SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1.9 MILLION FOR MAINE PROJECTS IN THE LABOR,
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL
October 29, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M.
Collins (R-ME) today announced that $1.9 million in federal funding for
projects in Maine has been included in the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill that passed the
Senate last night by a vote of 75-19.
“This funding will be used to fund projects critical to the health and
education of thousands of Mainers,” Senators Snowe and Collins said in a
joint statement. “We are pleased the appropriations committee’s
understands the importance of renovated schools and hospitals, education
programs, and community outreach initiatives to the state. These
programs and projects maintain Maine’s commitment to providing its
children with a safe learning environment, its workers with quality
training, and our sick and elderly with the care they deserve.”
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$100,000 for the Maine Lighthouse Corporation in Bar Harbor for the
Therapeutic Community for Substance Abuse Treatment
The Maine Lighthouse Corporation will use its funding to establish a
long-term residential treatment program, called a Therapeutic Community
(TC), to treat addiction and provide ongoing support towards productive,
law-abiding, drug and alcohol free lives. The Therapeutic Community will
work within the continuum of care that currently exists in Maine, with
close connections for referrals from hospitals, detoxification centers,
drug courts, other outpatient or residential programs for clients who
need longer term and more intensive therapy.
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