Community Fund Partner Agencies & Funded Programs
2024-2025
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
Bath Area Family YMCA – The Enrichment Preschool Program
Provides quality enrichment preschool for 3 to 5 year old children, as part of their quality child care and before and after school programs.
Central Lincoln County YMCA – Child Care & After School Programs
Provides quality full day care and preschool for infants (6 weeks) through 5 years of age, and after school programming for children in kindergarten through 5th grade.
Coastal Kids Preschool – Inclusive Preschool and Afterschool Program
Offers an inclusive preschool program in Lincoln County providing a developmentally appropriate education for all children without regard to ability and family income.
Family Focus - Children's Services
Provides quality child care for children ages 6 weeks to five years, and Before and After School Age Care in Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell. Provides developmentally appropriate programming in safe, nurturing environments.
Healthy Kids – Child Abuse Prevention
Prevents child abuse and neglect in Lincoln County and encourages, supports, and promotes healthy family environments through home visits, workshops, and activities for families.
Home to Home – Supervised Visitation Program
Provides a safe, easily accessible location for separating/divorcing parents in high-conflict relationships to exchange their children for visitations or for supervised visitations.
Midcoast Literacy - Family Literacy Services
Supports children to develop early literacy skills by offering interactive, educational programming, and by providing free books, literacy information, and opportunities for sharing.
Midcoast Maine Community Action - Whole Families
This project will combine the Family Development Case Manager with a Family Coach in the Early Head Start Home Visiting program to serve families in a more holistic way.
HEALTHCARE & SAFETY
Boothbay Region District Nursing Association – Nursing Care & Outreach
Provides in-home registered nursing services for those in the community whose healthcare needs are not covered by insurance, so that patients may remain safely in their homes.
Boothbay Region Community Resources Council – Addiction Outreach Program
Provides information, support and referral to individuals and families seeking treatment and recovery services from opiate and other addictions.
Lincoln County Dental
Provides dental clinic services throughout Lincoln County, including community-based outreach for children and people living in elder care homes.
Maine Family Planning - Clinical Health Care Services in Lincoln County
Assures access to expert, affordable, and confidential reproductive health care for men, women and teens in the agency’s Damariscotta health center.
MSAD 75 – School-Based Health Center
Health Center at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham provides access to urgent medical care, preventive and behavioral health services to students who would not otherwise receive care.
New Hope Midcoast -- Outreach in Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties
Provides services including court advocacy, emergency housing, support groups, and school-based and community education to people affected by domestic or dating violence, or stalking.
Oasis Free Clinics – Medical, Dental and Prescription Assistance
Provides free medical and dental care as well as prescription assistance to low-income residents of southern Midcoast Maine.
Pine Tree Legal Assistance – Victims Assistance Program
Provides free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking to assure the victim’s safety, financial stability and overall well-being.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England – Brunswick/Topsham Charity Care
Provides quality, comprehensive reproductive health care and sexuality education to women, men, and teens at a price they can afford.
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine – Prevention Education Grades 6-8
Focuses upon raising awareness and knowledge of sexual harassment, assault, and internet safety in order to help students reduce their own risk and that of their peers.
Through These Doors – Advocacy & Outreach Services
Provides individual advocacy and support to victims and survivors of domestic violence in the Brunswick/Harpswell area, including court-based services.
HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Bath Area Family YMCA – Financial Aid
Assures all people have access to the facilities and programs that nurture the potential of every child and teen, and that improve the health and well being of individuals and families.
Bath-Brunswick Respite Care – Adult Day Service
Provides supportive care and information to individuals and families facing the disabilities of aging through an adult day program, support groups, Carefree Café, education and counseling.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick – Community and School-Based Mentoring
Provide youth facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships with a mentor that change their lives for the better.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine – Keep Kids Connected
Helps youth ages 5-14 in Lincoln County who are facing adversity achieve higher aspirations, create better relationships and have educational success by pairing youth with a caring, responsible adult mentor or with high school or college students who mentor in the schools.
Catholic Charities Maine – SEARCH – Greater Bath and Lincoln County
Helps isolated elder residents remain independent in their homes by matching them with trained volunteers who provide companionship, transportation and other assistance.
Elmhurst, Inc. - Supported Living Program
Supports and promotes learning and independent living skills to adults with intellectual disabilities in the greater Bath region.
Girl Scouts of Maine – A Place for Girls
Provides Mid Coast elementary and middle school girls the opportunity to try positive and exciting new activities, build skills, practice leadership, and become responsible and contributing members of their communities.
Independence Association – Community Living
Provides individuals with intellectual and other disabilities, in the greater Brunswick region, services that improve their personal and community safety skills, expand their social circles, and encourage fitness and health living through meaningful activities in the community.
Midcoast Youth Center – Merrymeeting Support Collaborative for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
A partnership with RSU 1 and MSAD 75 to provide stability to at-risk or homeless youth through a regional support network.
Mobius, Inc. – Community Supports
Provides individuals in Lincoln County with intellectual and other disabilities with living skills and opportunities for further development.
