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Maine Voices: System of care for Mainers with intellectual disabilities in tatters

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion November 15, 2022

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In 1996, Maine its institution for people with intellectual disabilities or autism. A community-based system of care replaced it. In 2010, the federal court that had overseen the closure of Pineland and the development of community care ended its supervision. Attorney General Janet Mills in good faith assured the court that services were sufficient, and that mechanisms in the form of laws, regulations, policies and independent oversight were... + full article



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