Organizations with General Youth Services
| Address: | 24 Falcon Dr
Auburn, ME 04210 |
| Phone: | (207) 782-5437 |
| E-mail: | susan.webster@childhealthcenter.org |
| Website: | http://www.childhealthcenter.org |
| Contact: | Susan Webster |
| Clients: | Local youth ages 8-12. |
| Services: | Big Brothers Big Sisters offers a preventative program based on one-to-one relationships between an adult volunteer and a child at-risk. The agency also provides alternative mentoring opportunities (site-based) with flexibility and also supports youth development activities. |
| Address: | 865 US Route 2E
Wilton, ME 04294 |
| Phone: | (207) 645-5800; 1-800-982-4311 (toll free) |
| TTY: | (207) 645-5806 |
| Clients: | Young people ages 14 through 21 |
| Services: | Assistance to acquire and advance in productive jobs through tutoring and study skills training, alternative secondary school services, summer employment opportunities that are directly linked to academic and occupational learning, paid and unpaid work experience, occupational skill training, leadership development, support services, adult mentoring during and after participation, comprehensive guidance and counseling. |
| Address: | PO Box 278
South Paris, ME 04281 |
| Location: | 17-19 Market Square
South Paris |
| Phone: | Main office (207) 743-7716 (South Paris) |
| Website: | http://www.community-concepts.org |
| Clients: | Additional offices: Rumford 364-3721; Auburn 795-4065
Farmington (Transportation): (207) 779-0594 Farmington, 124 Main St. (Family Support): (207) 779-0919 Farmington (HeadStart) (207) 778-7534 Jay (HeadStart) (207) 897-4258 New Sharon (HeadStart) (207) 778-0395 Wilton Bass Office, 284 Main St. (207) 645-9512 (HeadStart) (207) 645-3284 |
| Services: | Community Concepts is a Maine non-profit community action agency dedicated to helping people to help themselves. Since 1965, Community Concepts, Inc. has offered a variety of social services that promote self-sufficiency within the people of the communities of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties of Maine. The focus is “to coordinate, collaborate, and to focus resources to help people in need build opportunities for a better tomorrow.”
Main office is located in South Paris. Satellite offices located in Auburn, Rumford and Farmington have various program offices including HeadStart, Transportation and Family Support. Programs include: Parenting education Supported Journey into Recovery Parent Partners Project Meditation Family support Healthy Beginnings Community Cares H.E.A.P. (Fuel Assistance) Fuel assistance is available through Community Concepts for residents of Livermore and Livermore Falls. Electric and Telephone Lifelines Finders/Seekers (linking people to child care opportunities) Homeless Shelter Head Start programs REACH program (increase efficiency of energy usage), Self-Help Home Building program, low income housing for Senior Citizens, and Home weatherization program.
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| Fees: | Most programs are at no cost.
Self help Home Building Program has fees: No down payment, low mortgage payments, instant equity (up to $20,000), interest rates as low as 1%, low closing costs, energy efficient, 3 Bedrooms. |
| Hours: | Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Address: | 114 Corn Shop Lane
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 778-8400; 1-800-442-6382 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 778-8410 |
| TTY: | 1-800-606-0215 |
| TDD: | (207) 778-8439 |
| Website: | http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ |
| Services: | DHHS is a state agency, which administers programs to supplement income and to protect the well-being of children, dependent adults, and the elderly.
Programs: Division of Public Health Nursing, Bureau of Family Independence, Alternative Aid Assistance, ASPIRE, Food Stamps, MaineCare (Medicaid), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Emergency Assistance, and Parents as Scholars (PaS). Referrals to other DHHS services from the local office include: Children’s Emergency Services Vocational Rehabilitation Adult Protective Services Division of Support Enforcement and Recovery and Nursing Home/Boarding Home Services. |
| Address: | 113 Church St.