People Plus – Brunswick Area Teen Center
Serves youth in grades 6-12 in the greater Brunswick area by providing supervision, food, safety and fun in an after-school drop-in center.
People Plus – Community Outreach
Provides fitness, education, technology, health and wellness, social support, hunger prevention, nutrition, and Good Morning call safety service to members in greater Brunswick area.
The Gathering Place – Drop-In Day Shelter
Provides a safe and welcoming space with access to other resources and services as a drop-in day center for the homeless, poor and isolated of the greater Brunswick community.
MEETING BASIC NEEDS
Bath Housing Development Corporation – Enhanced Resident Services
Provides safe, stable, secure and affordable permanent housing with resident services to facilitate health, connectivity, and overall quality of life.
Boothbay Region Community Resources Council – Community Navigator
Helps families by providing assessment, goal setting, information and referral, supportive counseling, and service coordination to enable them to move toward self-sufficiency.
Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine – Weatherization & Repair Program
Provides weatherization services and home repairs for low-income and elderly homeowners, to increase their homes’ energy efficiency and to enable them to afford to remain in their homes.
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program – Food Pantry, Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Provides hungry people with access to healthy food, to work to improve the quality of their lives, and to serve them in a manner that recognizes their dignity.
Midcoast Literacy – Adult Literacy Services
Adult learners are tutored by trained volunteers, individually or in small groups, to develop reading, writing, comprehension, and computational literacy skills.
Midcoast Maine Community Action – Economic Stability Program
Provides information, referral, advocacy, life skill development, and emergency funding to individuals and families in crisis who are unable to meet basic needs.
People Plus – Volunteer Transportation Network
Matches volunteer drivers in the Brunswick area with home-bound and disabled residents who need transportation to vital services including medical and therapeutic appointments, grocery and the local food pantry, and hospitals.
Spectrum Generations – Meals on Wheels
Delivers nutritious meals and a safety check to homebound older adults and disabled persons.
Tedford Housing – Adult and Family Emergency Housing Shelter and Services
Provides emergency adult and family shelter, homeless prevention and outreach services, and supportive housing for those previously experiencing homelessness.
Tedford Housing – Homelessness Prevention Services
Assists families and individuals to retain stable housing and avoid homelessness by assisting with rental assistance, security deposits, heating assistance, and other supportive services.
Tedford Housing – Supported Housing Services
Offers permanent housing for formerly homeless adults and families coupled with supportive services to assist tenants to maintain their housing and move to greater independence.
Salvation Army of Bath Brunswick – Emergency Assistance
Provides heating and utility assistance to help prevent homelessness as part of their basic needs assistance programs.
Bath Area Family YMCA – The Enrichment Preschool Program
Provides quality enrichment preschool for 3 to 5 year old children, as part of their quality child care and before and after school programs.
Central Lincoln County YMCA – Child Care & After School Programs
Provides quality full day care and preschool for infants (6 weeks) through 5 years of age, and after school programming for children in kindergarten through 5th grade.
Coastal Kids Preschool – Inclusive Preschool and Afterschool Program
Offers an inclusive preschool program in Lincoln County providing a developmentally appropriate education for all children without regard to ability and family income.
Family Focus - Children's Services
Provides quality child care for children ages 6 weeks to five years, and Before and After School Age Care in Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell. Provides developmentally appropriate programming in safe, nurturing environments.
Healthy Kids – Child Abuse Prevention
Prevents child abuse and neglect in Lincoln County and encourages, supports, and promotes healthy family environments through home visits, workshops, and activities for families.
Home to Home – Supervised Visitation Program
Provides a safe, easily accessible location for separating/divorcing parents in high-conflict relationships to exchange their children for visitations or for supervised visitations.
Midcoast Literacy - Family Literacy Services
Supports children to develop early literacy skills by offering interactive, educational programming, and by providing free books, literacy information, and opportunities for sharing.
Midcoast Maine Community Action - Whole Families
This project will combine the Family Development Case Manager with a Family Coach in the Early Head Start Home Visiting program to serve families in a more holistic way.
HEALTHCARE & SAFETY
Boothbay Region District Nursing Association – Nursing Care & Outreach
Provides in-home registered nursing services for those in the community whose healthcare needs are not covered by insurance, so that patients may remain safely in their homes.
Boothbay Region Community Resources Council – Addiction Outreach Program
Provides information, support and referral to individuals and families seeking treatment and recovery services from opiate and other addictions.
Lincoln County Dental
Provides dental clinic services throughout Lincoln County, including community-based outreach for children and people living in elder care homes.
Maine Family Planning - Clinical Health Care Services in Lincoln County
Assures access to expert, affordable, and confidential reproductive health care for men, women and teens in the agency’s Damariscotta health center.
MSAD 75 – School-Based Health Center
Health Center at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham provides access to urgent medical care, preventive and behavioral health services to students who would not otherwise receive care.
New Hope Midcoast -- Outreach in Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties
Provides services including court advocacy, emergency housing, support groups, and school-based and community education to people affected by domestic or dating violence, or stalking.
