Piscataquis
Piscataquis County at a Glance:
- 30.5% of children under 18 live in poverty.**
- 37.5% of children in Piscataquis County receive SNAP benefits, 61.9% of school-aged children are eligible for subsidized school meals.**
- 28.4% of children are living with food insecurity.**
- The infant mortality rate in Piscataquis County is 13.2 per 1,000.**
- 11.2 per every 1,000 children in Piscataquis County are in DHHS custody.**
- 63% of children in Piscataquis county participate in MaineCare.**
- 53.9% of people in Piscataquis County are not currently in the workforce.*
- 17% of the population is under the age of 18.*
- 40.9% of the population achieved a high school degree; 2.9% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.*
- The high school graduation rate for Piscataquis County is 91.1%.**
*Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2012-2016
**Source: Maine Kids Count
Grants Awarded in this Region
| Date | Organization | Award | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Eastern Area Agency on Aging | $20,000 | To support a nutritious meals program - including home delivery and congregate dining options - for low-income, older adults in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties. | Brewer, ME |
| 2022 | Piscataquis Regional Food Center | $15,000 | To provide general operating support. | Dover Foxcroft, ME |
| 2022 | St. Joseph Hospital | $25,000 | To improve food security in adults with chronic disease who are identified while patients at St. Joseph Hospital. | Bangor, ME |
| 2021 | Christine B. Foundation | $15,000 | To provide equitable nutrition assistance to food insecure patients with cancer, recent survivors, and their families, in eastern Maine. | Bangor, ME |
| 2021 | Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center | $15,000 | To provide essential physical and mental health care services to low-income people in Northern and Eastern Maine. | Bangor, ME |
| 2021 | Piscataquis Regional Food Center | $7,000 | To provide general operating support. | Dover Foxcroft, ME |
| 2020 | Piscataquis Regional Food Center | $10,000 | To provide general operating support. | DOVER FOXCROFT, ME |
| 2019 | Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center | $15,000 | To provide mental health counseling to low income Mainers residing in northern and eastern Maine. | BANGOR, ME |
| 2018 | Friends of Baxter State Park | $20,000 | To expand participation in the Baxter Youth Conservation Corps, giving young people in Maine’s Katahdin region work experience, job skills, and increased confidence and aspirations. | Belfast, 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 |
| 2018 | Piscataquis Regional Food Center | $3,200 | To provide support for a Farm Share program, providing fresh vegtables and fruit to homebound seniors living in or near Piscataquis County. | Dover Foxcroft, ME |
| 2017 | Penquis | $25,000 | To provide support for the Piscataquis Safe Havens Center. | Bangor, ME |
| 2017 | Pine Tree Hospice | $10,000 | For general operating support. | Dover-Foxcroft, 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 | Pine Tree Hospice | $15,000 | To assist clients and families experiencing end-of-life challenges and bereavement. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
| 2015 | Eastern Area Agency on Aging | $20,000 | To support the Pantry Partners program, which serves low-income clients through emergency and supplemental food boxes and transportation of food from food pantries to seniors' homes. | Bangor, ME |
| 2015 | Friends of Aroostook | $15,000 | To provide funding to grow, maintain, harvest, and deliver fresh produce to Area Agencies on Aging sites in Aroostook, Washington, Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties. | Houlton, ME |
| 2015 | Maine Farmland Trust | $25,000 | To support programs that help address the needs of food insecure people in Maine. | Belfast, 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 |
| 2015 | Pine Tree Hospice | $15,000 | To provide operating support to assist clients and families experiencing end-of-life challenges and bereavement. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
| 2015 | Piscataquis Regional YMCA | $20,000 | To support the Maine FarmShare program, which provides fresh produce to seniors. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
| 2014 | Penquis | $15,000 | To provide funding for transportation assistance for individuals who do not have or cannot afford transportation to cancer treatment or support. | Bangor, ME |
| 2014 | Pine Tree Hospice | $15,000 | To provide operating support to assist clients and families experiencing the challenges and needs that accompany end of life and bereavement. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
| 2014 | Spruce Run Womancare Alliance | $15,000 | To provide general operating support for 24 hour emergency shelter for men and women fleeing domestic violence situations. | Bangor, ME |
| 2013 | Community Health and Counseling Services | $24,250 | To provide remote patient monitoring for individuals age 60+ living with chronic diseases such as diabetes or congestive heart failure. | Bangor, ME |
| 2013 | Eastern Area Agency on Aging | $100,000 | To support the expansion of the EZ Fix program, a year round home repair and independent living program for low-income Maine senior citizens and adults with disabilities. | Bangor, ME |
| 2013 | Penobscot Community Health Care | $25,000 | To increase provision of home-based primary care to seniors with chronic conditions, allowing them to age in place and maintain their health. | Bangor, ME |
| 2013 | Penquis | $20,000 | To provide transportation assistance (rides or financial reimbursement) for individuals who do not have or cannot afford transportation to cancer treatment. | Bangor, ME |
| 2013 | Pine Tree Hospice | $14,250 | To provide general operating support to continue their mission of assisting clients and families experiencing the challenges accompanying end of life and bereavement. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
| 2012 | Charlotte White Center | $25,000 | To provide meals and maintain decent, safe, affordable supported housing for low-income adults who have serious prolonged disabilities for one year. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
| 2012 | Pine Tree Hospice | $10,000 | To provide operating support for end of life care for low-income individuals and families. | Dover-Foxcroft, ME |