Healthy Living for ME
Maine's Community Care Hub
Our History and Growth
2016
Statewide Partnership Begins
2018
Strengthening Regional Delivery
Healthy Living for ME is awarded an Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), and a formal evidence-based program network is established among the Maine's Area Agencies on Aging.
HL4ME begins scaling evidence-based programs across Maine, including Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME), and Falls Prevention programs.
HL4ME is awarded a second Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs ACL grant. Capacity continues to grow, increasing program availability in rural and underserved communities. HL4ME strengthens partnerships with community-based organizations, healthcare providers, and and other local agencies. A formal joint-venture partnership is established with Aroostook Area Agency on Aging.
2020
Adapting and Modernizing
2021
Maine's Community Care Hub
2023
Establishing Contracts & Building Hub Infrastructure
2026
Today - Leading the Community Care Hub
As participation grows, efforts focus on standardizing program delivery across partnerships, expanding partner training and fidelity, and exploring healthcare partnerships.
HL4ME enters its first contract with an FQHC for community health navigation services.
HL4ME is awarded an Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Program ACL grant in 2019 to develop capacity for, deliver, and sustain evidence-based falls prevention programs for older adults.
HL4ME rapidly expands virtual and remote program delivery in response to changing needs, maintaining access to services statewide. This period accelerates technology use, remote program delivery, and new approaches to engagement.
HL4ME is awarded a No Wrong Door Community Infrastructure Grants: Scaling Network Lead Entities ACL grant to build a coordinated statewide network, and an Integrated Networks to Deliver and Sustain Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs ACL grant. Through this funding, HL4ME becomes Maine’s first Community Care Hub, a model designed to integrate healthcare and community-based services to address health-related social needs.
HL4ME enters its first contract with a health plan for post-discharge care transitions services.
HL4ME enters its first contract with a health system for complex care management services and its second contract with a health plan to coordinate Health Risk Assessments for members.
HL4ME is awarded a state Rural Community Health Improvement Partnership grant and convenes 15+ cross-sector partners in Somerset & Kennebec County to explore healthcare-CBO collaboration/integration practices, including social health access referral platforms. In 2024, HL4ME is awarded a federal Rural Health Network Development Planning grant to continue building foundations for true healthcare-CBO integration, with a focus on the Alzheimer's/dementia family caregiver population.
Continued research and development of CCH infrastructure and network partner outreach. Ongoing participation in the national Partnership to Align Community Care.
Through a Cooperative Agreement between ACL
and the Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care at USAging, HL4ME awarded the Improve Access to Long-Term Services and Supports and Address Health-Related Social Needs through Aging and Disability Network Community Care Hubs grant.
Engagement with USAging Community Care Hub initiatives; Increased collaboration with Maine CDC and state partners. The network continues to expand both in size and capability.
HL4ME network provides evidence based programs to over 10,000 people since 2018.
Cumulus platform purchased to strengthen Community Health Navigation and Health Education Programming workflows and provide health care data system integration capabilities.