Assisted Living
Billie's Arch
8 Leonard St, Houlton, ME 04730 · Map
Licensed for 6 residents
Billie's Arch is a state-licensed assisted living community in Houlton, Maine. It is licensed for 6 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 6 residents
Residential Care Facility RCF1795.
Nearest emergency room
0.7 miles
Houlton Regional Hospital, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billie's Arch this community | 6 | Not published | Active | |
| Gardiner Health Care Facility | 0.1 mi | 40 | Not published | Active |
| Crest View Manor | 1.5 mi | 20 | Not published | Active |
| Southern Acres Residential Care | 29.2 mi | 30 | Not published | Active |
| Northwood Manor | 43.7 mi | 6 | Not published | Active |
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Residential Care Facility
- License number
- RCF1795
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 6
- County
- Aroostook County
- Primary Administrator
- Billie Jo Davis
Source: Maine state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Primary Administrator name from the Maine licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Maine, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Maine
- MaineCare Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institution Services, Appendix C (Medical and Remedial Services Facilities). Yes. MaineCare (Maine Medicaid) pays for care services in licensed residential care and assisted living settings that take part in the program. To qualify, a person must meet medical eligibility rules, checked by the state's Medical Eligibility Determination (MED) assessment. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.7 mi, nursing home 0.5 mi, pharmacy 1.0 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Houlton Regional Hospital, Houlton. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Madigan Estates, Houlton. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Madigan Home Health Care, Inc., Houlton. 4.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 04730 as small town (small town core).
- Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 04730.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mainegeneral Medical Center, Waterville. 137.9 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective August 19, 1991), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- Who is here at night? Are they awake, or asleep and on call?
- Who covers when the owner is sick, on vacation, or away for the day? Can we meet them?
- Is it one flat rate, or does it rise with care needs?
- Can you help someone who needs two people to move, or a mechanical lift?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
What we checked11 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Billie's Arch provide?
Billie's Arch is licensed by the state of Maine for assisted living in Houlton, Maine. Its licensed capacity is 6 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Billie's Arch?
No. We publish state licensing details for Billie's Arch but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Billie's Arch cost?
Assisted Living in Maine typically starts at $4,800 to $7,900 a month. Based on 21 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Billie's Arch does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Billie's Arch?
Use Billie's Arch's website, billiespell.com, or visit at 8 Leonard St, Houlton, ME 04730.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid