"Health services across Maine will be able to offer improved care through this federal funding," Senators Snowe and Collins said in a joint statement. The federal funding was allocated as follows:
• $2,350,965 to the Office of the Governor for Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants to help the office deliver and sustain effective substance abuse and/or mental health services.
• $259,629 to the University of New England for the Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program to assists schools in the planning, development, and operation of AHEC centers to initiate education systems incentives to attract and retain health care personnel in scarcity areas.
• $245,294 to the Maine Hospice Council, Inc. to assist the Maine Center for End-of-Life Care.
• $218,293 to the Maine Medical Center to strengthen the poisoning prevention and treatment programs and services and develop guidelines for the treatment of patients following exposures to toxic substances.
• $188,739 to the Aroostook Medical Center for the Chronic Care Technology Planning Project.
• $142,000 to the State of Maine to help fund the Maine Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants for Quality Improvement.
• $125,000 to the Southern Maine Agency on Aging for the Matter of Balance Program which is designed to reduce the fear of falling, stop the fear of falling cycle, and improve the activity levels among community-dwelling older adults.
• $75,000 to the Maine Department of Human Services for the State Loan Repayment Program which assists with educational loan forgiveness/repayment for primary care providers.
• $70,000 to the Maine Parent Federation for Family Network Grants, to enhance the capacity and infrastructure to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families
• $65,000 to the Department of Human Services for the Children's Oral Healthcare Access Program.
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