Waldo
Waldo County at a Glance:
- 21.3% of children under 18 live in poverty.**
- 30.2% of children in Waldo County receive SNAP benefits, 61.8% of school-aged children are eligible for subsidized school meals.**
- 26.2% of children are living with food insecurity.**
- The infant mortality rate in Waldo County is 8.7 per 1,000.**
- 8.5 per every 1,000 children in Waldo County are in DHHS custody.**
- 54% of children in Waldo County participate in MaineCare.**
- 43.2% of people in Waldo County are not currently in the workforce.*
- 19.5% of the population is under the age of 18.*
- 34.1% of the population achieved a high school degree; 11.2% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.*
- The high school graduation rate for Waldo County is 86.7%.**
*Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2012-2016
**Source: Maine Kids Count
Grants Awarded in this Region
| Date | Organization | Award | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To provide general operating support. | Rockland, ME |
| 2019 | Beacon Project | $10,000 | To fund transportation costs for low-income island residents to medical and other critical appointments on the mainland. | Islesboro, 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 | Northern Light Inland Hospital | $25,000 | To support on-site food, food security resources, and transportation vouchers for primary care patients at Northern Light Inland Hospital who are screened and identified as in need of additional supports. | Bangor, ME |
| 2018 | Belfast Public Health Nursing Association | $22,500 | To provide direct outreach, medical care and support to low-income and at-risk children and adults in Waldo County who require assistance in meeting their basic needs of shelter, food, medical care, and safety. | Belfast, ME |
| 2018 | Goodwill Industries of Northern New England | $20,000 | To provide support for the Job Connection Bangor program, providing wrap-around workforce development services to low-income adults with multiple barriers to successful employment such as food scarcity, unstable housing, and transportation issues. | Portland, 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 | Waldo Community Action Partners | $20,000 | To provide support for emergency home repairs for low-income families in Waldo County in order to prevent homelessness. | Belfast, 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 | Unity Barn Raisers | $12,000 | To provide meals for low-income families in Waldo County. | Unity, 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 |
| 2015 | Food AND Medicine, Jobs with Justice Education Fund | $15,000 | To provide funding to deliver healthy, locally grown food to SNAP users, including families in crisis, laid-off workers, seniors, and people with disabilities who need homecare. | Brewer, ME |
| 2015 | Jackson Food Pantry | $5,000 | To provide food to low-income children, families and seniors in Waldo County. | Jackson, ME |
| 2015 | Knox County Homeless Coalition | $25,000 | To support mental health programs serving homeless clients in Knox County. | Rockland, ME |
| 2015 | Maine Farmland Trust | $25,000 | To support programs that help address the needs of food insecure people in Maine. | Belfast, ME |
| 2014 | Maine Farmland Trust | $15,000 | To provide funds for the Local Food for Seniors program. | Belfast, ME |
| 2014 | Volunteers of America Northern New England | $20,000 | To provide funding support and staffing for mental health counseling to incarcerated men. | Brunswick, ME |
| 2013 | Cancer Support Center of Maine | $5,000 | To provide gas cards for cancer patients traveling to and from medical appointments. | Bucksport, ME |
| 2013 | Central Maine Area Agency on Aging | $25,000 | To provide direct services to low income seniors and their family caregivers to help them remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible. | Augusta, ME |
| 2013 | Maine Farmland Trust | $25,000 | To continue a highly successful Community Farm Share program targeting low income seniors. | Belfast, 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 | Penobscot Bay YMCA | $15,000 | To expand existing programs for seniors to include fitness classes, transportation and social opportunities. | Rockport, 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 |
| 2012 | Beacon Project | $5,600 | To fund transportation costs for elderly residents to medical appointments on the mainland. | Islesboro, ME |
| 2012 | Maine Farmland Trust | $50,000 | To provide access to local farm products through free farm shares in Waldo and Kennebec counties to low-income people facing food insecurity . | Belfast, ME |
| 2012 | Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast | $25,000 | To support the Court Diversion program for juvenile/young adult offenders. | Belfast, ME |
| 2012 | Unity Barn Raisers | $11,000 | To provide high nutritional value meals to low-income families in Waldo County. | Unity, ME |
| 2012 | Waldo Community Action Partners | $12,500 | To support early education services for children and adults from low-income and underserved households. | Belfast, ME |