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Essential Support Workforce Advisory Committee


Goal

Examine and monitor staffing levels, make recommendations on recruitment and retention of essential care workers, including benefit cliff pilot project and data collection efforts.


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Committee Members

The advisory committee consists of 14 members each member was appointed and invited to the first meeting including:

  • Jaime Brave is the designee for the Commissioner of Health and Human Services
  • Dan Belyea from the Maine Community College System is representing an institution of higher education engaged in workforce development, and was appointed by the President of the Senate.
  • Representative Flavia DeBrito, Maine House of Representatives. Representative DeBrito was appointed by the Speaker of the Maine House.
  • Stephanie Capano Hatcher from Northeast Residential Services is an essential support worker, and was appointed by the Speaker of the House.
  • Donald Dufour from Tri County Mental Health Services is representing an organization providing services to persons with behavioral health challenges who is a member of a statewide association of providers of services to persons with behavioral health challenges, and appointed by the Speaker of the House.
  • Jess Maurer (Chair) from the Maine Council on Aging is representing a statewide advocacy association that broadly advocates for people who are entitled to receive essential support worker services, and was appointed by the Speaker of the House.
  • Nicole Marchesi from the Maine Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is representing the long-term care ombudsman program established
    under Title 22, section 5106, subsection 11-C and Title 22, section 5107-A.
  • Kim Moore is the designee for the Commissioner of Labor.
  • Senator Tim Nangle, Maine State Senate. Senator Nangle was appointed by the President of Senate.
  • Tom Newman from Alpha One  is representing an organization promoting independent living for persons with disabilities, and was appointed by the Speaker of the House.
  • Gloria Noyes from Westbrook CTE is representing a career and technical education center or region, and was appointed by the Speaker of the House.
  • Kristin Overton (Vice-Chair), of SKILLS, Inc is representing an organization providing services to persons with intellectual disabilities and autism who is a member of a statewide association of providers of services to persons with intellectual disabilities and autism, and was appointed by the President of the Senate.
  • Mary Jane Richards from North County Associates is representing a facility-based long-term care provider who is a member of a statewide association of facility-based long-term care providers, and was appointed by the President of the Senate.
  • Betsy Sawyer-Manter from Seniors Plus is representing a service coordination agency for people receiving homebased and community-based long-term care, and was appointed by the President of the Senate.
  • Michael Smith from Catholic Charities Maine is representing an organization providing statewide homemaker services through a state-funded, independent, support service program, and was appointed by the President of the Senate.
  • Bev Uhlenhake from the Maine Association of Personal Care Agencies (MAPCA) is representing an organization personal care agency and was appointed by the Speaker of the House.

Meeting Information

Meeting Schedule

There are no meetings scheduled at this time.

Meeting Recordings

Yearly Committee Reports


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