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Medical Care Development Project (MCD) PDF Print E-mail

"MCD's mission is to improve the health and well being of people.  We will do this in partnership with communities, organizations and governments.  We pledge to develop and operate creative, compassionate, and practical programs that result in the delivery of services that will improve health status."

The MCD/CEI ETAG was the result of the reprogramming of the OCS/FCR grant for Somerset and Oxford Counties and anticipated that 50 jobs would be created during a three-year period.  Between August 1, 1998 and September 30, 2001, over 75 new or replacement positions were recruited for and filled by many participants referred through the CEI Service Provider network, including the Maine TANF ASPIRE Program and DOL/WIA Programs.  These jobs were primarily entry-level, direct care positions working with clients of the Maine Departments of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS).  During this period, entry wages for inexperienced staff rose from $6.00 hr. to $7.50 hr. with the average wage for direct care staff over $9.00 hour.  Benefits include company-paid on-the-job training, 100% employer-paid medical/dental insurance, and a cafeteria-style benefits package consisting of 24 paid non-work days per year, life insurance, and a 403 (b) plan.  Additionally, all employees benefit from the MCD Quality Assurance Program, a company-wide staff investment strategy to sustain re-certification and/or skills training in workplace/patient best practices.

 

Medical Care Development is a health care industry leader, promoting policy initiatives while supporting and sustaining the skills of its workforce, for the benefit of Maine people.

 
 
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CEI IN THE NEWS!
CEI’s Policy Directions for Maine highlights policy issues that we believe the next administration and legislature should address.  These issues were selected based on our current work and our extensive experience as a community economic development practitioner for almost 35 years.  

CEI partners in the “Cod Academy”. CEI is helping to organize a free cod farming course for large boat fishermen from Maine’s two easternmost coastal counties, Hancock and Washington.Image Read more here.

CEI Investment Notes are a way for you to invest in your community, to help others, and to reap social, environmental and economic benefits. Details here.

U.S. Finance Expert Encourages Banking Investment in Maine Communities
At CEI's 32nd Annual Meeting, Ellen Seidman, Exec. VP of ShoreBank in Chicago, and Sr. Research Fellow with the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, urged Maine bankers and community activists to consider “greater community investment…meeting the actual needs of the community, not just counting dollars invested.” See full speech.

See annual meeting remarks by Ron Phillips, CEO, on triple bottom line investing and the next 5 years for CEI.

See the 12/14/09 article on CEI and the state of investing in communities. It’s where mission happens…

CEI Receives $125 Million in NMTC  Through its subsidiary, CEI Capital Management LLC, CEI will use the allocation to attract private capital investments for primarily rural economic development projects. See press release.

CEI Receives Investment Funds
In partnership with Manufacturers Association of Maine, CEI will receive $765,000 over from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services (OCS), to finance several job-generating small-to-medium enterprises. This funding will create 78 full-time, year-round jobs.  Read press release here. 

Bangor Savings Bank and CEI offer low-interest loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in disadvantaged areas in Maine. Read more here.
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