Issues Development Subcommittee
This subcommittee is currently meeting online only via Zoom until further notice. Please check back for updates on when hybrid meeting options will begin!
This committee is responsible for creating issue statements and will include: conducting any necessary research on any given issue, follow up on each issue statement and managing timelines for responses to each statement. This group also reviews and finalizes issue statements from local councils and presents them to the Statewide Consumer Council for approval.
Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Anyone is welcome to attend!
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Action Alerts
- First Draft: MH Peer Center Request for Proposals (RFPs)DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday June 10th. Because of lack of information, RFPs are rejected, often causing centers to experience intense emotions attached to whether they receive an awarded contract and extensions due to delays in the contract process.
- Long Stays in Hospital Emergency Department (ED) HallwaysDEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday June 10th. Peers have reported to the CCSM that they have had long stays in the hallways at local emergency departments across Maine. There is a long and reoccurring history of this practice, and we know it can be done better!
- Final Draft: Lack of DLSS (Daily Living Support Services) for Those in Need of the Service in MaineWe support a broad definition of living quarters, DHHS clarification to providers who can access these services and we would like to see a wider array of agencies providing the continuum of care that includes daily living support and community rehabilitation services.
- Concept Draft: MH Peer Center RFPsDeadline to Respond: May 6, 2024. If we truly want a peer-written RFP, we need to do more for center managers and staff to build their capacity to write correctly what the State is requesting.
