Maine DHHS Announces Redesign of Website to Better Serve Public
June 01 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Phased rollout officially launches with further
improvements planned for the coming weeks and months
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has
launched the first phase of a website redesign project that will
modernize its online presence and improve communication about
critical programs and services provided to Maine citizens.
The new website provides a more intuitive and useful experience
for the public and for providers. It features a better design that
prioritizes the information visitors most often seek, highlights
updates about major initiatives and developments, and improves the
experience for visitors accessing the website on mobile
devices.
The project, which will roll out in phases over the coming weeks
and months, marks the first full redesign of the DHHS website in
more than two decades.
“Maine people rely on the DHHS website for information about
programs and services that are critical to their lives,” said DHHS
Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew. “This project will help visitors,
including mobile users in rural areas with limited Internet access,
find the information they need and learn about our work to support
health, safety, resilience and opportunity for Maine people.”
DHHS partnered on the project with InforME, which manages the
Maine.gov website and previously redesigned the websites of the
Maine Emergency Management Agency, the Maine Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Maine Department of Administrative
and Financial Services, among others.
The new website includes an updated homepage for DHHS which
highlights areas of high public interest such as hotlines and
crisis numbers, health insurance, child welfare and news releases.
Information on the DHHS response to the COVID-19 pandemic remains
prominently displayed.
The new website also includes a redesigned homepage for the DHHS
Office for Family Independence (OFI) which includes information on
programs such as Food Supplement and MaineCare. The website
redesign does not change how people apply for OFI programs. The
application portal for those programs, My Maine Connection, is
undergoing a separate project to improve applicants’ online
experience.
In addition to OFI, DHHS will launch redesigned webpages on a
rolling basis for the remaining DHHS offices including the Office
of Aging and Disability Services, the Office of MaineCare Services
and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The DHHS and OFI homepages can still be found at their existing
URLs: www.maine.gov/dhhs and www.maine.gov/dhhs/ofi/.
About Maine.gov
Maine.gov is the official Web portal of the state of Maine.
Maine.gov is a service of InforME, a collaborative effort between
the state of Maine and NIC Maine. part of the NIC (Nasdaq: EGOV)
family of companies.
About NIC
NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV) launched the digital government industry
in 1992, and continues to lead it, providing a secure payment
engine and thousands of digital government solutions across a
network of more than 6,000 federal, state, and local government
agencies. In addition, NIC is a leading provider of outdoor
recreation solutions, with 1 out of 6 hunting and fishing licenses
in the United States sold using an NIC service. The company created
the nation's first personal assistant for government and
comprehensive mobile platform, Gov2Go®, as well as the innovative,
data-driven prescription drug monitoring platform, RxGov®. More
information is available at www.egov.com.
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Dan Andrews General Manager InforME/Maine.gov 207-621-2600
dandrews@informe.org
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