Home Care for Maine and the Homemaking Services Contract

As many of you know by now, Home Care for Maine lost its appeal for the Homemaking Services Contract. That contract now will be served by Catholic Charities. The last day for Home Care for Maine providing these services is January 31, 2009. If your homemaking consumers are having trouble getting answers, encourage them to call Catholic Charities. After all, that's the agency that's going to be providing the service, they should be able to guide consumers through this tough transition. If you're a Home Care for Maine direct care worker who will be laid off because of this, please contact MSEA-SEIU at 1-800-452-8794 and ask to talk with Jay Economy, Aymie Walsh or Mike Sylvester. MSEA is there to help you with filing for unemployment and other aspects of being laid off. I learned Friday that office staff is also being laid off. I called to talk with my scheduler and discovered that she was gone.