durable power of attorney, guardianship & conservatorship, and more.
- Attorney
Generals Office - Services and information regarding your rights and responsibilities.
Includes information on:
- Guardianship - Questions & answers, contact information, list of probate courts, etc.
- Legal
Services for the Elderly - Providing free legal services to Maine's socially and economically needy elderly age 60 and over.
- Maine
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court -
Substance abuse, social services, and juvenile justice interventions.
- Maine Laws for People under 21 -
The law on furnishing liquor or imitation liquor to a minor, Maine liquor liability act, and financial implications.
- Maine
Laws Governing the Employment of Minors -
General information on Maine child labor laws.
- Minors
Work Permit -
The law on Minors obtaining a work permit.
- Pine
Tree Legal - Providing free legal services to low-income Maine people.
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Long-term Care
- Adult Day Services - Adult Day Services provide social and health services designed to meet individual needs. Services may include: meals; social, physical and educational activities; information and referral; assistance with personal care and activities of daily living; and health monitoring. Includes an Adult Day search site.
- Aging and Disability Resource Center - "One-stop-shops" to answer questions from older adults, or from any individuals with disabilities, about a wide range of in-home, community-based, and institutional services.
- Assisted Living Facilities - A searchable listing of Assisted Living Facilities in Maine.
- Financial Eligibility - If you can't afford to pay for medical care right now, MaineCare may make it possible for you to get the care that you need so that you can get healthy - and stay healthy. Some MaineCare services, such as nursing home care and in-home services require you to be both financially and medically (see above) eligible.
- Home Care: Where to Find It - Services and financial assistance available to help people stay at home.
- Long-term Care
- Medical Eligibility Assessment (MeCare) - A free assessment used to determine medical eligibility for a number of long-term care programs. (Note: the assessment is required of all people interested in entering a nursing home.)
- Nursing
Home Compare - A Medicare site with information on nursing homes that are Medicare or Medicaid certified.
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Mental Health
Phone Numbers
Substance Abuse/Drinking
Suicide
Vital Records
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