Justice Department

The Department of Health and Human Services made the referral just four days after initiating an investigation into the state. But federal investigators never contacted either the governor's office of the attorney general's office.

In its lawsuit filed in September, the DOJ alleged that Maine failed to provide adequate community-based care for children with behavioral health disabilities.

The lawsuit alleges that Maine segregates children with behavioral disabilities in hospitals, residential facilities and the Long Creek Youth Development Center.

The federal complaint alleges that Fred Wheeler sexually harassed tenants of a Lewiston rental property between 2017 and 2022.

The investigation by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division found Maine's behavioral health providers had lengthy waitlists, inadequate coverage in rural areas, insufficient crisis services, and lacked support for foster parents of special needs children.

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