A holistic case management service for adults and children challenged with behavioral, physical, and emotional needs. Services offered at outpatient offices, a client’s home, or community setting, school, etc.

A holistic service intended to help adults 18 and older manage their behavioral health and physical health needs. Services are provided by a team of individuals comprised of Health Home Coordinators, a clinical team leader, a nurse, and a peer support specialist. The team provides case management to assist with accessing needed community services and resources, symptom management, wellness management for improved mental health/physical health, life-skills building, coordination with healthcare providers, and support from peers.

Services

• Care coordination
• Mental health peer recovery
• Medical overview to coordinate care of community integration services
• Case management to adults with severe mental illness

A holistic service intended to help children and families manage their behavioral health and emotional needs. Services are provided by a team of individuals comprised of a health home coordinator, a clinical team leader, a nurse, and a family support peer specialist. Targeted Case Management is designed to connect families with resources that will help them meet their goals and make sure the needs of the child are met. Case managers meet regularly with children and families in their homes to develop service plans, identify community resources and advocate for needed supports. They support families by attending school meetings, medical appointments, making referrals, and monitoring services as they progress.

Services

• Targeted case management
• Family support and education
• Care coordination of services with healthcare provider
• Peer support

Services available in Hancock and Washington counties. Community Care Team (CCT) provides support for individuals with chronic health conditions to meet their treatment and recovery goals, avoid repeated emergency room visits, hospital stays and multiple doctor appointments. Appropriate clients are those with multiple chronic conditions such as COPD, diabetes, and obesity and need assistance with health management like nutrition, weight, and quitting smoking. The team also offers advocacy, caregiver support, and referrals for various health, education, social, mental health, and substance use services. There are no fees for the service. 

Services

Our caring team serves eligible MaineCare adults and children and offers the following:

• In-home nurse visits and medication education
• Transitions from hospital to home or to a rehabilitation facility
• Education to help with healthy eating and weight management
• Individual and family caregiver support
• Referrals to other community resources as needed
• Transportation coordination as needed

Referrals

MaineCare eligible adult and children who receive services from one of the following medical centers may qualify for services. For a referral to the Community Care Team (CCT) program, please reach out directly to your healthcare provider.

• Bucksport Regional Health Center 207-469-7371
• Harrington Family Health Center 207-483-4502
• Eastport Medical Center 207-255-8290 or 207-853-6601
• St Croix Regional Family Medical Center 207-796-5503
• Regional Medical Center at Lubec 207-733-5541

Harvest Inn and Valley Mental Health Support Centers serve anyone in the community with a self-identified mental health and/or co-occurring substance use challenge. For a peer that is seeking recovery and wellness, each center provides a welcoming, nonjudgmental space for people who believe their mental health has been a challenge and where they can receive mutual support, community building services, and advocacy. Each center offers the following free services:

• Weekly support groups
• Wellness training
• Job readiness support
• Recovery workshops
• Group-based activities
• Common areas to socialize

What is Peer Support?

The centers are staffed by people who identify as “peers.” They complete 64-hours of intensive training to become Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialists, along with 20 hours of annual continuing education to maintain their skills. Peers use their personal stories and insight to support and encourage consumers to confront personal priorities and rebuild their sense of self and purpose. They focus on “what happened to you,” rather than “what’s wrong with you,” to build connections based on empathy and shared experience.

Peer support encompasses a range of activities and interactions between people who share similar experiences of being diagnosed with mental health and/or co-occurring substance use challenges. We offer many recovery-related groups, workbooks, reading materials, one-to-one peer counseling, and many other groups ranging from employment to wellness to music and social events.

Intentional Peer Support

Intentional peer support is a philosophy based on four tasks used to develop and maintain relationships. Through relationships, we think about help in a new way. Rather than focusing on what we do not want in our lives, we challenge one another to discover our hopes and dreams. Together we learn and grow and move towards what we want.

Four Tasks of Intentional Peer Support

• Building connection and understanding our worldview
• Redefining help as a co-learning and growing process
• Moving towards what we want, rather than away from what we do not want

Three Principles of Intentional Peer Support

• Learning vs. Helping
• Relationship vs. Individual
• Hope vs. Fear