Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS) Lifespan Project Listening Sessions 

Sep 09, 2022

Please join the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS), Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), and Office of MaineCare Services (OMS) for a presentation and listening session on a proposed Lifespan Project for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).   

The proposed project will support several goals, many of which have been communicated as priorities by stakeholders, including: 

• Greater Flexibility to Address Changing Needs – The Lifespan project will consider the changing needs of this population, such as needs that change with age.  

• Improved Transition and In-Home Services – The Lifespan project will compliment current transition work (from childhood to adulthood) by including children starting at either 14 or 16 years (to be determined). In-home waiver supports, independent living skills, and employment services could begin early and continue seamlessly into adulthood.  

• Innovation – The Lifespan project will be a vehicle for innovations for families and waiver members, such as tiered shared living, enhanced medical and behavioral health supports, self-direction, innovative employment supports, and more independent living options. Technology and self-direction innovations offer alternative approaches that can be implemented despite workforce shortages.  

We are hosting 3 sessions with each of the focused participant groups. To promote active interaction, providers will be asked to only attend the provider specific sessions.  

Southern Maine (Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York): 

Individuals and Families/Guardians: September 20, 2022, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm 

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Providers: September 22, 2022, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm 

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Central Maine (Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford): 

Providers: September 27, 2022, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm 

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Individuals and Families/Guardians: September 29, 2022, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm 

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Northern Maine (Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington): 

Individuals and Families/Guardians: October 4, 2022, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm 

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Providers: October 6, 2022, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm 

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If you require accommodation, such as real time transcription and captioning (CART) or American Sign Language (ASL) or other language interpretation, please contact Miranda Whalen by September 13, 2022.