Title: Program Director (Veteran Outreach / Suicide Prevention)
Location: 436 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME
Reports To: Director of Military and Veteran Services
Salary Range: $70,000 - $74,000 per year
Easterseals Maine delivers education, workforce development, health, and economic development programs that empower people across the state—including individuals with disabilities, military service members and families, veterans, people with mental health challenges, and others facing systemic barriers.
Easterseals Maine is an affiliate of The Fedcap Group — a global nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing economic mobility, workforce development, education, and health through innovative, evidence-based solutions. Serving more than 332,000 people annually across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, The Fedcap Group partners with government, employers, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, and community leaders to improve lives and strengthen communities.
The Program Director leads implementation and operation of the Easterseals Maine - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP). The program provides community-based suicide prevention services to eligible veterans and other eligible individuals across Maine, with particular emphasis on outreach, screening, care coordination, case management, supportive services, connection to VA and community resources, and reduction of suicide-risk factors. The position is accountable for program operations, staff supervision, participant flow, performance management, grant compliance, partner coordination, data quality, fiscal stewardship, and continuous quality improvement.
The Program Director supervises two (2) Case Managers and works closely with the Data & Quality Analyst to ensure that ESME - SSG Fox SPGP meets its annual goals of 125 participant enrollments and at least 175 eligibility/suicide-risk screenings. The Director oversees timely and accurate VA-required screening, service planning, documentation, data collection, and reporting, while ensuring SSG Fox SPGP funds are used only for allowable suicide-prevention services, including Clinical Services for Emergency Treatment. The Program Director is supervised by the Director of Military and Veteran Services and serves as the day-to-day operational lead for ESME - SSG Fox SPGP. The Program Director will lead statewide community-based service delivery and partner coordination throughout Maine, including outreach with veterans, VA facilities, veteran-serving organizations, behavioral health and crisis partners, housing and benefits providers, community organizations, and other referral sources. Reliable transportation and regular statewide travel are required. Mileage reimbursement is provided for work-related travel from assigned work locations.
The Program Director assigns and monitors Case Manager coverage and caseloads, develops referral and enrollment pipelines, ensures timely screening and service planning, and coordinates with the Data & Quality Analyst to maintain accurate participant, performance, and fiscal-supporting documentation.
Join Easterseals Maine and experience The Power of Possible. Be part of a mission-driven organization creating opportunities for individuals facing barriers to economic well-being. Every day, we open doors to economic mobility and stronger communities through education, workforce development, health, and economic development.
The Fedcap Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local law.
Mission: To change the way the world defines and views disability by making profound, positive differences in people’s lives every day.
Easterseals Central Texas began in 1937 as the Texas Society for Crippled Children. In 1949, a small building was dedicated as the Austin Cerebral Palsy Center serving a small population of Central Texas residents. Almost twenty years later, it became the Capital Area Rehabilitation Center, expanding its services, programs and persons served. Today, services are focused into multiple areas of care that create successful outcomes for clients from birth to advanced age.
Easterseals Central Texas joined The Fedcap Group in 2018.
Website: www.Easterseals.com/centraltx
For 87 years, The Fedcap Group has developed scalable, innovative and potentially disruptive solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs. The Fedcap Group is the parent company of a growing number of top-tier nonprofit agencies dedicated to serving over 250,000 children and adults each year across the United States and the United Kingdom. The Fedcap Group provides educational services to every age group, vocational training in high-growth labor industries, behavioral health services, work readiness skill-building and jobs—all targeted to helping people achieve long-term self-sufficiency.
The work of The Fedcap Group is structured within four major practice areas: Education, Workforce Development, Health and Economic Development, which are strategically aligned for maximum impact.
The Fedcap Group also invests its time and resources in broader systems change—working in partnership with federal, state and local government to improve the way services are designed, funded and delivered.
