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Mon, 04/26/2021 - 8:15pm WASHINGTON, D.C. ­— The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nine organizations in Maine a total of $689,821 for their Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. Head Start was established in 1965 to promote school readiness and provide a comprehensive array of health, nutritional, and social services to eligible four- and five-year-old preschoolers and their families. Early Head Start services are available for eligible children age zero to three and pregnant women. Head Start services include early learning, health, and family well-be...

Local Organizations Work Together to Fill Gaps for Households in Need When a gap in services was realized, three local organizations pulled together to help serve families throughout Aroostook County. “At United Way of Aroostook, we are always looking for gaps in our communities and thinking of ways we can step in to help fill those gaps. Working with ACAP, we were able to determine there was a population of people being seriously impacted by COVID-19 who were unable to find assistance to help them as they struggled to pay their utilities. We knew this was a gap we could help fill and were...

HSGTA 2020 ACAP board member Trey Stewart, ROMA Implementer Amy Murchison, member of both ACAP Parent Policy and ACAP board of directors Evann Myhre and ACAP Executive Director/CEO Jason Parent at the Head Start goes to Augusta event held on March 12. (Courtesy of Aroostook County Action Program) ACAP board member Trey Stewart, ROMA Implementer Amy Murchison, member of both ACAP Parent Policy and ACAP board of directors Evann Myhre and ACAP Executive Director/CEO Jason Parent at the Head Start goes to Augusta event held on March 12. (Courtesy of Aroostook County Action Program) Two ACAP tea...