Companies with up to 250 workers are among those now eligible for $95 million in grants to sustain local economies through the downturn.
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Ten projects share $2.2 million in awards from Maine Technology Institute
Coupled with nearly $32 million in matching funds, the innovative projects are expected to create or preserve 1,600 jobs in eight Maine counties.
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Maine public bus services get $10.2 million federal grant
The money will be used to build a new transit center outside Acadia National Park, replace buses in Greater Portland and improve service in Bangor.
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Maine nonprofits receive $1.2 million for COVID-19 relief efforts
The Maine Community Foundation has issued COVID-19 relief grants to 130 nonprofit organizations in the state.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Federal aid increased for Maine hospitals, health care providers
Another $42 million in grants has been allocated, bringing the total to nearly $188 million.
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Maine gets $6.3 million for substance abuse job training
A two-year federal grant will help train treatment workers and prepare addiction sufferers for the job market.
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Feds award nearly $14 million in grants to fight homelessness in Maine
Some of the Housing and Urban Development funds also will be used to connect residents with affordable housing programs and services.
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Local organizations receive children's health grants
BELFAST — The Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation has awarded grants to 10 Maine organizations through its Children’s Health Small Grants Program. The awards total $95,000. The list of local recipients and their children’s health projects are: • Community Clinical Services, Lewiston, $14,000.Increasing Childhood Immunizations: To partner with Healthy Androscoggin to increase immunization rates for 2-year-old children in central […]
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Lisbon: From ‘dump’ to double-take
In six years, a community-wide focus on revitalization has changed the face of this former mill town. LISBON — It was called a “drive-through community.” One developer called it “a dump.” It was a former mill town unable to distance itself from the past. It had its traditions — the Moxie Festival being its most notable […]
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Western Mountains Committee awards grants
PORTLAND — The Western Mountains Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded more than $66,000 in grants to nine nonprofits, including two in Franklin County. The Franklin County Children’s Task Force in Farmington received money to support sexual abuse prevention strategies included in the healthy relationships curriculum for children attending three school districts in grades […]