The Meeting Immediate Human Needs Community Impact Team of United Way of Mid- Maine has developed an initiative to specifically target the heating concerns of the mid- Maine Community – Keeping Mid-Maine Warm. The heating crisis and all of the additional issues, such as fuel efficiency and food security is one of the most pressing issues we are currently facing as a community.

Keeping Mid-Maine Warm includes five strategies to address different aspects of the heating crisis:

• Strategy 1: Ensure that people who are between 170% - 200% poverty level, who are in emergency heat crisis have access to emergency heat assistance.
• Strategy 2: Ensure that people who are eligible for LIHEAP but are not accessing LIHEAP start access this benefit (through outreach & education).
• Strategy 3: Ensure that families in extreme situations have access to emergency heat assistance when needed
• Strategy 4: Ensure that LIHEAP recipients with high fuel consumption have their homes weatherized
• Strategy 5: Ensure that people are maximizing their fuel efficiency by having their furnaces cleaned.

Keeping Mid-Maine Warm Partners:

Dead River Company
DownEast Energy
Greater Waterville Communities for Children & Youth
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
Plum Creek
The Stove Barn
Waterville Noontime Rotary
Waterville Salvation Army

Click here for more information on how to get help.

Click here for more information on tips to keep you warm.