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PORTLAND, Maine

'Portland Press Herald,' 'Journal Tribune' and 'Mainebiz' report on $2.2 million federal grant awarded to UNE, Maine Behavioral Healthcare and Maine Medical Center

Goddard Hall

The Journal Tribune, Mainebiz, Portland Press Herald and Cerebral Palsy News Today published articles on the five-year, $2.2 million HRSA grant awarded to UNE, Maine Behavioral Healthcare and Maine Medical Center.

This grant will fund the state’s first fully Maine-based Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program. The goal of this initiative is to train healthcare providers, parents, educators and others to improve the health of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (ND).  

In Maine, the two greatest areas of need for children with ND are Autism Spectrum Disorder and complex cerebral palsy. Through the LEND program, physicians and affiliated health professionals will be trained in the identification and treatment of children with ASD/ND. In addition, the program will work with schools to provide support for these children and their families.  

Read the Portland Press Herald article.

Read the Journal Tribune article.

Read the Mainebiz article.

Read the Cerebral Palsy News Today article. 

To learn more about the University of New England’s Westbrook College of Health Professions visit www.une.edu/wchp

To apply, visit www.une.edu/admissions

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.