Disability Services

Locations closest to Greater Franklin County:

Waterville: 74 Drummond Ave, Waterville, ME. 04901

207-680-2167

Contact Person: Kristen Kimball

Email: kimball@alliesinc.com

Skowhegan: 151 North Ave, Ste 2, Skowhegan, ME. 04976

Contact Person: Karena Aveau

Phone: 1-207-474-0052

Email: aveau@alliesinc.com

Augusta: 12 Shuman Ave, Suite 17, Augusta, ME. 04330

Contact Person: Tammy Long

Phone: 1-207-622-1469

Email: long@alliesinc.com

ALLIES Inc. works in close partnership with area employers as well as with its funding agencies, which includes the Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Maine Care, Medicare and the U.S. Department of Education.

CLIENT SERVICES

Testing and Assessment

Assistance with finding employment

Assistance with interviews

Help creating resumes and applications

Connect you with other service providers

Case management and community support

Therapy Services

Help in finding housing

Help with SSI and SSDI

EMPLOYERS SERVICES

Screening of candidates

Access to services each as on-the-job training and Trial Work Experience(TWE).

Information about programs and resources on ADA.

Information on job applications and tax benifits regarding the hire of people with disabilities

A reliable place to refer clients for employment, community support and therapy.

Alpha One annually assists more than 4,000 people of all ages, including children and the elderly, with a range of disabilities: mobility impairments, traumatic brain injury, deafness, blindness, other vision and hearing impairments, developmental disabilities, mental illness, mental retardation, and AIDS.

For more than two decades, Alpha One has been responsive to the needs of individuals with disabilities, initiating, advocating for, and implementing systems change to overcome the barriers that prevent people with disabilities from living independently.

Accessing community resources

Meal Planning

Anger Management

Cooking

Making/Keeping Appointments

Cooking

Meal Planning

Shopping

Care of pets

Safety Procedures

Leisure Activities

Education programs for families, the public, health care and long term care professionals. Safe return jewelry: designed to return to safety, individuals who wander because of Alzheimer’s disease. Advocacy for improved public policy affecting people with Alzheimer’s. Community outreach programs for civic groups, law enforcement, clergy and the public. Research into the cause, prevention, treatment and cure of Alzheimer’s disease.

Located in Farmington, Maine.

284 Main Street - Suite 390, Wilton, ME 04294

(207)645-5304 or 1-866-397-3350 fax (207) 645-3277.

Children’s and Family Support program serves individuals with Mental Retardation and Autism up to the age of twenty-one (21).

Home health services are available for all ages.

Outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents, adults and families at our Wilton facility located in the historic Bass Building in downtown Wilton. The agency has 6 licensed therapists available to meet your mental health needs. No referral is necessary. Please call the office @ 645-5304 to initiate services. Scroll down to learn more about our therapists at Care & Comfort’s Wilton office.

In Home Support services (65M program) is available for children up to age 21 with a major mental health diagnosis who may require more extensive services. The program, available to MaineCare residents, provides individualized services in the home setting for youth and their families. Please call the office @ 645-5304 to initiate referral.

Habilitation program (Section 24). This program serves children up to age 21 with a diagnosis of Mental Retardation or Autism Spectrum Disorders and assists them in activities of daily living in order that they might remain in their homes. Please call the office @ 645-5304 to initiate referral.

Children’s case management. This service, available for high needs children and adolescents with a mental health diagnosis, provides families with targeted support and access to area resources. This program is available for MaineCare residents. There is no additional charge to clients for this service.

Home Health Services are provided in home to assist clients with activities of daily living and nursing services. Home health care is staffed by Registered Nurses ( RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Personal Support Specialists (PSS). Please call the office @ 645-5304 to initiate referral.

Home Modification Specialists of Maine offers services to help clients maintain more independence and meet the needs of family members. Available services include installation of adaptive aids such as ramps, grab bars etc., repairs, remodeling, painting, yard work and more.

About our therapists:

Melissa Catlin, LCSW provides adolescent, adult individual and couples’ outpatient therapy. Melissa has over 10 years of experience in the outpatient setting and specializes in work with trauma, anxiety and depression and facilitates Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) groups.

Corey Walmer, LCSW works with all ages with an emphasis on child, adolescent and family needs. She utilizes a variety of approaches including play therapy, cognitive behavioral as well as narrative therapy. She also facilitates Dialectical Behavioral Therapy groups (DBT). She is a member of the National Association for Play Therapy.

Stuart Beddie, LCPC, NCC has over 12 years experience in clinical work with children, adolescents and families dealing with severe emotional and behavioral issues. He specializes in treatment of sexual trauma and sexually aggressive behaviors.

Matthew Deming, LCSW works with all ages and the full spectrum of individual (child, adolescent and adult) and family needs. In addition to carrying an outpatient caseload, Matthew is the Clinical Team Leader for the Waterville and Wilton offices.

Marilyn McKay, LCSW has 28 years of experience as a therapist. She works with all ages. Areas of special interest include adolescents, hypnotherapy, women’s issues, death and dying, AIDS and Gay/Lesbian issues.

