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Governor’s Budget Repeals Legal Interpreting Fund

May 21, 2019 | News

Access to justice is vitally important. Without it, individuals are unable to have their voices heard, exercise their rights, challenge discrimination, or hold decision-makers accountable. For Mainers who are deaf[1], access to justice includes the elimination of...

DRM Opposes DHHS Proposal for 1115 Waiver

Mar 18, 2019 | Children's & Education Rights, Community Mental Health

Medicaid is a health insurance program that is funded jointly by states and the federal government. In Maine this program is known as MaineCare. This insurance provides health coverage to over 200,000 Mainers, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant...

Disability Rights Maine Complaints Lead to First Steps In Stopping the Criminalization of Mental Illness In the Lewiston-Auburn Area

Aug 30, 2018 | Mental Health Advocacy, Success Stories

Disability Rights Maine (DRM) is the federally-mandated and State-designated nonprofit agency tasked with protecting and advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilities in the State of Maine. DRM’s primary responsibilities include preventing and responding...

Bullying in Schools: Strategies for Effective Intervention

Aug 28, 2017 | Children's & Education Rights

When you think of bullying, you may picture a bigger student demanding lunch money from a smaller student at the back of a bus. Or, perhaps a demeaning comment made by one student about another’s clothing in a high school hallway. In reality, bullying is often...

After DRM Brings Suit, DHHS Agrees to Accommodation Process for Sec. 19 Recipients Affected by 40 Hour Cap

Jul 31, 2017 | Accessibility, Success Stories

MaineCare members who direct their own services under Section 19, the Adults with Disabilities Waiver, may be able to get some help staying in their own home as a result of a case brought by Disability Rights Maine (DRM). MaineCare members who receive Sec. 19 services...

April is Fair Housing Month!

Apr 18, 2017 | Community Inclusion

The Fair Housing Act was signed into law as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 on April 11, 1968. This Act is celebrated each April as Fair Housing Month. This law and its later amendments prohibit housing discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of...

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Governor’s Budget Repeals Legal Interpreting Fund

DRM Opposes DHHS Proposal for 1115 Waiver

Disability Rights Maine Complaints Lead to First Steps In Stopping the Criminalization of Mental Illness In the Lewiston-Auburn Area

Bullying in Schools: Strategies for Effective Intervention

After DRM Brings Suit, DHHS Agrees to Accommodation Process for Sec. 19 Recipients Affected by 40 Hour Cap

April is Fair Housing Month!

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