Lincoln
Lincoln County at a Glance:
- 20.2% of children under 18 live in poverty.**
- 23.6% of children in Lincoln County receive SNAP benefits, 51.3% of school-aged children are eligible for subsidized school meals.**
- 23.8% of children are living with food insecurity.**
- The infant mortality rate in Lincoln County is 6.7 per 1,000.**
- 3.7 per every 1,000 children in Lincoln County are in DHHS custody.**
- 47.4% of children in Lincoln County participate in MaineCare.**
- 42.6% of people in Lincoln County are not currently in the workforce.*
- 17.2% of the population is under the age of 18.*
- 33% of the population achieved a high school degree; 11.4% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.*
- The high school graduation rate for Lincoln County is 87.4%.**
*Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2012-2016
**Source: Maine Kids Count
Grants Awarded in this Region
| Date | Organization | Award | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Amistad | $20,000 | To provide general operating support. | Portland, ME |
| 2022 | Boothbay Region Community Resource Council | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Boothbay Harbor, ME |
| 2022 | CHiP, Inc. | $10,000 | To provide general operating support. | Newcastle, ME |
| 2022 | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust / Twin Villages Foodbank Farm | $20,000 | To provide general operating support to Twin Villages Foodbank Farm. | Damariscotta, ME |
| 2022 | Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine | $10,000 | To provide low-income older Mainers with critical home repairs and modifications to prevent displacement from their homes. | Topsham, ME |
| 2022 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2022 | Medical Care Development / Healthy Lincoln County | $25,000 | To support the work of the Food Security Community Connector, to increase the reach, coordination, food procurement and dissemination, and effectiveness of food security programs in Lincoln County. | Damariscotta, ME |
| 2022 | Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2022 | Tedford Housing | $20,000 | To provide general operating support. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2022 | Veggies to Table | $10,000 | To provide general operating support. | Newcastle, ME |
| 2021 | Boothbay Region Community Resource Council | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Boothbay Harbor, ME |
| 2021 | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm | $20,000 | To provide general operating support for Twin Villages Foodbank Farm. | Damariscotta, ME |
| 2021 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $20,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2021 | Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2021 | Regional School Unit 40 | $20,000 | To increase access to youth and adolescent mental health, wellness, and community supports during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Union, ME |
| 2021 | Skidompha Library Association | $2,500 | To increase access to youth and adolescent mental health, wellness, and community supports during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Damariscotta, ME |
| 2021 | Tedford Housing | $20,000 | To provide general operating support. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2021 | Veggies To Table | $5,000 | To provide general operating support. | Newcastle, ME |
| 2020 | Family Focus | $2,500 | To support a strategic planning process, which will include recommendations on how to best provide childcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2020 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2020 | Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | $20,000 | To provide general operating support, which will will help sustain eight food programs and enable the rescue of an additional 100,000 pounds of food from new suppliers. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2020 | Tedford Housing | $25,000 | To provide general operating support to address the basic needs of vulnerable populations that are under additional strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2019 | Amistad | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Portland, 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 |
| 2018 | Bath Housing Development Corporation | $40,000 | Two year grant to support the Comfortably Home program, which increases housing stability of low-income, elderly homeowners by increasing safety, minimizing maintenance burden, and lengthening tenure in their own homes. | Bath, 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To provide support for mental health programs serving homeless clients in 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 | MaineGeneral Medical Center | $25,000 | To provide support for developing one point-of-entry for patients seeking a potential oncology referral. | Augusta, 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 |
| 2014 | Boothbay Region Community Resource Council | $15,000 | To provide funding to implement a wrap-around substance abuse and mental health treatment programthat will assist low-income clients with treatment payments, transportation to appointments, and necessary medications, when no other funding stream exists. | Boothbay Harbor, ME |
| 2014 | Midcoast Maine Community Action | $15,000 | To provide funding to support families and individuals with emergency needs and complete accessibility repairs to enable the elderly to remain at home. | Bath, ME |
| 2014 | Tedford Housing | $20,000 | To provide funding for residential support services to adults in the emergency housing shelter. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2013 | Central Maine Area Agency on Aging | $76,000 | To support the development of a community healthcare delivery model that provides integrated medical and social services support to high risk seniors in Lincoln County. | Augusta, 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 | Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast | $105,000 | To support restorative community conferences and mentoring services for youth ages 10 to 25 in court proceedings; and to increase community awareness and engagement in restorative justice practices. | Belfast, ME |
| 2013 | United Way of Mid Coast Maine | $200,000 | Three year grant to develop an integrated and collaborative system of home visiting programs in Brunswick, Harpswell and all towns in Sagadahoc and Lincoln Counties. | Bath, ME |
| 2012 | Coastal Enterprises, Inc. | $50,000 | To provide assistance to New Americans around business development with an existing program called StartSmart. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2012 | Lincoln County Healthcare | $30,000 | To provide support for free comprehensive dental exams and x-rays to individuals in Lincoln County. | Damariscotta, ME |