Transportation
| Address: | American Cancer Society
1 Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 300 Topsham, ME 04086-1240 |
| Phone: | (207) 373-3730; 1-800-ACS-2345 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 725-6680 |
| E-mail: | Joe.Mando@cancer.org |
| Website: | http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_Southeast/COM_4_2x_Road_to_Recovery_Service_Program.asp?sitearea=COM |
| Contact: | Joe Mando |
| Services: | The American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program provides transportation for cancer patients to and from related medical/treatment appointments. Rides are provided by volunteer drivers who donate their time and the use of their personal vehicles.
Access to transportation is a major factor in good cancer treatment. Road to Recovery is offered to cancer patients who have no means of transportation and/or who are too ill to drive themselves. The American Cancer Society has a vast volunteer network in which individuals can make a difference in the fight against cancer. One way they can make a critical difference is by becoming volunteer drivers for the Road to Recovery program. Volunteer driving requires no special skills or education -- just a safe driving record, some free time, a serviceable vehicle, and the desire to help. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a volunteer driver, please contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS2345. |
| Address: | Goodwill Industries of Northern New England
243 Leighton Road Augusta, ME 04330 |
| Location: | Goodwill Industries of Northern New England
243 Leighton Road Augusta, |
| Clients: | TANF/ASPIRE clients who are employed and have income which allows loan payments, insurance and other auto related costs. |
| Services: | Limited transportation resources is one of the most frequent barriers keeping TANF (welfare) recipients from going to work. In response, the State of Maine Department of Human Services' ASPIRE Program has partnered with Goodwill Industries and KeyBank to create the Good Wheels to Work initiative. The program offers low interest auto loans for working welfare recipients. Participants referred to the program can borrow up to $5,000 at 5% interest over a three-year period, in which to purchase a reliable used car.
Each eligible participant meets with a Goodwill Transportation Specialist to review transportation needs and options including the type of car to purchase and a budget plan. The Transportation Specialists then assist with loan applications, vehicle selection, insurance purchases, and vehicle registration. The final step is to put together a maintenance schedule to help keep the new car running smoothly. Working ASPIRE clients are referred to the Good Wheels to Work Program by their DHS ASPIRE Case Manager. Goodwill's Transportation Specialists work throughout the State of Maine out of the following offices: Augusta: 207-626-0170 Bangor: 207-945-4063 Lewiston: 207-777-7472 Portland: 207-774-6323 |
| 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: | 124 Main St. Suite 104
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 779-0594; 1-877-603-0594 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | sbarden@community-concepts.org |
| Website: | http://www.community-concepts.org |
| Contact: | Star Barden |
| Clients: | Seniors 60 or older. |
| Services: | Community Concepts offers door-to-door, escorted transportation services for seniors 60 or older for free, or at a reduced rate through the Elder Rides Program. The Elder Rides Program provides door-to-door escorted service to medical appointments, shopping, or social activities. Clients are encouraged to call 48 hours in advance to schedule their ride, which is provided by volunteer drivers. |
| Fees: | Income eligibility determines your copay amount and priority is given to life-saving medical appointments. |
| Address: | 124 Main Street Suite 104
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 779-0594; 1-877-603-0594 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | sbarden@community-concepts.org |
| Website: | http://www.community-concepts.org/transportation/transportation.htm |
| Contact: | Star Barden |
| Services: | Community Concepts Inc. provides door-to-door, escorted transportation services to the general public for a fee.
Rides to the airport. Medicare appointments. Veterans. Shopping trips Non-MaineCare appointments (MaineCare recipients see the Friends and Family Program) |
| Address: | Community Concepts
124 Main St. Suite 105 Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 779-0594; 1-877-603-0594 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | sbarden@community-concepts .org |
| Website: | http://www.community-concepts.org |
| Contact: | Star Barden |
| Services: | The Friends & Family transportation program provides financial reimbursement to MaineCare recipients for medically related transportation. All visits must be to a MaineCare-approved doctor or facility. Family members may take family or friends to their medical appointments and be reimbursed under this program.
Rides can also be provided through a network of volunteer drivers. Some eligible services: Physician (M.D. or D.O.), Rural Health Clinic, Physical Therapist, Hospital Services, Speech & Hearing Services, Podiatrist, Family Planning Clinic, Optometrist, Mental Health Services, Chiropractor, Nurse, Midwife. |
| Fees: | None |
| Phone: | (207) 779-8888 |
| Contact: | John |
| Clients: | Those in need of transportation in Greater Franklin County. |
| Services: | Willing to take people to doctor appointments, anywhere in Franklin County, hospitals, bus stations, etc. |
| Fees: | There is a fee for transportation, call for more information. |
| Hours: | Sunday thru Thursday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. For off hours call for rates For best service call ahead |
| Address: | 144 High St. Suite 2
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 778-6262; 1-800-561-1165 (toll free) |
| Contact: | Greg Amandi |
| Clients: | Children ages birth to age five and their families who live in the Franklin County area or in Dixfield, Canton or Vienna. |
| Services: | Franklin County Child Development Services is committed to providing a family-focused approach in serving preschool children with special needs. The goal of the Franklin County Child Development Services is to provide individualized services and to ensure that the needs of each child and family are met. Franklin County Child Development Services encourages families to participate in promoting the growth and development of their child.
Franklin County Child Development Services screens, evaluates, and provides services for children with disabilities, aged birth through 5. Services include: Developmental screenings (in-office), evaluations, special, service coordination to support the family and monitor the child’s progress, transition planning and assistance with public school entry, family focused approach in serving children with disabilities and their families, on-site speech and language therapy, and on-site contracted psychological testing and consultation. Special Education Services: For eligible children aged three-five, special education services are Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) and are provided at no cost to the family. Services include: Audiology, developmental therapy/special instruction, family training, medical services (limited to diagnostic and evaluative purposes), occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, speech therapy and transportation. For eligible children age birth through two, early intervention services are provided at no cost to the family or on a sliding fee scale. These services include Free and Appropriate Education services plus the following: Service coordination, vision services, and nutrition services. Franklin County Child Development Services may also serve children who have significant delays in the following areas of development: Cognitive, physical fine motor skills, gross motor skills, speech, language, social/emotional, adaptive, vision, hearing or other chronic health needs. |
| Fees: | No charge. |
| Hours: | Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Phone: | 1-800-280-RIDE (toll free) |
| Services: | GO MAINE provides services and information to commuters and other travelers who live, work, or travel in the State of Maine: carpool ride matching, vanpool formation, transportation information and bicycling and walking information.
GO MAINE works with commuters, employers, business groups, planning agencies, transit operators, and other local and regional partners throughout the state to build demand and advance the mutual goals of improved air quality, reduced traffic congestion and lower commuting costs. |
| Address: | 365 Boston Post Road, Suite 157
Sudbury, MA 01776 |
| E-mail: | info@lotsahelpinghands.com |
| Website: | http://www.lotsahelpinghands.com |
| Services: | This site allows a patient, or caregiver, to set up a listing of what the family’s needs are (meals, transportation, childcare, grocery shopping, errands, etc). One friend or family member acts as "coordinator", providing friends and family with the password to log onto to the patient’s particular page that shows the calendar with the tasks listed. Friends and family can then review the needs and "sign up" for whatever they choose. If this works, it should reduce the number of phone calls to the husband/wife/children, and will ensure that people are providing the services that are most needed by the family. The coordinator can also add/remove tasks as needed. And, once signed up friends and family can even receive automatic confirmations and reminders of their commitments. |
| Website: | http://www.kidneyme.org |
| Services: | One in 9 people are affected by kidney disease. In Maine that is more than 100,000 people. The NKFM organization provides direct financial assistance to people on dialysis. It also offers preventative FREE Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) health screenings across the State of Maine. To educate it offers a program called Kidneys in the Classroom (KIC) to kids in grades 3-5. KIC outlines where an individual's kidneys are, what they do, and living a healthy lifestyle to keep the kidneys healthy. The NKFM also distributes brochures to people interested in learning more about kidney disease.
The National Kidney Foundation of Maine has been working to grow within the communities of Maine. Over the past 2 years The NKFM has distributed over $110,000 in direct financial assistance to patients for food, medication, transportation, and utilities. |
| Address: | 32 Lewiston Road
Unit 2B Gray, ME 04039 |
| Phone: | (207) 657-6664 |
| Fax: | (207) 657-6629 |
| Website: | http://www.ride-away.com/home.cfm |
| Services: | Until Ride-Away came on the scene in 1986, the modification of vehicles for people with disabilities was a secondary operation for most providers. We recognized that our clientele has special needs, needs that can be best met by a company whose only business is providing transportation solutions for disabled drivers and passengers. This has become increasingly true as the available transportation options have grown in number, efficiency and complexity. |
| Fees: | There is funding that may be available to you if you qualify. There are several programs that Ride-Away can work with you on for alternative financing. |
| Address: | 251 U.S. Rt. 2
Wilton, ME 04294 |
| Phone: | (207) 645-3315; 1-888-234-3921 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 645-2550 |
| TTY: | (207) 795-7232 |
| E-mail: | info@seniorsplus.org |
| Website: | http://www.seniorsplus.org |
| Contact: | Connie Jones |
| Services: | SeniorsPlus is the Area Agency on Aging for Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties, headquartered in Lewiston at 8 Falcon Road. SeniorsPlus offers services to older adults and adults with disabilities, as well as serving as aging experts dedicated to making clear connections to the best resources, information and services available.
SeniorsPlus Connections – free information and assistance. Our goal is to help you live well in your community. There are numerous services and resources available to help you do that. However, it is often overwhelming to find and access them on your own. Our experts will help you with up-to-date information, a plan of action, assistance with the application process and eligibility determination, if any, for those resources. Just one call to SeniorsPlus – 1-800-427-1241. Nutrition Programs – SeniorsPlus is the provider of Meals on Wheels to older adults and adults with disabilities who are unable to prepare meals, and provides social dining at multiple locations throughout the three counties. Medicare Assistance – We are the Medicare experts. If you have questions about Medicare Parts A, B, C or D, SeniorsPlus can help you. We provide community education, as well as one-on-one appointments to help people make decisions on the best coverage for them, and to help resolve Medicare questions and concerns. Caregiver Support – SeniorsPlus provides education, connections, support groups and respite services for people caring for another person. Wilton Community Center – The SeniorsPlus Wilton Community Center houses the kitchen for our nutrition programs, is a daily lunchtime dining site, and is a site for education, activities, exercise programs and one-on-one assistance. It’s located at 251 U.S. Rte 2, and the center is open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM. The phone number is 645-3315 or 1-888-234-3921 (toll free). Volunteer Opportunities – Community members can find many opportunities to assist in carrying out the services of SeniorsPlus. From Meals on Wheels drivers to computer experts to financial counselors to customer service representatives to home repair persons, SeniorsPlus counts on community members to help provide its services and make quality of life available to more older adults and adults with disabilities. For volunteer opportunities, call SeniorsPlus at 1-800-427-1241. |
| Hours: | Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4 p.m. |
| Address: | 76 Merrow Road
Auburn, ME 04210 |
| Phone: | (207) 784-9335; 1-800-393-9335 (toll free) |
| TDD: | 1-800-851-3191 (all locations) |
| E-mail: | czurhorst@westernmainetrans.org |
| Contact: | Craig Zurhorst |
| Clients: | Serving people of all ages in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties. |
| Services: | Western Maine Transportation Services provides scheduled public transportation throughout Franklin County. Look for the Green Bus.
New schedule effective September 1, 2007. Monday through Friday: Farmington - Wilton. Fixed-route service connecting Farmington and Wilton between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Daily door to door bus service from Farmington to Wilton. Tuesday #1: Rangeley - Farmington. Service connecting Rangeley and Farmington; also serves Strong, Phillips, Temple and Wilton on demand. Call for pickup. Tuesday #2: Kingfield - Farmington. Service connecting Kingfield and Farmington; also serves Carrabassett Valley, Stratton & Eustis on demand. Call for pickup. Thursday: Jay - Farmington. Service connecting Jay and Farmington; also serves Wilton, Weld, Livermore Falls and Carthage on demand. Call for pickup. Friday: Farmington - Lewiston/Auburn. Service connecting Farmington, Wilton, Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls and Turner to the Lewiston-Auburn area. Leaving Farmington at 9:00 a.m. arriving in L/A at ll:00 a.m. Returning from L/A at 3:00 p.m., arriving back in Farmington at 5:00 p.m. Monthy Maine Mall Run: Third Wednesday of every month, the Maine Mall Run leaves the Farmington area at 8:00 a.m., with pickups in Farmington, Wilton, Jay and Livermore. The bus arrives at the maine Mall at 10:00 a.m. The return trip leaves the Maine Mall area at 2:00 p.m. and arrives back in Farmington at 4:00 p.m. Please call ahead to make reservations. Please call the Western Maine Transportation Customer Service Center (800) 393-9335 for more information or to make reservations at least 24 hours in advance. The Green Bus is handicapped accessible and is open to the public. A 48-hour advance notice is requested. Door to door service is available in many areas. |
| Fees: | Individuals pay a fare according to a schedule upon boarding the bus: Expenses vary on how far you are going, but are as little as $1.00 for 25 miles for seniors 60 and over, person with disabilities, and children 5 - 11.
Free transportation for MaineCare appointments. |
| Hours: | Customer Service Center: Monday thru Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Buses and vans operate Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and beyond, based on special arrangement and availability. Escorted Volunteer Services are provided seven days a week. |
| Address: | 76 Merrow Road
Auburn, ME 04210 |
| Phone: | (207) 784-9335; 1-800-393-9335 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | czurhorst@westernmainetrans.org |
| Contact: | Craig Zurhorst |
| Services: | A certified Western Maine Transportation Services volunteer driver picks up clients at their home and transports them to MaineCare appointments. Volunteers drive their own cars and are reimbursed for their transportation expenses. A three-day advance reservation is requested. All volunteers are certified by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. |
| Address: | 76 Merrow Road
Auburn, ME 04210 |
| Phone: | (207) 784-9335; 1-800-393-9335 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | czurhorst@westernmainetrans.org |
| Contact: | Craig Zurhorst |
| Services: | The friends and family reimbursement program provides mileage reimbursement for yourself, family or friends when driving to MaineCare appointments. Call Western Maine transportation Services before your appointment to sign up. Western Maine Transportation Services will mail you the Friends and Family brochure to fill out. Complete the mileage form and return to WMTS to receive your reimbursement funding. |
| Address: | 76 Merrow Road
Auburn, ME 04210 |
| Phone: | (207) 784-9335; 1-800-393-9335 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | czurhorst@westernmainetrans.org |
| Contact: | Craig Zurhorst, Community Relations Director |
| Services: | Pay-for-service private rides, in-state only. |
| Fees: | Rates are as follows:
Round-Trip Distance Fare 1-50 miles: $15 51-101 miles: $42 100-200 miles: $70 200 or more miles: $92 |