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PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Bridges of Maine, LLC is a family centered agency, committed to providing the highest quality of services possible for adults and children with mental retardation and autism.  Individuals qualify for Day Habilitation Services (otherwise known as In-Home Supports) under the regulations of Section 24 of MaineCare.  We also provide Personal Support Services under the Waiver Services Section 21 of MaineCare to individuals granted that status by the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services. 

We hope to maintain what we feel are quality services by implementing a variety of steps we feel are central to this process: first it is our intent that Bridges of Maine, LLC remain a relatively small agency.  By remaining small, we feel that this allows for a more detailed approach to programming overview.  We also develop as an agency one individual/family at a time.  From assessment to implementation of each program, Bridges of Maine, LLC focuses on the needs of each individual within his/her family environment, addressing their specific needs (either behavioral self-management, daily living skills, and social skills for Day Hab Services; or the Whole Life needs of an individual as provided through Personal Support Services).

It is our experience that individuals often experience a delay in further developing, or regression in skills development due to disruption in services.  This can be especially true through the loss of trusted direct service professionals.  In an attempt to provide and maintain consistency of staffing within each individual program, we offer pay and incentive benefits to provide adequate living wages for all of our employees.

By remaining relatively small, we are also in a position to provide individualized initial staff training as well as on-going training, and to deliver these in a timely manner.

Perhaps most importantly, we are able to be truly individually based through the consistent weekly supervision of all of staff.  Quality of services can only really be measured and maintained through regular in-person contact with employees and with consumers and families as needed, and it's that personal touch that we feel really makes a difference in the end.

Our geographic locations (one home office in Gray, and one home office in South Berwick) we think enhances our ability to address staffing and family issues more locally as they arise.