Success Stories by State: Maine

• Aroostook County Action Program, Inc. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Container Gardens Program
  September 2009
  Demonstrates and promotes container gardening to encourage families receiving Women, Infants, and Children nutrition services to grow their own fruits and vegetables.
• Outreach Rural Health for Rural Maine
  May 2009
  This project was designed to expand home care services for patients with anxiety and depression in the easternmost counties of the United States—Aroostook County and Washington County.
• Western Maine Center for Heart Health
  January 2008
  The Western Maine Center for Heart Health (WMCHH) reflects collaboration between the county’s hospital, doctors, business leaders, and community residents. The mission of the center is to reduce the health and economic burdens of cardiovascular disease through coordinated community approaches.
• EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
  September 2007
  Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
• Rural Maine Healthy Aging Program
  January 2007
  The main goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive medical and social service resource for the area's aging population.
• Mid-Coast Mental Health Integration Initiative
  January 2007
  The goals of the Mid-Coast Mental Health Integration Initiative are to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services, reduce the stigma associated with mental health, reduce the number of crisis interventions, improve coordination and cooperation among local health providers, and disseminate an innovative model.
• The Healthy Community Coalition
  January 2007
  A multi-dimensional community-wide initiative promoting healthy life choices was implemented in Greater Franklin County, Maine.
• Enhancements to Healthy Families Nurturing Families
  July 2005
  This grant project was designed to address the high incidence of juvenile crime, family violence, and substance abuse among families raising teenagers.
• SCORE-5 for Heart Health
  July 2005
  This program targeted all adults in Franklin Memorial Hospital's service area to provide health promotion services for adults in physician offices, work sites, and other locations throughout the community using a mobile van.
• Rural Health Outreach (Maine)
  July 2005
  The care management services provided by this project facilitated a cooperative effort among health care providers, patients, and community support services to create an outpatient care management program for rural consumers, especially the elderly, people with disabilities, minorities, and children who have chronic health problems including chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.