Knox
Knox County at a Glance:
- Nearly 18% of children under 18 live in poverty.**
- 23.9% of children in Knox County receive SNAP benefits, 44.9% of school-aged children are eligible for subsidized school meals.**
- 21.8% of children are living with food insecurity.**
- The infant mortality rate in Knox County is 5.3 per 1,000.**
- 4.7 per every 1,000 children in Knox County are in DHHS custody.**
- 49.9% of children in Knox County participate in MaineCare.**
- 41.9% of people in Knox County are not currently in the workforce.*
- 18.5% of the population is under the age of 18.*
- 34.9% of the population achieved a high school degree; 12.1% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.*
- The high school graduation rate for Knox County is 89.7%.**
*Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2012-2016
**Source: Maine Kids Count
Grants Awarded in this Region
| Date | Organization | Award | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2022 | KVCC Foundation | $15,000 | To support the KVCC Food Pantry's shift from stocking mostly dry goods to offering perishable fresh produce, meat, and dairy items and to fund a part-time, one year food pantry coordinator to grow the capacity of the program. | Fairfield, ME |
| 2022 | MCH, Inc. | $20,000 | To support the Meals on Wheels 'Home to ME' program, which provides nutritious meals, regular personal communication, and modest practical living supports to food-insecure seniors and adults with disabilities in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2022 | Rockland District Nursing Association | $20,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2022 | Town of Vinalhaven | $7,200 | To support energy audits and air sealing in the homes of low-income older island residents. | Vinalhaven, ME |
| 2021 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $15,000 | To support the Energy Assistance Program, which provides electricity disconnection assistance to Knox County residents who are food or energy insecure. | Rockland, ME |
| 2021 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $20,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2021 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To increase access to youth and adolescent mental health, wellness, and community supports during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Rockland, ME |
| 2021 | One Less Worry | $5,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2021 | Rockland District Nursing Association | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2020 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2020 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2020 | MCH, Inc. | $20,000 | To support the Meals on Wheels - Home to ME program, which provides nutritious meals, daily communication, and practical living supports to low-income seniors and adult with disabilities in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2019 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2019 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $15,000 | To provide support for general operations to serve homeless clients in Knox, Lincoln and parts of Waldo County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2019 | KVCC Foundation | $95,000 | To support a dedicated Two-Generation Student Navigator, who will connect economically disadvantaged KVCC student parents to wraparound supports to ensure degree completion. | Fairfield, ME |
| 2019 | MCH, Inc. | $15,000 | To provide nutritious meals and support services to low-income seniors and disabled adults in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2019 | Rockland District Nursing Association | $15,000 | To support general operations for the provision of affordable, non-acute, in-home nursing services to low-income elderly residents of Rockland and seven surrounding communities. | Rockland, ME |
| 2018 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $15,000 | To provide food for the Weekend Backpack Program, feeding economically disadvantaged kids in schools across Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2018 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $15,000 | To provide support for general operations to serve homeless clients in Knox, Lincoln and parts of Waldo County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2018 | Maine Seacoast Mission | $20,950 | To support the Mission’s ongoing work with the Data Innovation Project to incorporate better data collection and analysis into its programs and activities for more informed decision making. | Bar Harbor, ME |
| 2018 | MCH, Inc. | $15,000 | To provide nutritious meals and support services to low-income seniors and disabled adults in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2018 | Penquis | $25,000 | To provide emergency home repair services to low-income families in Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Knox counties whose homes have been determined to pose an "imminent threat to health or safety" to prevent homelessness, illness, and injury. | Bangor, ME |
| 2017 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $15,000 | For general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2017 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To provide support for mental health programs serving homeless clients in Knox, Lincoln and parts of Waldo County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2017 | Penobscot Bay Medical Center | $25,000 | To provide support for the Oncology Patient Assistance Fund, which provides financially distressed cancer patients battling with support for urgent basic need expenses. | Rockland, ME |
| 2016 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $20,000 | To provide food and emergency aid to economically distressed people of Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2016 | Island Institute | $300,000 | A three year grant to provide business support services to small businesses in rural coastal areas and islands in Maine. | Rockland, ME |
| 2016 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To provide support for mental health programs serving homeless clients in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2016 | Mid-Coast Health Net | $20,000 | To increase the number of patients receiving mental health counseling. | Rockland, ME |
| 2016 | Penquis | $15,000 | To provide transportation assistance for individuals who do not have or cannot afford transportation to cancer treatment or support. | Bangor, ME |
| 2016 | Rockland District Nursing Association | $21,000 | To provide affordable in-home and community health nursing services to low- to moderate- income seniors | Rockland, ME |
| 2015 | Area Interfaith Outreach | $15,000 | To provide food and emergency aid to economically distressed people of Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2015 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To support mental health programs serving homeless clients in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2015 | MCH, Inc. | $25,000 | To provide funding for the Meals on Wheels program in Knox County, and to provide food for low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities who live in the Methodist Conference Home. | Rockland, ME |
| 2015 | Penquis | $25,000 | To provide funding for transportation assistance for cancer patients who do not have or cannot afford transportation. | Bangor, ME |
| 2015 | Penquis | $25,000 | For the Good Neighbor Fund, which is specifically targeted to Maine communities with unexpected heating needs due to recent mill closings. | Bangor, ME |
| 2014 | Mid-Coast Health Net | $10,000 | To provide funding to increase the number of patients receiving mental health counseling. | Rockland, ME |
| 2014 | Vinalhaven Eldercare Services | $15,000 | To provide general operating funds to help seniors living on the island of Vinalhaven age in place. | Vinalhaven, ME |
| 2013 | Maine Seacoast Mission | $25,000 | To support elders who wish to age in place in their homes and communities to do so successfully. | Bar Harbor, ME |
| 2013 | Many Flags | $150,000 | To support capacity building toward their long-term mission of increasing and improving the pathways of education and employment for children, youth and adults in Knox County; and to leverage federal funding through a Promise Neighborhood planning grant. | Rockland, ME |
| 2013 | MCH, Inc. | $25,000 | To strengthen and extend “aging in place” support services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in two low-income MCH apartment buildings. | Rockland, ME |
| 2013 | Pen Bay Healthcare Foundation | $35,000 | To support the construction of a seven-bed Hospice House in Rockland on the Pen Bay Medical Center campus. | Rockland, ME |
| 2013 | Penobscot Bay YMCA | $15,000 | To expand existing programs for seniors to include fitness classes, transportation and social opportunities. | Rockport, ME |
| 2013 | Rockland District Nursing Association | $15,000 | To provide affordable, non-acute, professional in-home and community health nursing services to predominantly low to moderate income seniors. | Rockland, ME |
| 2012 | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midcoast Maine | $10,000 | To provide support for programs and services including after-school academic assistance and mentoring for young people ages 5-18, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances. | Rockland, ME |
| 2012 | Island Institute | $7,500 | To provide weatherization for low-income homeowners and reduce current heating costs on Monhegan, Matinicus and Isle au Haut. | Rockland, ME |
| 2012 | Mid-Coast Health Net | $20,000 | To support health care services including preventative care and mental health for those without health insurance. | Rockland, ME |
| 2012 | Penobscot Bay YMCA | $15,000 | To support transportation and food for children and families in the Rockland area attending summer programs at the YMCA. | Rockport, ME |
| 2012 | Trekkers, Inc. | $5,000 | To support an experiential mentoring program for at-risk youth. | Thomaston, ME |