Our Initiatives
Recovery Perspectives: A Conversation Between People in Recovery and Service Providers, July 2011
DVD developed and produced by CCSME with funding from the COSIG grant initiative awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Substance Abuse (OSA).
The Maine Suicide Prevention Program, July 2011 - June 2012
The MSPP is a statewide suicide prevention initiative led by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in collaboration with the Offices of Behavioral Health, the Office of Child and Family Services and the Office of Substance Abuse in the DHHS and the Departments of Education, Labor, Corrections and Public Safety. Beginning July 1, 2011, the MSPP training program is housed at the National Alliance on Mental Illness Maine Office (NAMI Maine) in Augusta and is being delivered through collaboration with the Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine and the Maine Primary Care Association.
Mentor ME, October 2010 - September 2012
The Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), in collaboration with My Sister’s Keeper (MSK), Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, and St. Joseph’s College of Maine, received a Second Chance Act Mentoring grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice to expand and enhance MSK’s mentoring ministry and to offer vocational services to women offenders at the Cumberland County Jail (CCJ) through Goodwill, in Portland, Maine. The two-year grant will support the Mentor ME program, serving 40 adult female offenders, through the expanded recruitment of mentors and the provision of vocational services. The goals of the Mentor ME program are to reduce recidivism rates among female offenders and to increase public safety. Through the development of healthy relationships, mentors can provide hope, guidance and support.
Advancing Health Reform: Collaborative Strategies to Strengthen the Understanding, Impact and Value of MaineCare for its Members, 2009
Nine month planning grant in collaboration with the Maine Health Access Foundation to develop strategies to support health for MaineCare members. Improving the Health of Maine People (PDF)
Expanding Recovery Medical Homes at Behavioral Health Centers, 2008-2009
Funded by Maine Health Access Foundation. One-year planning grant to expand medical and family/peer recovery services at behavioral health centers. Budget $47,534. Wrote/Project Director.
Advancing Health Reform: Collaborative Strategies to Strengthen the Understanding, Impact and Value of MaineCare for its Members, 2009
Nine-month planning grant in collaboration with the Maine Health Access Foundation to develop strategies to support health for MaineCare members.
Project Connect, 2008-2009
Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. One-year subcontract to Cumberland County Sheriff's Department to develop a strategic plan to enhance collaboration justice across the criminal justice and behavioral health systems. Abstract & Reports
The State of Maine Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant, 2005-2010
Subcontractor to the Office of Substance Abuse, Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Funded by SAMHSA. Provide statewide training, technical assistance, and project oversight. CCSME annual budget $265,000. Assisted with grant writing and development.
Kennebec Co-Occurring Court, 2005-2008
Institute for Quality Behavioral Health Care, 2004-2006
Funded by Maine Health Access Foundation. Implementation of four Centers of Excellence for Co-Occurring disorders across the State of Maine. Annual grant $100,000. Abstract & Reports
Two-year expansion project for skill development in motivational interviewing across the State of Maine, 2003-2005
Contract with Muskie Center for Learning with funds from the Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services.
Jail Diversion Project, Cumberland County Jail, 2002-2006
Subcontractor to Cumberland County. Funded by SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services. Total project annual budget $289, 958. Assisted in grant development and writing, training consultant, project partner.
One-year pilot project for skill development in motivational interviewing for case managers in Region 1, 2001-2002
Contract with Muskie Center for Learning with funds from the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services.
Community Action Grant, Creating a System Welcoming to Individuals with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, 2001-2002
Subcontractor to Office of Substance Abuse. Funded by SAMHSA. CCSME budget $70,000. Provided consultation and grant participation.
Partnership for the Transfer of Knowledge into Practice for CO-Occurring Recovery, 2001-2004
Funded by Mental Health Funding Collaborative. Curriculum development and implementation of statewide Train the Trainer program. Budget over 3 years $112, 000. Wrote and directed.
Recovery Stories, 2001
Training video developed and produced with NAMI Maine documenting five individual stories of COD recovery. Funded by Janssen Pharmaceutica Research Foundation and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Conference Knowledge Dissemination Grant - Maine Kids: The Way Life Should Be: Treating Adolescents with Co-Occurring Disorders, 2000
Two-day conference with on-site technical assistance. Project funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, and Region I Children Cabinet. Budget $70,000. Wrote and directed.
Intensive Training Initiatives on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Individuals with Substance Abuse and Relapse Prevention for Co-Occurring Disorders, 1997
Projects funded by Maine Office of Substance Abuse. Nine teams across the State of Maine trained and implemented DBT-S. Development of Relapse Prevention groups and monograph produced on Relapse Prevention for Co-Occurring Disorders. Annual budget $80,000. Wrote and directed.
Integrated Criminal Justice/Human Service Project, 1995
Project funded by the Maine Sheriff's Association Mental Health Initiative. Pre and post booking diversion planning and cross training. Annual budget $57,000. Wrote and directed.
Dual Disorders Service Integration and Reimburement Demonstration Project, 1993
Project funded by the Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Bingham Program. Project Director of the Collaborative and Enhanced Community Care Service component. Community umbrella for the implementation of Maine Medical Center's ACCESS (ACT) Team, the first integrated co-occurring ACT team in Maine providing services to individuals with substance use disorders and Axis I and/or Axis II disorder. Annual budget funded for 3 years $500,000. Assisted with writing, Project Partner.