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The Community Employment
Services Project
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To Obtain Services
Employment Specialists know and work with local employers and resources. They use this knowledge of the community to help you reach your goals. To be eligible for services a person must:
- be receiving or be eligible for MaineCare Section 17 services and
- complete the Need For Change Scale.
Please contact your case manager or the employment specialist in your area to obtain additional information.
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The Community Employment Services Project, begun in January 2008, is a five-year grant awarded from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adult Mental Health Services. In July 2010, the Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services joined DHHS-OAMHS in its support to the project.
The primary aim of the project is to provide Supported Employment and Education services to individuals eligible for Section 17 MaineCare services (community integration) throughout the state of Maine. Seven Employment Specialists work in a mental health host agency located in each Community Service Network (CSN) throughout the state, and are supervised by one full time and one part time Project Coordinator. The goal of the project is to increase the rates of employment and education attainment for individuals with mental illness.
To find more information about the host agencies please go to the agency web sites listed below:
Aroostook Mental Health Center, Caribou
Charlotte White Center, Bangor/Dover-Foxcroft
Kennebec Behavorial Health, Augusta
Tri County Mental Health Services & Common Ties, Lewiston
Catholic Charities Support & Recovery Services, Portland
Counseling Services, Inc, Saco.
Umbrella Mental Health Services, Wiscasset
To find an Employment Specialist in the Community Service Network System in your area click here.
Please take this opportunity to check out an informative booklet "Is Work Missing From My LIfe?" . This is a useful booklet produced by Maine Medical Center's Vocational Services through a contract with the DHHS Office Adult Mental Health Services.
CSN Newletters
View success stories of Maine people who have reached their employment goals with our CSN Program Newsletters.
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