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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear SPPS Directors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please find attached the agenda from last week’s SPPS Director’s meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We realize it was a hard meeting with the reminder from the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that, if a staff member’s position is paid by another mechanism, this staff cannot bill MaineCare
for BHP services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We also understand that there are staff shortages throughout the state and many of you are juggling coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are here to support you and you are a wonderful group who support each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">________________________________________</span><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sarah Ferguson, MS SpEd</span></b><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Education Specialist III – State Agency Programs Team
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education </span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Maine Department of Education</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">23 State House Station</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Augusta, Maine 04333-0023</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: </span></b><a href="mailto:sarah.ferguson@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">sarah.ferguson@maine.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: 207-592-6498<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.maine.gov/doe"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">Maine DOE</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> |
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</span><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/specialed/specialpurposeprivateschools"><span style="color:#0563C1">SPPS</span></a> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">|
</span><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/index.php/learning/specialed/initiatives/surrogate"><span style="color:#0563C1">ESP</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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