Steve Brod, LCSW works with individuals of all ages as well as families and couples. Steve has advanced training in family therapy, crisis stabilization, sexual dysfunction, supervision, trauma debriefing and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

About Care & Comfort

Care & Comfort is a small, family-owned agency with offices in Waterville, Bangor, Presque Isle, Wilton and Machias. The agency, founded in 1992 by Sue Giguere, was awarded the honor of Small Business of the Year in Maine in 2006.

In home support:

Community Correctional Alternatives staff teaches clients how to reach their goals for independent living. Each client gets help with addressing basic daily living skills such as good oral hygiene, cooking, cleaning and making healthy lifestyle choices. Staff will also provide observation and will document all of the medications that are taken by the client.

Skills Development Services:

Trained staff will provide services that can train clients to increase their levels of independency in the community by providing money management skills, medication support, use of public transit, and an opportunity to participate in educational, social or vocational activities.

For more information or to make a referral contact Meloney Richmond at (207) 778-5600.

Correctional Services:

Community Correctional Alternatives offers services to individuals who have been convicted of a crime and are in the Franklin County Correctional Facility. Individuals are provided a case manager, and a first place to go to when they are having a mental health crisis while in jail.

For more information contact Jamie Meader, Director of Jail Services or Goyo Stinchfield at (207) 778-3032.

Therapeutic Group:

An anger management group that is offered to individuals who are experiencing control issues, using the principles of psychosocial education. The teacher addresses strategies for coping with stressful situations that can trigger their emotions and make that person lose control.

Case Management:

Community Correctional Alternative's Case Management assists clients with identifying and obtaining needed services. Community Correctional Alternative's goals are to provide stability that the clients need in order to develop healthy patterns and habits in their lives.

The Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired has many services that could help.

Services:

Education services for children,

Vocational rehabilitation,

Orientation and mobility training

Rehabilitation teaching training,

Real estate tax exemption,

Financial assistance,

and Library services for the handicapped.

Some services Disability Rights Center's provides are:

Information about rights and service systems,

Referrals to appropriate services,

Representation of individuals at meetings and hearings,

Legal representation of individuals or groups,

Training on rights and advocacy skills,

and Working towards broad systems change.

ESM provides children’s behavioral services for children ages 4-20 years old, in the family’s home.

Call the office for a referral over the phone, fax, or mail you a referral.

Franklin County Child Development Services screens, evaluates, and provides services for children with disabilities, aged birth through 5.

Services include:

Developmental screenings (in-office), evaluations, special, service coordination to support the family and monitor the child’s progress, transition planning and assistance with public school entry, family focused approach in serving children with disabilities and their families, on-site speech and language therapy, and on-site contracted psychological testing and consultation.

Special Education Services:

For eligible children aged three-five, special education services are Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) and are provided at no cost to the family.

Services include:

Audiology, developmental therapy/special instruction, family training, medical services (limited to diagnostic and evaluative purposes), occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, speech therapy and transportation.

For eligible children age birth through two, early intervention services are provided at no cost to the family or on a sliding fee scale. These services include Free and Appropriate Education services plus the following:

Service coordination, vision services, and nutrition services.

Franklin County Child Development Services may also serve children who have significant delays in the following areas of development:

Cognitive, physical fine motor skills, gross motor skills, speech, language, social/emotional, adaptive, vision, hearing or other chronic health needs.

If you do not have a doctor, we will help you choose one that participates in this program.

FHA will assign a Personal Health Advocate who will help with healthcare needs and also refer you to other available community resources.

Services are based on a sliding-fee scale, and free self-help information is provided. FHA offers a free ScoreHealth screening for cholesterol, blood pressure, and heart risk factors, and for prescription reimbursements of 50% of your cost up to $100 (maximum). FHA also assist with applications to patient assistance programs for free medications.

The resources of the Local Case Review Committee can be accessed after all other resources are exhausted. A family can apply directly and can be its own advocate or ask a representative from another agency that it is already connected with to be an advocate. The Local Case Review Committee may be able to provide an advocate to assist the family if necessary and if a volunteer is available.

Families applying through the Children’s Cabinet are encouraged to attend a review committee meeting whenever possible.

HEAR NOW also collects old, used, broken and no-longer-used hearing aids for recycling. To donate hearing aids, pack them in a small padded envelope or box and send them to the above address. All donations are tax deductible. Acknowledgment letters for any donation, including the donor’s name and address, will be sent within 6-8 weeks of receipt of the hearing aid(s) at HEAR NOW.

In addition, LEAP offers family support, part-time respite, personal supports, assisted living services, information, training and referral services. LEAP provides training and support for community integration, assistance with activities of daily living, independent living skills, and health care services.

LEAP presently serves over 50 People in Community & Residential Programs:

 Family Support, Information & Referrals – LEAP has provided information, counseling, resources and support to families and individuals seeking services and supports since its’ founding in 1980. LEAP continually serves on several teams of people seeking services.

 Our House – (opened in 1980) a fee for service Licensed Assisted Living Home on Anson Street in Farmington, which serves 4 people.

