Other Options
1.
Community Block Grants
Community Block Grants
provide several million dollars to Maine communities annually. Funds can
be used to assess needs and to improve private or rental housing in your
town or community. These grants may also be used to improve public
buildings. Seventy percent of the grant is used to support activities of
persons of low to moderate incomes. To see if your community currently has
a community block grant for housing assistance and to find out how you can
access this funding, contact your town office.
If your town does not have a
Community Block Grant, encourage them to apply for one. Talk to members of
the town council or board and give them the phone number and website
listed below.
Contact
Information
Contact your town
office, or:
2.
Community Action Programs
Community Action
Programs (CAP) often provide funding for housing improvements. It depends
on the particular CAP agency and their priorities in any given year. Contact your regional CAP to see if there are funds that may be utilized.
Contact
Information
- Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP)
(http://www.acap-me.org)
- Presque Isle
444 Main Street
Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 764-3721 or (800) 432-7881
- Fort
Kent
87 W Main Street
Fort Kent, ME 04743
(207) 834-5135
- Houlton
91½ Military Road
Houlton, ME 04730
(207) 532-9526
- Madawaska
66 Fox Street
Madawaska, ME 04756
(207) 728-6345
- Coastal
Community Action Program (CCAP)
P.O. Box 808
4 Union Street
Rockland, ME 04841
(207) 596-0361 or (800) 585-1605
WIC (888) 707-3860
- Coastal
Economic Development (CED)
39 Andrews Road
Bath, ME 04530
(207) 442-7963 or (800) 221-2221
- Community Concepts,
Inc. (CCI)
- South
Paris
P.O. Box 278
16-19 Market Square
South Paris, ME 04281
(207) 743-7716
- Auburn
2 Court Street
Auburn ME 04210
(207) 795-4065
(207) 364-3721 (Rumford)
- Kennebec
Valley Community Action Program (KVCAP)
(http://www.kvcap.org/)
- Waterville
P.O. Box 1529
101 Water Street
Waterville, ME 04903
(207) 873-2122
- Augusta
Route 7, Box 1103
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 622-4761
- Skowhegan
50 Water Street
Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-8487
(800) 542-8227
http://www.kvcap.org/
- Penquis
Community Action Program (PCAP)
- Bangor
262 Harlow Street
P.O. Box 1162
Bangor, ME 04402-1162
(207) 973-3500
- Lincoln
119 Main Street
Lincoln, ME 04457
(207) 794-3093
http://www.penquiscap.org/
- People's Regional Opportunity Program
(PROP)
510 Cumberland Avenue
Portland ME 04101
(207) 874-1140 or (800) 698-4959
TTY: (207) 874-1013
Fax: (207) 874-1155
http://www.propeople.org
- Waldo
County Committee for Social Action (WCCSA)
P.O. Box 130
9 Field Street Suite 435
Belfast, ME 04915
(207) 338-6809
http://www.wccsa.org/
- Washington Hancock Community Agency (WHCA)
P.O. Box 280
Corner of Maine and Maple
Milbridge, ME 04658-0280
(207) 546-7544 or (800)
828-7544
http://www.whcacap.org/
- Western Maine Community Action (WMCA)
P.O. Box 200
Church Street
East Wilton, ME 04234
(207) 645-3764
http://www.wmca.org/
- York
County Community Action Corporation (YCCAC)
11 Cottage Street
Sanford, ME 04073
(207) 324-5762
(207) 283-1446 (Biddeford)
(207) 748-1766 (Kittery)
(207) 247-3665 (Waterboro)
http://www.yccac.org/
3. Maine Housing
Building Materials Exchange (BME)
The BME is a non-profit housing organization headquartered in
Portland. It assists families in need through social services agencies,
churches, and non-profit organizations. They solicit donations of new,
used, discarded and surplus building materials and related items, from
manufacturers, suppliers, building/demolition contractors, and others.
Contact
Information
Building
Materials Exchange
169 Lewiston Road
Gray, ME 04039
(207) 657-2957
http://www.hud.gov/local/ban/bmex.html
4.
Community Service Organizations
Many community service
organizations offer assistance with a variety of supports including minor
home modification. Consider contacting community organizations such as
Habitat for Humanity, Telephone Pioneers of America, scout troops,
churches, civic organizations (the Knights of Columbus, Masons, Shriners,
Kiwanis, Elks, etc.) and schools and colleges that have offer community
service programs.
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