AmeriCorps*VISTA Senior $ense:
The UMaine Center on Aging has been awarded a 3 year ($1.3 million) grant by the Corporation for National and Community Service to develop a statewide program of financial, employment, and consumer counseling services and resources for seniors living in poverty. The Senior $ense program will recruit and place 30 VISTA members in 15 different community organizations throughout the state.
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RSVP of Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington Counties
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) links active, healthy adults 55 years and older with organizations needing their volunteer services.
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Parenting Relatives Mental Health & Substance Abuse Project
A state-wide planning and service project focusing on the special significance of mental health disorders and substance abuse for Maine's rural families and the negative impact such conditions can have on older adults who have assumed later life parenting responsibilities. Dr. Lenard Kaye, Professor of Social Work and Director of UMCoA, has overall administrative and supervisory responsibility for the project and Jennifer Crittenden, Research Associate at UMCoA, serves as the Program Coordinator. This Generations United funded project has been renewed yearly since 2002 with a new aspect of kinship care being explored with each round of funding.
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