by Peggy Spencer | Oct 17, 2012 | Initiatives
This grant from the U.S. Department of Justice was used to expand and enhance My Sister’s Keeper’s mentoring ministry and offer vocational services through Goodwill to female offenders at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Maine. The two-year grant supported the...
by Peggy Spencer | Sep 26, 2012 | News
Are you a clinician who wants to help clients withdraw from medication successfully? Maybe you need to go through a withdrawal of your own – a withdrawal from the prescription-oriented mindset. That’s what David Cohen, Ph.D., LCSW, said at CCSME’s Innovative Solutions...
by Peggy Spencer | Aug 7, 2012 | News
Has mental illness become an epidemic in the United States? Robert Whitaker, a science journalist and author specializing in mental health, says the answer is “yes.” He will speak at CCSME’s upcoming conference, “Innovative Solutions for Building Recovery with...
by Peggy Spencer | Dec 17, 2011 | Initiatives
CCSME created an educational DVD on recovery from co-occurring disorders with funding from the Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant initiative. The grant was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the Maine Department of...
by Peggy Spencer | Dec 17, 2010 | Initiatives
CCSME provided statewide training, technical assistance, grant writing, development, and project oversight for this grant and served as a subcontractor to the Office of Substance Abuse in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The grant was funded by the...
