Jessica Hammond Named ANCOR’s 2024 Maine DSP of the Year

ANCOR, the leading voice in Washington for community-based disability services providers, has announced that our very own Jessica Hammond,  a program administrator and direct support professional at Uplift, Inc., has been named the recipient of the 2024 Maine DSP of the Year award. Jessica Hammond joins 54 other honorees nationwide in the 2024 edition of … Read more

Uplift Administrator Accepted into ANCOR Leadership Academy

Uplift is excited to announce that one of our Program Administrators, Chris Wells, was selected by ANCOR to participate in their two-year Leadership Academy. He is beginning his first year in the program this spring, joining Jason Featherson, another of our Program Administrators, as he begins his second year in the program! Acceptance into the … Read more

Uplift DSP Recognized By MACSP

Recently, one of Uplift’s longest serving Direct Support Professionals, David Coulombe, was honored at the Maine Association for Community Service Providers’ 2022 Direct Service Professional Awards. David has served as a DSP for 20 years, and he was one of 15 DSPs presented with an award out of over 80 nominations in the state of Maine. We are both proud of and exceedingly grateful for David and his steadfast commitment to the individuals we support!

The nomination we sent to MACSP for their consideration highlights the level of commitment that David exhibits and a few of the most vital skills he possesses:

Dave has always been a strong advocate for the people he supports in our agency, particularly for the individual he has worked with for many years. Dave’s primary goal in his caregiving is ensuring the individual he supports gets to enjoy activities and be an active member of the community. Dave has cultivated on of the strongest relationships between staff and individual supported that I have ever seen in this line of work. Dave really lives through empathy; he looks at both sides of the coin and tries to put himself in other people’s shoes. He takes the time to have positive and supportive conversations with guardians and CCM. His positive communication and solution-based outlook is what we hope all DSPs strive to be.

Thank you, MACSP, for selecting David as one of your Direct Service Professional Awardees for 2022, and for hosting a wonderful awards ceremony! It was fantastic to be there with other service providers from the entire state of Maine in honor of all the awardees. David, you have our deepest gratitude for your continued commitment to the individuals we support. The impact you have made on the people you have supported and their families over the last 20 years is greater than we could ever put into words. Thank you, and all of our DSPs, for being a part of Uplift, Inc.

A Thank You to the Board of Directors

December is here, the holidays are in full swing, and in the spirit of the season we have exciting news to share! Management and staff at Uplift, Inc. would like to thank our Board of Directors for their approval of an immediate and significant increase to the pay scale across every one of our employment … Read more

Uplift, Inc. Does Not Discriminate

Individuals are considered for service without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Accommodations to enable all individuals to participate in the service application process will be provided upon request.