York County Community Action Corp

Energy and rent relief services - energy services provides assistance with home heating and energy. The program administers the federal low-income heating and energy assistance program (liheap), energy crisis intervention program (ecip), central heating improvement program (chip), and the weatherization assistance program. These federally-funded programs provide one-time annual benefits to income-eligible households to help cover the cost of home heating. Energy services also administers the low-income assistance plan (liap), which provides benefits to consumers with high electric bills, and weatherization assistance, which helps to reduce energy consumption.

Childrens services childrens services provides programming focused on supporting children and families. The department administers the head start and early head start federally funded early childhood education programs, designed to foster the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development of young children while supporting parents as their children's primary educators. Early head start serves children from six weeks to age three, while head start serves children ages three to five. Both programs work to ensure that every child is enrolled in a medical home and receives regular oral health care to promote overall well-being and developmental readiness for learning. Through these services, the programs aim to equip children with the necessary tools for success in school and life, while also encouraging families to actively engage in their children's education. Our whole family coaching program is a family-led strategy utilizing a whole family approach. Coaches provide families with 1:1 support and the tools to set, plan for, and achieve their goals through family centered coaching.the first4me early care and education program supports communitybased solutions to improve the lives of families and their children when transitioning from child care settings into the school system. The program supports community child care providers in various ways to help provide high-quality child care and education to young children enrolled.our early access to intervention services program ensures all young children in maine have access to the services they need to learn, develop, and thrive. A community health worker supports families in order to increase rates of developmental screenings and referrals to, and participation in, early intervention and health services for young children.

Transportation - transportation services help york county residents to be self-sufficient by providing transportation to community services and other destinations which they would otherwise not be able to reach. All of the transportation services are open to the general public. The sanford transit offers year-round service from springvale to south sanford. The wave (wheels to access vocation & education) operates daily scheduled transportation between sanford-wells and sanford-biddeford. Transportation also provides a limited amount of rides to medical appointments (including cancer treatment) through the privately-funded york county transport and connecting to cancer care programs. In addition, transportation maintains contracts with a small number of agencies, including child development services and the maine department of health and human services to provide non-emergency medical transportation to low-income residents. Wic - women, infants and children (wic) works with prenatal mothers, infants, and children to age five. Wic provides eligible families with educational material and tools to support mother and child's health and wellness. Wic provides these families with vouchers for healthy foods designed to supplement mother and child's diet with specific key nutrients. Wic also ensures each child receives regular physical check-up exams. To encourage and support new mothers to breastfeed their child, breastfeeding peer counselors, breast pumps, and enhanced food packages to mothers who are breastfeeding are available. Economic opportunity - economic opportunity connects people in need with programs and services that offer help through financial assistance, referrals, education, and advocacy. The program is designed to assess each client's/household's particular set of needs and provide support ranging from crisis intervention (immediate need for fuel, food, shelter, etc.) to short-term case management. The goal is to help individuals and their families achieve independence and financial stability. Other programs that fall under the community outreach umbrella include york county cah (creating assets savings and hope), a financial capability education program, which includes free tax preparation, financial coaching and workshops aimed at helping clients develop financial goals to build assets, as well as homebuyer education, housing navigation, and family coaching.