Oasis Free Clinics – Medical, Dental and Prescription Assistance
Provides free medical and dental care as well as prescription assistance to low-income residents of southern Midcoast Maine.
Pine Tree Legal Assistance – Victims Assistance Program
Provides free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking to assure the victim’s safety, financial stability and overall well-being.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England – Brunswick/Topsham Charity Care
Provides quality, comprehensive reproductive health care and sexuality education to women, men, and teens at a price they can afford.
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine – Prevention Education Grades 6-8
Focuses upon raising awareness and knowledge of sexual harassment, assault, and internet safety in order to help students reduce their own risk and that of their peers.
Through These Doors – Advocacy & Outreach Services
Provides individual advocacy and support to victims and survivors of domestic violence in the Brunswick/Harpswell area, including court-based services.
HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Bath Area Family YMCA – Financial Aid
Assures all people have access to the facilities and programs that nurture the potential of every child and teen, and that improve the health and well being of individuals and families.
Bath-Brunswick Respite Care – Adult Day Service
Provides supportive care and information to individuals and families facing the disabilities of aging through an adult day program, support groups, Carefree Café, education and counseling.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick – Community and School-Based Mentoring
Provide youth facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships with a mentor that change their lives for the better.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine – Keep Kids Connected
Helps youth ages 5-14 in Lincoln County who are facing adversity achieve higher aspirations, create better relationships and have educational success by pairing youth with a caring, responsible adult mentor or with high school or college students who mentor in the schools.
Catholic Charities Maine – SEARCH – Greater Bath and Lincoln County
Helps isolated elder residents remain independent in their homes by matching them with trained volunteers who provide companionship, transportation and other assistance.
Elmhurst, Inc. - Supported Living Program
Supports and promotes learning and independent living skills to adults with intellectual disabilities in the greater Bath region.
Girl Scouts of Maine – A Place for Girls
Provides Mid Coast elementary and middle school girls the opportunity to try positive and exciting new activities, build skills, practice leadership, and become responsible and contributing members of their communities.
Independence Association – Community Living
Provides individuals with intellectual and other disabilities, in the greater Brunswick region, services that improve their personal and community safety skills, expand their social circles, and encourage fitness and health living through meaningful activities in the community.
Midcoast Youth Center – Merrymeeting Support Collaborative for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
A partnership with RSU 1 and MSAD 75 to provide stability to at-risk or homeless youth through a regional support network.
Mobius, Inc. – Community Supports
Provides individuals in Lincoln County with intellectual and other disabilities with living skills and opportunities for further development.
People Plus – Brunswick Area Teen Center
Serves youth in grades 6-12 in the greater Brunswick area by providing supervision, food, safety and fun in an after-school drop-in center.
People Plus – Community Outreach
Provides fitness, education, technology, health and wellness, social support, hunger prevention, nutrition, and Good Morning call safety service to members in greater Brunswick area.
The Gathering Place – Drop-In Day Shelter
Provides a safe and welcoming space with access to other resources and services as a drop-in day center for the homeless, poor and isolated of the greater Brunswick community.
MEETING BASIC NEEDS
Bath Housing Development Corporation – Enhanced Resident Services
Provides safe, stable, secure and affordable permanent housing with resident services to facilitate health, connectivity, and overall quality of life.
Boothbay Region Community Resources Council – Community Navigator
Helps families by providing assessment, goal setting, information and referral, supportive counseling, and service coordination to enable them to move toward self-sufficiency.
Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine – Weatherization & Repair Program
Provides weatherization services and home repairs for low-income and elderly homeowners, to increase their homes’ energy efficiency and to enable them to afford to remain in their homes.
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program – Food Pantry, Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Provides hungry people with access to healthy food, to work to improve the quality of their lives, and to serve them in a manner that recognizes their dignity.
Midcoast Literacy – Adult Literacy Services
Adult learners are tutored by trained volunteers, individually or in small groups, to develop reading, writing, comprehension, and computational literacy skills.
Midcoast Maine Community Action – Economic Stability Program
Provides information, referral, advocacy, life skill development, and emergency funding to individuals and families in crisis who are unable to meet basic needs.
People Plus – Volunteer Transportation Network
Matches volunteer drivers in the Brunswick area with home-bound and disabled residents who need transportation to vital services including medical and therapeutic appointments, grocery and the local food pantry, and hospitals.
Spectrum Generations – Meals on Wheels
Delivers nutritious meals and a safety check to homebound older adults and disabled persons.
Tedford Housing – Adult and Family Emergency Housing Shelter and Services
Provides emergency adult and family shelter, homeless prevention and outreach services, and supportive housing for those previously experiencing homelessness.
Tedford Housing – Homelessness Prevention Services
Assists families and individuals to retain stable housing and avoid homelessness by assisting with rental assistance, security deposits, heating assistance, and other supportive services.
Tedford Housing – Supported Housing Services
Offers permanent housing for formerly homeless adults and families coupled with supportive services to assist tenants to maintain their housing and move to greater independence.
Salvation Army of Bath Brunswick – Emergency Assistance
Provides heating and utility assistance to help prevent homelessness as part of their basic needs assistance programs.