 Woodman Hill – (opened in 1982) a fee for service Licensed Assisted Living Home on Woodman Hill Road in Minot, which serves 4 people.

 Franklin Heights – (opened in 1984) a fee for service Licensed Assisted Living Home on Belcher Road in Farmington, which serves 4 people.

 Davis Road – (opened in 1987) a fee for service Licensed Assisted Living Facility on Davis Road in Farmington, which serves 3 people.

 Stinchfield Hill (Formerly B & K’s House) (opened in 1994 originally) – a fee for service Licensed Assisted Living Facility on the Stinchfield Hill Road in Chesterville and is licensed to support 3 people.

 Shared Living Supports - Started in 1997, supporting host families in Phillips, New Vineyard & North Jay.

 Oliver House - (opened in 1997) – a fee for service Licensed Assisted Living Facility on the Farmington Falls Road in Farmington which serves 4 people.

 Community Supports – personal supports and other individualized community based services, which began in 1997. This program supports people in their own homes or apartments from 5 hours to 168 hours each week. LEAP is presently providing these supports for 9 individuals. These supports are available across Franklin County.

 DREAM (Diversified Respite Enrichment Activities program) - a part-time weekend respite program, which began through a Tri-Valley United Way Grant in 1999 for children, teens and adults to participate in local & regional community resources and activities to build independence and gain access.

 Weld Road - (opened in the fall of 2002) a community home for two people under personal supports.

 Keep Road - (Supports began in December of 2002) a community apartment building with two apartments supporting 4 people.

 A & P’s House – (opened in November of 2003) community home for two people under personal supports in North Jay.

 Upper Street – (opened in December of 2004) a community home for two people under personal supports.

 Church Street – (opened in September of 2007) a community home for two people under personal supports on Church Street in Industry.

Support Hours: 24-hours-a-day.

organization that serves people in Maine who are deaf, late-deafened or

hard-of-hearing by providing resources, advocating for social equality,

and helping the general public to better understand and appreciate this

unique population.

MCD offers services in the following areas:

Civil Rights, Maine Relay Service Outreach, STD and HIV Education, Peer

Support Group, Telecommunications Equipment, Emergency Notification

System, information and referrals.

Kelley and some of his friends organized the National Grange (officially known as the Order of Patrons of Husbandry) as a fraternal group similar to the Masonic lodge. The early leaders were responsible for promoting cooperatives that had the potential of helping farmers economically. Effective lobbying efforts were undertaken early and this activity remains a bulwark of Grange service to rural America. Education of rural residents was championed by the early Grange and, due to Grange agitation, dramatic improvements were made in rural schools. The birth of the Extension Service, Rural Free Delivery, and the Farm Credit System were largely due to Grange lobbying. The Grange at all levels is strictly nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates for public office nor contribute to their campaigns.

At the national level, the Grange actively lobbies for causes that are in accord with organizational policy. All policy within the Grange originates at the local level and the organization remains as one of America's best examples of democratic grass-roots activism. The primary legislative objective of the Grange is to represent the views of rural residents and the agricultural community. These issues include public transit, farm programs, rural economic development, education, health and safety concerns and many others. Each year the policies are summarized and published in booklet form.

Early in its history Grange leaders realized that social interaction was especially important to rural residents. For nearly 130 years Grange halls have existed as community centers where residents gather for educational events, dances, potlucks, town meetings, political rallies and other meetings. Junior Grange, 4-H, FFA, scouting and Camp Fire groups have thrived because of Grange involvement and each year tens of thousands of Grange members participate in numerous community service projects.

A wide variety of social, leadership and educational opportunities for members of all ages have been made available throughout the organization' s long history. Members not only receive personal satisfaction from accomplishing something they enjoy, but they share in the greater reward of being an active part of an organized effort to bring people together for good times, constructive activities and honest, hard-working community building.

The National Grange Health Program promotes service, education, and understanding through Granges and the Deaf Community. The four levels of the Grange have committees for programs to raise money and provide services to the Grange and the Deaf Community. The Grange presents scholarships at the national, state, and local levels and supports Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, mainstreamed students, teachers of the deaf, and various agencies working with the Deaf Community.

The National Kidney Foundation of Maine has been working to grow within the communities of Maine. Over the past 2 years The NKFM has distributed over $110,000 in direct financial assistance to patients for food, medication, transportation, and utilities.

For campers, Pine Tree Camp is a highlight of their year. It gives them the opportunity to spend time with their friends in a setting that meets their unique needs. For families, Pine Tree Camp offers an extended period of greatly needed respite from caregiving.

Services Offered:

-LongTerm Care, ShortStay Care, Alzheimer's Dementia Care, Assisted Living, Rehabilitation Therapy, 24-hour skilled nursing, Dedicated physician leadership,

Attending physicians, Discharge planning/case mgmt., Nutritional needs management, Organized events, Cultural, educational, religious and social activities, Physical therapy, Speech therapy, Occupational therapy, Orthopedic rehabilitation

Amenities*:

Gardens, Courtyards, Beauty salon/barber services, Telephone, Television,

Cable, Private rooms available

*Additional charges may apply. Please note, charges may vary between units within the Center.