Local Community Resources

 

 

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ABUSE

AMHC – Sexual Assault Services,  1-800-550-3304

Hope and Justice Project , 1-800-43-2323

ADVOCACY

Department of Health & Human Services, 207-493-4000

Maine Human Rights Commission, 207-624-6290

 CLOTHING

Calvary Baptist Church, 207-493-6608

Good Samaritan Thrift Shop, 207-498-8655

Salvation Army Thrift Store, 207-764-1816

The Cubby, 207-496-0600

Threads of Hope, 207-493-8919

DISABILITY RESOURCES

ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

Department of Health & Human Services, 207-493-4000

FOOD STAMPS

Department of Health & Human Services, 207-493-4000

GENERAL ASSISTANCE

City of Caribou, General Assistance, 207-493-3324 ext. 221

HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP), 207-768-3053

SOCIAL SECURITY

Social Security, SSI Benefits, Social Security Dependents, Disabled Adult Child, Prescription Drug Costs, 1-800-772-1213

TANF

Department of Health & Human Services, 207-493-4000

 EDUCATION

ADULT ED

Adult Education Programs, 493-4272

Aroostook Training & Education Coalition, 207-493-4272

CAREER/VOCATIONAL

Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP) Employment & Training, 207-764-3721

ASPIRE Program (DHHS), 207-493-4000

Department of Labor, Career Center, 207-760-6300

Loring Job Corps Center, 207-328-4212

Women, Work & Community 207-764-0050

COLLEGES

Husson College, 207-760-1177

Northern Maine Community College, 207-768-2700

University of Maine at Presque Isle, – 207-768-9400

PRESCHOOL

ACAP Headstart, 207-768-6045

SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION

Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division for the Blind & Visually Impaired, 207-760-6347

Central Aroostook Association,   207-554-4515

FOOD

Bread of Life Soup Kitchen, 207-493-4858

Caribou Ecumencial, 207-493-4860

Food Pantries in Aroostook

United Baptist Food Pantry, 207-496-7881

HOUSING SERVICES/ ASSISTANCE

Caribou Landlord Listing

Fort Fairfield Housing Authority, 207-476-5770

Mainehousingsearch.org

Maine Housing Authority, 1-800-452-4668

Maine Veteran’s Home, 207-498-6074

Presque Isle Housing Authority, 207-768-8231.

       Van Buren Housing Authority, 207-868-5441

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, 1-800-332-8529

Maine Equal Justice Partners, 1-866-626-7059

Maine Human Rights Commission, 1-888-577-6690

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, , 207-794-4349

MENTAL HEALTH 

 Allies, Inc, 207-764-5809

Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHC),  1-800-244-6431

Care and Comfort, 1-866-764-3071

Caribou Veteran’s Outreach Center,  207-496-3900

Central Aroostook Psychiatric Services (CAPS), 207-764-9700

Community Health & Counseling Services 207-496-3166

Department of Health & Human Services, 1-800-432-7366

Healing Hearts, LLC,  492-1000

       Hope Recovery Services, 207-493-1700

Life By Design, 207-492-1653

New Day Counseling, 207-492-1130

Northern Maine General, 207-492-1036

       Pathways of Maine, 207-492-3009

The Northern Lighthouse, 207-492-2011

Wings for Children & Families, Inc. 207-493-4671

SHELTERS

Homeless Services of Aroostook,  207-764-5114

       Hope and Justice Project, 207-764-2977

Sister Mary O’Donnell Emergency Shelter, 207-764-4125

Transitional Housing, 207-764-6000

SOCIAL AND SPECIAL SERVICES

Alpha One, 207-764-6466

Aroostook Area Agency on Aging and RSVP     207-764-3396

Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP),  207-764-3721

Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHC),  1-800-244-6431

Caribou Veteran’s Outreach Center,  207-496-3900

Catholic Charities of Maine, 207-498-2575

Department of Health & Human Services, 1-800-432-7366

Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 207-493-4527

       New Ventures Maine, 207-768-9635

Personal Services of Aroostook (PSA), 207-764-3766

Women, Work & Community, 207-764-0050

SUBSTANCE ABUSE/SUPPORT GROUPS

ABUSE

Hope and Justice Project , 1-800-43-2323

DRUG ABUSE

Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHC),  207-493-3361

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHC),  1-800-550-3304

TRANSPORTATION

Aroostook Regional Transportation System, 207-764-3384

County Ride Service, 207-492-1379

VETERANS

       Aroostook Veteran’s Alliance, 207-496-8211

       Caribou Bureau of Veteran’s Services, 207-492-1173

       Caribou Veteran’s Outreach Center, 207-493-3900

       Caribou VA Clinic, 207-493-3882