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Troy Jackson Coming to Caribou: Kids First Plan A visit and news conference is planned May 28 in Caribou with Maine Senate President Troy Jackson talking about Kids First Plan to Improve Access to Child Care. Jackson plans to visit with teachers and children at ACAP’s Action Program’s Early Care and Education Center in Caribou Friday. He also will talk to the media. The schedule is a visit at 10 a.m. to the comprehensive child care facility in Caribou. The Aroostook County Action Program said “ACAP child care classrooms in Caribou, Houlton and Presque Isle are three of the four Step 4 ...

ACAP has several job openings and they are looking for people who want to Make Life Better in Aroostook County

Briefs Chamber of Commerce awarded funds to support tourism Kennebec Valley Tourism Council (KVTC) has awarded sponsorship support funds in the amount of $1,662.50 to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for the Taste of Waterville to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region. Mid-Maine Chamber was one of 12 sponsorship recipients awarded as part of the 2021 KVTC marketing partnership program. In total, the 2021 KVTC sponsorship support application requests reached nearly $29,100. The organization was unable to fully fund all re...

The Aroostook County Action Program office in Presque Isle. (David Marino Jr. | The Star-Herald) The Aroostook County Action Program office in Presque Isle. (David Marino Jr. | The Star-Herald) ACAP to establish new program aimed at decreasing youth homelessness PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- With new grant funding secured, Aroostook County Action Program is working to create a program that will connect homeless youth to stable housing and other community services. This story has been updated. PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — With new grant funding secured, Aroostook County Action Program is working to cr...

Four organizations in Maine will receive more than $3 million to launch new programs to address youth homelessness — particularly in rural Maine. Chris Bicknell is with Lewiston's New Beginnings youth shelter, which worked to secure the federal funding. He says the money will allow organization to pilot several new strategies, including one that would provide youth with both housing vouchers and support services. "It's a much more robust approach to helping young people get into their first apartment, maintain that first apartment, build the skills they need to move from being in a subsidy ...