Grantees

Acadia Family Center

The Resilience Initiative

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Acadia Hospital

Infant Massage And Coaching For Substance Exposed Babies

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AddVerb Productions Arts & Education

Maine Performances Of The Thin Line And You The Man

Adoptive & Foster Families Of Maine, Inc.

Educate Middle School Youth About The Possible Outcomes of Using Alcohol During Pregnancy, In Order to Prevent the Birth of Babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Organization Website

Alan Day Community Garden

A direct source of fresh, nutritious food as well as educational opportunities for kids and families to learn how to feed themselves well.

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American Academy of Pediatrics, Maine Chapter

Expansion of an HPV vaccination learning collaborative for pediatric practices

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Androscoggin Land Trust

The "Nurturing Nature, Nurturing Health” initiative enhances children’s physical and mental health through nature-based programming

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Appalachian Mountain Club

Maine Woods Community Youth & Environment

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Area Interfaith Food & Energy Assistance

Weekend Meals Program

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Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP)

Improving Early Screening for Young Children

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Arts & Recreation Center

Play with Food

ArtVan

Core Neighborhood Project Rolling

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ArtVan

Core Neighborhood Project Rolling

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Augusta Food Bank

KidsPak weekend food program

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Augusta Food Bank

KidsPak weekend food program

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Bangor Region YMCA

Advancing Children’s Health through Emergency Childcare during COVID-19

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Bangor Region YMCA

Caring Connections Cancer Prevention Education

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Bangor Region YMCA

Ongoing mental health support and enrichment for youth through the Y's Teen Center, and exploration of how to expand this model of mental health services to younger children in the Y’s youth development programs.

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Belfast Area Child Care Services, Inc.

Health Food/Healthy Living at BACCS

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine

A “mentoring hub” in partnership with Bangor Boys and Girls Club that will serve at least 100 at-risk school-aged youth

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midcoast Maine

Youth Mentoring Services for Penobscot County

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Big Rock Mountain

Ski4Life, a program which provides Aroostook County children (K-12) with low barrier access to transportation, equipment, facilities, and instruction to learn how to ski and snowboard.

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Bingham Area Health Council, Inc.

Expanded Access to Affordable Dental Services in Rural Central Maine

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Boothbay Region YMCA

Weekend & School Holiday Feeding Program

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Bridging the Gap

Early childhood supplies (diapers, pull-ups, and wipes) to mitigate the effects of financial hardship on young children.

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Broadreach Family & Community Services

Improving Early Childhood Mental Health Outcomes

Broadreach Family & Community Services

Healthy Foods, Healthy Families

Camp CaPella

Learn Healthy Lifestyles through Play

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Camp CaPella

Camp for kids with physical and developmental disabilities

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Camp No Limits

Camp No Limits Maine Camps and Outreach Initiative to Maine Children

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Capital Kids (Boys & Girls Club Augusta)

Outside the Box Nutrition Program Emergency Expansion

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Caring Resources For Living

Capacity Building

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Carlisle Charitable Foundation (previously Equest)

Tuition Subsidy for Group Participation in Equine-Facilitated Therapy Groups for Disabled Children

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Carlisle Charitable Foundation (previously Equest)

Hippotherapy Program Scholarships for Low-Income Children

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Center For Autism & Related Disabilities, New England

Social Enrichment Camp For ASD Children 10–18 Years

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Center for Grieving Children

Bereavement Peer Support Program

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Center for Grieving Children

Bereavement Peer Support Program

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Center for Grieving Children

Bereavement Peer Support Service

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Center for Grieving Children

Bereavement Peer Support Group

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Central Lincoln County YMCA

Healthy Families at the Y

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Community Clinical Services, Inc.

Increasing Childhood Immunizations—Getting Children Up to Date

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Community Concepts, Inc.

I CAN Help My Child Stay Healthy

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Community Dental

Establishing a Dental Home for Young, Predominantly Low-Income Children in the Greater Biddeford Area

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Community Dental Center/Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition

Stabilizing and Sustaining Children’s Dental Services at The Community Dental Center through the Support of an Executive Director Position

Community Youth Services

Career Pathways Initiative

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Consumers for Affordable Health Care

Multi-pronged outreach effort to assist 1,000 children in gaining access to health insurance

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Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation

Health Coverage for Families Responding to COVID-19

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Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation

Connecting Maine Kids to Coverage

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Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation

Increased Enrollment of Eligible, Uninsured Children in MaineCare

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Cultivating Community

Cultivating Community Youth Programs—Community Culinary Crew

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Downeast Community Partners

Maternal and Child Health Nursing Services staff capacity

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Downeast Health Services

Portable Restorative Dental Services for Children in Hancock and Washington Counties

Dunk The Junk

Fighting Childhood Obesity

Eastern Maine HomeCare/Pathfinders

Support for Grieving Children in the Greater Bangor Area

Environmental Health Strategy Center

Creating Momentum for Kid-Safe Products

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Environmental Health Strategy Center

Promoting Early Childhood Health by Reducing Exposure to Arsenic

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Experience Camps

A clinically-informed summer camp experience for children and teens who have lost a close family member to help grieving youth rediscover childhood, process their grief, and find resilience.

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Fit Girls of Wilton Maine

The Fit Girls program, a primary prevention program in Franklin County that works with fourth and fifth grade girls to teach and improve physical, emotional, and mental health.

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Focus On Agriculture In Rural Maine Schools (FARMS)

Coordinator to Develop Youth Program on Food and Gardening

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Foundation for Portland Public Schools

Portland Public Schools Food Fund for food insecure students

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Foundation for Portland Public Schools

A mobile “vision van” clinic in Fall/Winter 2024 to conduct eye exams and provide glasses to 250-400 students.

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Freeport Community Services

Operating Support

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Full Plates Full Potential

Full Plates Emergency Fund

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Full Plates Full Potential

Engaging Jobs for Maine Graduates to find food insecurity solutions

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Furniture Friends

A Bed for Every Child

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Furniture Friends

Beds for Everyone

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Gedakina, Inc.

Nature’s Garden

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Girls on the Run

GOTR in Northern Maine

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Girls on the Run

Expansion of the GOTR-ME Financial Assistance Fund

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Good Shepherd Food Bank

Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals

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Good Shepherd Food Bank

Youth & Families Initiative

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Grahamtastic Connection

Technology for Children with Life-Threatening Medical Conditions

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Grahamtastic Connection

2019 Technology for Children with Life Threatening Medical Conditions in Maine

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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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Kennebec Behavioral Health

Halycon House Emergency Shelter for Youth

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Hardy Girls, Healthy Women

Adventure Girls—New Horizons in Health and Wellness for Maine Girls

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Hardy Girls, Healthy Women

Develop and Deliver Training for Adults Working with Girls to Expand the Program's Reach Beyond the Waterville Area

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Hardy Girls, Healthy Women, Inc.

Provide small, safe, and connected spaces that address Maine girls’ and nonbinary youth’s mental health, particularly those living in rural communities.

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Harrington Family Health Center

Pediatric Equipment & Supplies to Support Significant Growth in Pediatric Patients Served At The HFHC

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Health Access Network

Digital Radiography Sensors

Healthways/Regional Medical Center at Lubec

Electronic Dental Records System

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Healthy Acadia

Tai Chi for Health in Schools

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Healthy Acadia

Healthy Water for Hancock County Homes

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Healthy Kids

Preventing Child Abuse/Teaching about Drugs and Alcohol

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Healthy Start (Healthy Communities of the Capital Area)

Seeking Family Strength

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Hear ME Now

Tele-Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss

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Heart of Biddeford

Clifford Park StoryWalk

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Heart of Maine United Way

The Bundle project, which works to increase access to and utilization of social safety net programs in order to improve economic security and household wellbeing, and provision of “Bundle boxes” that include developmentally appropriate toys, books, and other family resources.

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Hearty Roots, Inc.

Outdoor-based programs to de-stigmatize depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other childhood traumas that often lead to long-term adverse health issues by getting Maine kids “off the grid.”

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Jackson Food Pantry

Additional Funding to Support Increased Needs of Families Affected by COVID-19

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Kennebec Behavioral Health

Homeless Youth Outreach

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Kids First Center

Program Scholarships for Maine Children & Families Experiencing Divorce

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Kids First Center

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

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Kids First Center

Intensive co-parenting program for high-conflict divorce and separation

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KidsPeace Maine

Wellness Kits for Families

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Kismet Rock Foundation

The Kismet climbing program provides a free rock climbing experience to at-risk youth, engaging youth through a summer weeklong intensive, year-round program and mentorship throughout the four years of high school.

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LifeFlight Foundation

replace two aging “isolette” units that provide new babies with an enclosed crib that maintains a warm, safe environment and protects the baby from germs during emergency transport.

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Locker Project

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

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Locker Project

Improving access to fresh food for low-income families

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Maine Access Immigrant Network (MAIN)

Enrolling Maine Children in Health Insurance Coverage

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