Publications

Information about programs including:

• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Weatherization and Furnace Repair or Replacement (CHIP)
• Emergency Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP)
• Low-Income Assistance Plan (LIAP)
• List of Community Action Programs (to apply for LIHEAP, CHIP, ECIP, LIAP)
• Arrearage Management Program
• Maine Home Repair Network
• Alternative Aid
• Emergency Assistance
• General Assistance
• Rural Housing Repair Loans and Grants
• Efficiency Maine
   

Online legal resource where you can search for readable self-help information and find legal help agencies

Who they are, how to reach them and tips for communicating.

Food Assistance (SNAP), formally called Food Stamps, helps people pay for food. You get a card you can use to buy food at grocery stores.

General Assistance, called GA, comes from towns and cities, like Portland and Lewiston, to help pay for housing costs and other basic needs like food and medicine.

MaineCare helps people with low income pay for health care, like doctor visits and medication.
 

Supplemental Security Income, called SSI, is a state program that gives you cash to pay for basic needs like food, clothing, and shelter. Sometimes people call this program Social Security.
 

TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. TANF provides cash help to families with children living at home. TANF can help some immigrants pay for basic needs like housing, heat, and other things

Legal assistance for noncitizens on immigration-related issues. ILAP helps immigrants improve their legal status and advocates for more just and humane laws and policies.

As of Tuesday, December 29, 2020 this is what we know about when people will receive Federal unemployment payments under the new law passed by Congress and signed by the President on December 27^th: