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Community Concepts

Address:  PO Box 278
South Paris, ME 04281
Location:  17-19 Market Square
South Paris, ME
Phone:  Main office (207) 743-7716 (South Paris)
Website: Website
 
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.
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.

Healthy Community Coalition

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.

The Franklin Resource Network

The mission of the Franklin Resource Network is to maximize resources in our community, enabling elders, people with disabilities, caregivers, and all residents to easily find information about, and gain access to, services and opportunities to contribute their gifts and talents.

This project is funded, in part, by an Aging and Disability Resource Center grant from the federal Administration on Aging and Center for Medicare and Medicaid services.