Events, Issues, Legislative Alerts, News & Projects

It’s Here! Peer Artwork Calendar + CCSM Online Store 

The History of Institutionalization in Maine. Part 1: The Promise and Failure of State Care (1820-1890)

A Guide to Getting Involved

Concept Draft: Importance of Mental Health Crisis Prevention

Final Draft: Decriminalizing Being Outside

2026 Hope Conference Call for Artwork

HAVE YOU APPLIED? Maine Can Work MailChimp

Second Draft: Decriminalizing Being Outside

Final Draft: A Need for Greater Employment Service Coordination Issues Statement

Hands Off Our Ballots: Protecting Voting Rights and Access in Maine 

New Episode! Our Voice of ME; Conversations with Artists, Part Three! 

Seeking Submissions: Peer Artwork Wall Calendar – Deadline 9/30 approaching!

First Draft: Decriminalizing Being Outside

Second Draft: A Need for Greater Employment Service Coordination Issues Statement

2025 Statewide Consumer Council Representatives & Local Council Officer Positions Elections Notice

First Draft: A Need for Greater Employment Service Coordination Issue Statement

Portland Press Op-Ed: Criminalizing homelessness in Maine will result in mass institutionalization

Concept Draft: A Need for Greater Employment Service Coordination Issue Statement

CCSM Quarterly Newsletter – Summer 2025 Edition

First Draft: Rest, Belongings, and Local Governance After Grants Pass v. Johnson

Upcoming Event! Shared Expressions: A Peer Art Celebration

Legislative Action Alert

Tell the Maine Delegation to Save Disability Advocacy

Introducing Hopeful Horizons

CCSM Quarterly Newsletter – Winter 2025 Edition

Legislative Action Alert

Concept Draft: Psychiatric Advance Directive

Second Draft: Bad Credit Affecting Utilities Accessibility

DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

Legislative Writing Group

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The Consumer Council System of Maine (CCSM) is an independent public instrumentality and provides a nonpartisan or nonbiased perspective on any topic we speak on. Our goal is to represent the voice of people with lived experience with mental health challenges in public policy and legislative matters.

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