LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus has distributed $67,000 in CARES Act mini-grant awards. These grants monies were distributed by SeniorsPlus to fifteen businesses, organizations, and agencies that serve older people and adults with disabilities in Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties.
The federal CARES Act provides additional funding to states, territories, and tribes for the various programs authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965. The money will help strengthen services that support the health, safety and independence of older adults and adults with disabilities challenged by the coronavirus public health emergency. Each of the five designated Area Agencies on Aging in Maine were assigned to seek grant applications in their individual territories in the state. SeniorsPlus is the western Maine Area Agency on Aging.
SeniorsPlus disseminated CARES Act funds by giving one-time mini-grants to organizations delivering vital support services to vulnerable residents of its tri-county area — Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford.
The grant awards were for up to $5,000 each and were made to:
Auburn Recreation Dept.;
Bedard Pharmacy, of Lewiston and Auburn;
Catholic Charities;
Fairbanks Union and New Portland Community churches;
Green Ladle-Lewiston Regional Technical Center;
Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County;
High Street Food Pantry – High Street Congregational Church, Auburn;
LA Hearing Center;
Rangeley Health and Wellness;
Rural Community Action Ministry;
Safe Voices;
Trinity Jubilee Center, Lewiston;
University of Southern Maine Senior College, Lewiston;
United Way of the Tri-Valley Area;
Western Maine Transportation Services.
