The cost of living, including heating fuel and electricity, has increased sharply during COVID-19, but the impact has hit older adults who live on fixed incomes especially hard.
Maine Community Action Partnership and Maine’s 10 Community Action Agencies announce the release of the 2021 Community Needs Assessment. This systematic data-driven report that takes a closer look into the behaviors and needs of the residents of Maine outlines the top issues facing Maine families and individuals.
Aroostook County Action Program was generously awarded an initial two-year grant of $35,000 for Project TEACH (Transportation, Education, Access, Care, Housing) from the Maine Cancer Foundation to help realize the foundation’s mission of reducing cancer incidence and mortality in Maine.