Food, money, rent, etc.

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Food

• Food Stamps - Helping low-income people buy food
• Nutrition for Older People in Maine - Congregate and Home Delivered meals, with links to Maine's Area Agencies on Aging.
• Public Assistance Application - Applications for foodstamps, TANF, PaS, MaineCare, Long-term care, request for assistance.
• Women, Infants, and Children's Nutrition Program (WIC) - Free nutrition advice, tips for staying healthy, recipes, and resources for growing families.
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Money

• Child Support - Services including establishing paternity, finding non-custodial parents, and implementing and enforcing child support payments.
• Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Maine - Provides the residents of Maine with financial counseling, debt repayment plans, and consumer education.
• Emergency Assistance - Providing benefits to families with children in emergency situations.
• Public Assistance Application - Applications for foodstamps, TANF, PaS, MaineCare, Long-term care, request for assistance.
• TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) - Provides temporary cash assistance, training, employment services and child care assistance.
  
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Rent/Housing

• Homeless Shelters - Maine homeless shelters with contact names and phone numbers.
• Housing Resources - Assisting persons with mental health issues in securing safe, decent, and affordable housing
• Maine State Housing Authority - Assisting first-time home buyers, home repair, rental housing, special needs, and the homeless.
• Maine Subsidized Housing - Information for low income people in need of subsidized housing or emergency shelters; to renters; and to landlords.
• Rights of Tenants in Maine - An overview of Maine's landlord-tenant laws.
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