INFORMATION AND REFERRALS
Sources of information on organizations in a specific county, region, or
statewide.
Aroostook County Action Program
PO Box 1116
Presque Isle, ME
04769
764-3721; 800-432-7881 Fax: 768-3022
Phone referral for
Aroostook County. Produces a "Resource Directory," updated annually, which
is available for the cost of copying.
BAIRNET/Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow St.
Bangor, ME
04401
973-8227
Free community information online service. Advocates
for information resource development and sharing.
Changing Maine Directory
PO Box 776
Monroe, ME 04951
525-7776
invert@acadia.net
www.AbilityMaine.org
Larry
Dansinger
We continue to update this statewide list of organizations. Send us
changes in your current listing, so we get it right next time. If your group is
not listed in this edition, contact to be included in the next one.
Community Action Programs
Most community action programs (CAPs) in Maine
have some kind of resource list for the county/counties they serve. If there is
no group in this category serving your county, try the CAP in that county (see
Low Income for a complete list).
Community Concepts
PO Box 278
South Paris, ME 04281
743-7716
Publishes a list of groups and resources in its "Community Cares" newspaper
for Oxford and Androscoggin counties.
Crisis Response--Statewide
888-568-1112
See Self-Help, Support, and
Advocacy Category for more information. Note: Some organizations sponsor other
local crisis hotline phone numbers, but most calls are redirected to the above
number.
First Call
66 Ash St., PO Box 888
Lewiston, ME 04243
795-6677,
800-339-4042
Not sure who to call? Confidential help and information and
referral service for Androscoggin (especially) , Oxford, and Franklin counties.
Open weekdays 9 a.m. -4 p.m.
First Call Mid Coast
34 Wing Farm Parkway #201
Bath, ME
04530
443-8952; 800-269-1150
Confidential help and broad-based listing of
information by phone with computer data for Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and northern
Cumberland counties.
First Call United Way
PO Box 91
Waterville, ME 04903
888-392-4636;
873-7700; 623-2586
Linking people to services in Kennebec and Somerset
Counties.
"The Community Connector"
Healthy Community Coalition
20 Church Street
Wilton, ME 04294
645-3136
http://www.fchn.org/hcc
http://www.thecommunityconnector.org
Freeport Community Services
PO Box 119
Freeport, ME
04032
865-3985
Information on services in the Freeport area.
Hancock County Community Network
PO Box 373
Ellsworth, ME
04605
667-2358
Peter Rees
rees@midmaine.com
Has an extensive list
of grassroots groups in Hancock County and does periodic emails about activities
and events of interest to progressive people.
Info-Line
c/o Acadia Hospital, PO Box 422
Bangor, ME
04402
800-204-2803; 973-6815
Information and referral service for
Penobscot County (especially) and other downeast areas. Computer data base
maintained.
Ingraham Hotline
PO Box 1868
Portland, ME 04104
774-HELP (Hotline),
874-1055 Fax: 774-5901
www.ingraham.org
Phone information for
Cumberland County. Also crisis counseling and intervention with 24/7 hotline
with TTY . Special attention to youth and those with mental illness.
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
97 Water St.
Waterville, ME
04901
873-2122, 800-542-8227
Publishes a "Resource Manual" for $12
(pickup) or $15 (postpaid) on organizations and services in Kennebec and
Somerset Counties. Most recent edition of the manual was updated in 2000.
Oxford County Crisis Response
150 Congress St.
Rumford, ME
04276
800-335-9999
Phone crisis hotline information for Oxford County.
Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine
170 Park St.
Bangor, ME
04401
942-9343
info@peacectr.org
http://www.peacectr.org
Has a resource library
and information on peace, justice, and other grassroots groups especially in
eastern Maine.
Resource Directory for Older People in Maine--See Elders
Resource Exchange
c/o Womancare, PO Box 192
Dover-Foxcroft, ME
04426
564-8165
wmncare@midmaine.com
Resource
information exchanged through monthly meetings, 2nd Thursdays, at Penquis
CAP. Has updated information on most Piscataquis County groups.
Teen Yellow Pages
237 Oxford St., PO Box 1868
Portland, ME
04104
874-1055
Pocket-sized guidebooks for youth produced by
Ingraham, including topics like substance abuse, education, jobs, legal issues,
abuse and violence, and suicide. Books are for one or several counties and
list community resources for youth in each area.
United Mid Coast Charities
PO Box 639
Camden, ME
04843
236-2299
Has information on the 55 groups in Knox and Waldo counties
which are members of United Mid Coast Charities.
Women's Resource Center Directory, USM
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME
04104
780-4996
Directory of resources available in the greater
Portland area and some statewide referrals as well. USM service to
students and community.
York County Community Action Corporation
PO Box 72
Sanford, ME 04073
324-5762
Publishes a Resource Guide to groups and services in York
County. A new edition available in 2001.
York County Resource Directory for Children and Families
PO Box
568
Biddeford, ME 04005
284-1337 Fax 284-1593
yccanc@gwi.net
This 35-page directory
describes various groups and services in York County and beyond; especially
geared for health and family needs. Most recent edition in 1999.
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