Grantees

Children’s Health Small Grants

Organizations that are awarded our small grants focus on a wide range of areas promoting children’s health.

2021 Grantees

Augusta Food Bank

KidsPak weekend food program

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Center for Grieving Children

Bereavement Peer Support Group

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Downeast Community Partners

Maternal and Child Health Nursing Services staff capacity

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Foundation for Portland Public Schools

Portland Public Schools Food Fund for food insecure students

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Full Plates Full Potential

Engaging Jobs for Maine Graduates to find food insecurity solutions

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Grahamtastic Connection

“Backpacks full of joy” with key technology and high-speed internet for seriously ill children

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Kids First Center

Scholarships for intensive co-parenting program for high-conflict divorce and separation

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Locker Project

Expansion of Fresh Food Program to redirect unused food to food insecure population

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Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers

New program to stop the cycle of trauma in families and create better mental health outcomes for teens

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Maine Resilience Building Network

Strategic next steps for the “Cultivating Mattering in Maine Youth” initiative

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My Place Teen Center

General support for the Center as a year-round “oasis” for under-resourced teens

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Patient AirLift Services (PALS)

38 free flights for low-income and rural Maine children and their families in need of long-distance medical care

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Robbie Foundation

Provision of adaptive equipment, assistive technology, and therapy treatment unsupported by insurance for Maine children with developmental disabilities

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United Way of Aroostook

“Traveling Totes” program provides nutritious weekend food to children living in food insecure households

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YWCA Central Maine

Support for Food & Nutrition Program, providing daily meals and snacks, a food pantry, and a meal program

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