In a Centralmaine.com column about the labor market, Greg Kesich cites a Bangor Daily News opinion by Sandy Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine. Kesich and Butler note that enhanced unemployment benefits are not keeping low-wage earners from working, but they are taking advantage of the opportunity to find new […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Piscataquis Observer and the Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release about researchers’ efforts to create a new training program for future behavioral health workers. The Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care (RIBHPC) training program seeks to address the shortage of workers in mental health, addiction treatment, social work […]
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University of Maine researchers will train future behavioral health workers specialized in serving rural areas in the state with a new program funded by a four-year, $1.48 million grant by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. The Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care (RIBHPC) training program seeks to address the shortage of workers […]
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Sandy Butler, director of the School of Social Work at the University of Maine, argued that unemployment benefits extended during the pandemic are not delaying economic recovery in a Bangor Daily News column.
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release announcing that Judith Josiah-Martin, Elizabeth Allan and James Dill have received the 2021 UMaine Presidential Awards. Josiah-Martin, a lecturer in the School of Social Work, received the Outstanding Teaching Award; Allan, a professor of higher education, received the Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award; […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Angela Fileccia, director of Healthy Life Resources, has received the University of Maine School of Social Work Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award for 2021. According to Sandra Butler, director UMaine’s School of Social Work, social workers have played a critical role during the pandemic. “Healthcare organizations, schools, and […]
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The Portland Press Herald and WABI (Channel 5) cited a study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine professor of social work, which detailed numerous issues with the state’s unemployment claims system, including long delays in receipt of benefits.
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Emily Harriman, a social work student at the University of Maine, noted that “loneliness kills” in a Bangor Daily News column advocating for expanding broadband to reduce isolation, particularly among Maine’s LGBTQ community.
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The Portland Press Herald, the Sun Journal and the Bangor Daily News promoted a photo contest, “Focus on Real Aging in Maine,” sponsored by the Maine Gerontological Society at the University of Maine Center on Aging. More information about the contest is available online.
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release about an AmeriCorps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) grant that will be used to support volunteers age 55 and older in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington counties. The Center on Aging will continue to administer the RSVP program, which leverages seniors’ experience to […]
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