The following are advocacy agencies which may be able to help you.
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance 39 Green St. P. O. Box 2429 Augusta, ME 04330 Phone: 207 622-4731 Phone: 207 623-7777 Fax: 207 623-7774 TTY: 207 623-7770 |
Pine Tree Legal Assistance 61 Main St. Bangor, ME 04401 Phone: 207 942-8241 Fax: 207 942-8323 TTY: 207 942-1060 |
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance Farmworker and Native American Units 61 Main Street Bangor, ME 04401 Phone: 207 942-0673 Fax: 207 942-8323 |
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Lewiston Intake Office 145 Lisbon Street, 7th Floor Lewiston, ME 04240 Phone: 207 784-1558 |
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance 1 School Street Machias, ME 04654-1417 Phone: 207 255-8656 Fax: 207 255-8657 TTY: 207 255-6179 |
Pine Tree Legal Assistance P. O. Box 547 88 Federal St. Portland, ME 04112 Phone: 207 774-8211 Fax: 207 828-2300 |
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance 373 Main St. Presque Isle, ME 04769 Phone: 207 764-4349 Fax: 207 764-2455 TTY: 207 764-2453 |
Pine Tree Legal Assistance 21 Limerock Street, Suite 143 Rockland, ME 04841 Phone/Fax: 207 594-8300 |
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Southern Maine Parent Awareness 886 Main Street, Suite 303 Sanford, ME 04073 Phone: 207 324-2338 Fax: 207 324-5621 Toll free phone/TTY: 800 564-9696 |
C.A.R.E.S. Client Assistance Program 4 C Winter St. Augusta, ME 04330 Phone: 207 622-7055 Fax: 207 621-1869 Toll free phone/TTY: 800 773-7055 |
| Disability Rights Center P. O. Box 2007 24 Stone Street Augusta, ME 04338-2007 Phone/TTY: 207 626-2774 Phone/Fax: 207 621-1419 Toll free phone/TTY: 800 452-1948 |
Maine Parent Federation/S.P.I.N.
P. O. Box 2067 Augusta, ME 04338-2067 Phone/TTY: 207 623-2144 Fax: 207 623-2148 Toll free phone/TTY: 800 870-7746 |
Information regarding a two-step strategy designed to decrease "coverage based" insurance denials of AAC device funding is available at the Maine CITE website: www.mainecite.org. Speech/ Language Pathologists and other interested individuals should refer to this document for further assistance. If internet access is not available, contact the Maine CITE office directly and ask for Insurance Funding for AAC Devices: Instructions for SLPs - Test for Medicare Deference by Lewis Golinker, Esq.
Lewis Golinker
Assistive Technology Law Center
Suite 507
202 The Commons
Ithaca, NY 14850
Other documents by Mr. Goliker that may be of interest:
Advocates for Medicare Patients:
Augusta Office
P. O. Box 2723
9 Green Street
Augusta, ME 04338-2723
800 750-5353 (For legal assistance)
207 621-0087 (Administrative Office)
207 621-0374 (Advocates for Medicare Patients)
Bangor Office
450 Essex Street
Bangor, ME 04401
800 750-5353 (For legal assistance)
Lewiston Office
465 Main Street
P. O. Box 659
Lewiston, ME 04243
800 750-5353 (For legal assistance)
Portland Office
307 Cumberland Avenue
P. O. Box 10480
Portland, ME 04104
800 750-5353 (For legal assistance)
Presque Isle Office
33 Davis Street
P. O. Box 1288
Presque Isle, ME 04769
800 750-5353 (For legal assistance)