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 778-6960 voice; 1-888-429-6960 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 779-1029 |
| E-mail: | fcctf@fcctf.org |
| E-mail: | jcrandall@fcctf.org |
| Website: | http://www.fcctf.org |
| Contact: | Renee Blanchet |
| Clients: | Residents in Franklin County and Livermore Falls area. |
| Services: | The Franklin County Children's Task Force (FCCTF) is a non-profit organization committed to the prevention of child abuse and neglect through promotion of healthy child, family and community development. FCCTF offers the following programs to families in Franklin County and Livermore Falls.
Bullying/Teasing Prevention Program: Staff work with local district elementary and middle schools helping facilitate a nonviolent learning atmosphere. Parent Education: FCCTF is happy to announce its 2009 schedule. Nurturing Program March 9th (11 weeks) Mondays 1,2,3 Magic 2-12 years old January 5th (3 weeks) at FCCTF - Childcare provided 1,2,3 Magic 2-12 years old February 2nd (3 weeks), at FCCTF - Childcare and Lunch provided. Contact us at 778-6960 or 1-888-429-6960 for more information or to sign up. Growing Healthy Families: A partnership with Franklin Community Health Network designed especially to support first-time parents of children from birth to age five. Parent Talk Line: 778-6960 locally or toll free 1-888-429-6960, parents are encouraged to call. Parent Resource Library: Parenting information in the form of books, videos, pamphlets, and other written material for parents and professionals. Kids First Program: Kids First is a four-hour workshop designed for parents (only) to help address concerns and promote reduction of the negative effects of divorce. Participants are encouraged to attend the program as early in the separation or divorce process as possible. Special Events: Children’s festival, Father/Daughter Dance, Make Tracks for Kids fundraiser. |
| Fees: | Most programs no charge.
Parent Education Classes: No fee, Registration required. Kids First Program: $60 per person, Registration required. |
| Hours: | Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
| Location: | 107 Park Street
Farmington |
| Phone: | (207) 778-4279 |
| E-mail: | info@franklincswcd.org |
| E-mail: | bj.bangs@franklincswcd.org |
| Website: | http://www.franklincswcd.org |
| Contact: | Rosetta Thompson, District Manager |
| Clients: | Serving all of Franklin County |
| Services: | FCSWCD addresses the voluntary conservation of our natural resources for all citizens by providing
technical assistance and educational programs, including our annual Agricultural/Environmental Day at Farmington Fair for K-4 students; the Western Regional Envirothon, an environmental competition for high school students; Conservation Field Day, and others. Additional programs include our compost bin and rain barrel program, our shrub program, special educational sessions on GPS, forestry management; agricultural sustainability; and much more. |
| Address: | 105 Mt. Blue Circle, #1
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 779-3136; 1-800-525-3136 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 778-5797 |
| E-mail: | hcc@fchn.org |
| Website: | http://www.fchn.org/hcc |
| Contact: | Heather Davis, Executive Director |
| Services: | Founded in 1989, Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) is an affiliate of the Franklin Community Health Network with a mission of promoting health and well-being in Franklin County and neighboring towns, including Livermore Falls.
HCC runs programs and events to support healthy lifestyles that prevent disease and improve quality of life. It also helps neighborhoods grow and thrive -- building a stronger and healthier community for everyone. HCC’s mobile health unit and community outreach efforts appear in every town and corner of our community, offering screenings and health information, and the task forces, volunteers, and health advocates take on the issues that matter in the region’s towns and neighborhoods. Get involved… make a difference! Join a community task force and help make these specific ideas work: Increase availability and awareness of existing walking maps. Help develop a directory of youth opportunities in Greater Franklin County and expand after school opportunities for youth. Expand Franklin Health Access. Improve access to local healthy eating choices. Develop a catalogue of local products and ways to store raw material to promote local bulk purchasing. Expand adult education courses on money management, cooking and other life skills. Engage area schools in improving environmental education. Develop a Youth Speaker’s Bureau to support tobacco prevention efforts. |
| Address: | 60 Gray Rd. Unit #8
Falmouth, ME 04105 |
| Phone: | (207) 878-1199 |
| E-mail: | ME376@marchofdimes.com |
| Website: | http://www.marchofdimes.com/maine/ |
| Website: | http://www.marchofdimes.com/Website |
| Services: | The March of Dimes works on improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. The March of Dimes carries out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies’ lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight. |
| Address: | PO Box 126
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Location: | 232 Broadway |
| Phone: | (207) 778-5048 |
| Fax: | (207) 779-0577 |
| E-mail: | info@uwtva.org |
| Website: | http://www.uwtva.org/ |
| Contact: | Debby Norton |
| Services: | To increase the organized capacity of people in the Tri-Valley area to care for one another.
