Amid the Mills Administration’s unchecked spending, including thousands of pages and billions of dollars on no-bid contracts, it’s also expending taxpayer funds on grants for transgender individuals with drug problems, records show.
On November 29, 2024, Maine Governor Janet Mills’ (D) administration approved a batch of grants focusing on the state’s drug problems.
One such grant was awarded to the Maine Transgender Network non-profit, which presents radical LGBTQ ideas and gender ideology to minors.
The group requested and received $300,000 in taxpayer funds to “expand access to harm reduction, community supports, and culturally competent treatments” for trans-identifying drug addicts.
It is not clear how drug addiction treatments would need to differ from the norm in order to be considered “culturally competent” for trans-identifying addicts, but apparently the Mills Administration deemed it a suitable project for taxpayer funding.
Other controversial groups also received funds in this area.
The MaineHealth Maine Medical Center received approval for a $973,801 grant for their Project DHARMA program, which supports Syringe Service Programs (SSP) that provide free syringes to drug addicts.
Taxpayers shelled out an even million on “Wabanaki Healing and Recovery.”
Amid the millions of grants handed out, Gateway Community Services received $400,000 for “immigrant and BIPOC opioid recovery and support.”
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Gateway Community Services has close ties with Somali-born State Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland), who sits on the legislature’s Appropriations Committee and has drawn national attention recently for its links to an alleged massive Medicaid fraud scheme.
