Community Care Partnership of Maine Awarded $25,000 to Support Critical Health Care and Basic Needs Items for Patients Across Maine

BANGOR, MAINE — CCPM is delighted to announce it has received 2023 Direct Services Grant Program Funding from the John T. Gorman Foundation. CCPM has been awarded $25,000 to support its Helping Hands for Health Mini-Grants program, an extension of the Theresa Bray Knowles Gaps in Care Fund, which provides critical items and services for patients of CCPM’s 19 health care organizations.

All CCPM member organizations will be eligible to apply for a Helping Hands for Health (HHH) mini-grant up to $2,500 to be used for items or services that support patients’ basic needs. The goal of the HHH Mini-Grant project is to reduce the financial barriers that exist for patients to access healthcare-related items. This program will increase the capacity of primary care health centers across the state to provide critical basic need resources on-site.

“Healthcare needs are complex and patients often need items or services that are not covered under an insurance plan’s defined benefits. The HHH mini-grants help CCPM member organizations quickly and efficiently meet their patients’ healthcare and social determinants of health needs by covering items not funded through insurance or other sources,” said Mary Butler-Fleming, CCPM’s Senior Director of Operations.

This award represents CCPM’s second consecutive year of Direct Services Grant Program Funding from the John T. Gorman Foundation. In 2022, nine CCPM member organizations received HHH mini-grants to support the purchase of self-monitoring equipment, transportation support, personal hygiene items, baby bundles, first aid supplies, and other items and services to directly benefit patients in need.

The John T. Gorman Foundation is a private foundation with a mission to make Maine a more equitable place where all children and families can thrive. The Direct Service Grant Program (DSGP) provides funding to organizations that provide support and services addressing the immediate basic needs of people in Maine who are experiencing the adverse effects of poverty. For more information on the Gorman Foundation and their Grants and Giving work, visit https://www.jtgfoundation.org/.

Community Care Partnership of Maine (CCPM) is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) with a mission to improve the collective health of our communities through the coordination of sustainable, innovative, and effective patient-centered care. CCPM consists of 15 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and 4 Community Hospitals that serve the most rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged regions in Maine. Member organizations share best practices to improve patient health outcomes and ensure continuity of care across the care delivery system.

CCPM’s members include:

• Bucksport Regional Health Center – Bucksport and Ellsworth
• Cary Medical Center – Caribou
• Community Clinical Services – Auburn, Lewiston, and Poland
• Eastport Health Care – Eastport, Machias and Calais
• Fish River Rural Health – Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Madawaska, St. Agatha, and Van Buren
• Greater Portland Health – Portland, South Portland, and Westbrook
• Harrington Family Health Center – Harrington
• Health Access Network – Lincoln, Lee, Medway, Millinocket, and West Enfield
• Hometown Health Center – Newport and Dexter
• Katahdin Valley Health Center – Ashland, Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft, Houlton, Island Falls, Lincoln, Millinocket, and Patten
• Millinocket Regional Hospital – Millinocket
• Mount Desert Island Hospital – Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Trenton
• Nasson Health Care – Biddeford and Springvale
• Penobscot Community Health Care – Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Belfast, Jackman, and Winterport
• Pines Health Services – Caribou, Presque Isle and Van Buren
• Sacopee Valley Health Center – Porter
• St Croix Regional Family Health Center – Calais and Princeton
• St. Joseph Healthcare – Bangor, Brewer, and Hampden