The local United Way provides funds in the form of annual allocations to twenty-two member organizations that provide health and human service programs to the communities of Franklin County, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. Funds are also distributed according to donor request to other charitable organizations that provide health and human services in Maine. Special funding is also distributed when available through venture grants to new programs and initiatives that deal with persisting or emerging health or human service needs in the Tri-Valley service area. In addition to its fund raising and fund distribution programs, the local United Way maintains a listing of volunteer opportunities available at local non-profit organizations. A booklet is also available that lists a variety of agency representatives who can speak at community meetings and events regarding current health and human service issues that effect our local area. The local United Way is also very active in several community building initiatives including the Franklin County Mentoring Alliance, the Maine Leave A Legacy Program and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program at Franklin County. |
| Location: | 147 Farmington Falls Rd., Office 2
Farmington |
| Phone: | (207) 778-4650; 1-800-287-1478 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | cesfrk@umext.maine.edu |
| Website: | http://www.umext.maine.edu |
| Contact: | Ray Corey |
| Clients: | All persons welcome. |
| Services: | Provides Maine people with research-based information to help them live fuller and more productive lives. Assistance is available in many subjects including nutrition, family resource management, youth development, 4-H club work, insect and plant disease identification, agriculture, home food production and many others.
"The Growing Years" - a series of newsletters mailed to parents of children from birth to five years old. Free of charge. "Personal Consultation" - individual or group meetings and printed information on personal budgeting, nutrition, home-based business, gardening, and many other subjects. Source for water and soil testing. |
| Fees: | No fees for educational assistance; some minimal fees for specific services and materials. |
| Hours: | Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Address: | PO Box 200
East Wilton, ME 04234 |
| Location: | 20 Church Street
East Wilton |
| Phone: | (207) 645-3764; 1-800-645-9636 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 645-3270 |
| E-mail: | ffowler@wmca.org |
| E-mail: | tgage@wmca.org |
| Website: | http://www.wmca.org |
| Contact: | Fen Fowler, Executive Director |
| Clients: | Individuals/families who wish to pursue greater self-sufficiency in areas such as: education, employment, legal issues, finances, shelter, substance use/abuse, relationships, spirituality, nutrition, child care, health, parenting, transportation, mental health, children’s education. |
| Services: | Western Maine Community Action is one of the State’s vital community action programs offering numerous ways to improve the community’s quality of life. These programs include:
Central Heating Improvement Program Child Care Systems Information and Referral Fuel Assistance Low Interest Home Improvement Loans Tri-County Health Services Weatherization Programs WIC Nutrition Program Career Center Family Development Accounts Revolving Loan Program Maine’s American Dream Initiative (first time homebuyer program) Home Buyer Education Affordable Homes Elderly Hardship Grant Home Preservation Grant Oil Tank Replacement Maine Association of Realtors Grants ARP - Appliance Replacement Program and Volunteerism. WIC (Women, Infants and Children) - Case management/mentoring, resources, assessment of nutritional needs, nutritional and health information and referrals, height, weight, and hemoglobin assessment. Vouchers issued for milk, cereal, juice, cheese, etc. Intended to be a supplemental nutritional program. Prenatal, postpartum and breastfeeding women, and their children under age 5, who are 185% of the poverty guidelines and have nutritional or medical needs. Volunteer department administers a variety of programs including Operation Santa Claus, Seeds of Life, Food Pantries, Senior Farm Share, Grow A Row, Gleaning and Western Maine Tax Assistance Program. The volunteer department also offers support to other programs within the agency. |
| Fees: | None |
| Hours: | Monday thru Friday, 8:00a.m. – 4:30p.m. |
| Website: | http://www.maine.gov |
| Services: | The official State of Maine web site. |