Community Connections
What is it?Lifestyle 180 is a year-long group wellness experience that employs classroom-based instruction around three key components of a healthy lifestyle - cooking/nutrition, physical activity and stress management - together with ongoing follow-up for participants with chronic diseases. Who is…
What is it?This collaborative program with the Penobscot Sheriff’s office, National Alliance of Mental Illness Maine and The Acadia Hospital identifies inmates at risk for suicide, and trains law enforcement to intercept people with mental illness and send them to partner agencies and emergency…
What is it?Initiated by CRHC’s emergency medical services (EMS) team, the program offers free, round-trip transportation services from a care facility to a family gathering and back during the holiday season. The hospital volunteers its medical expertise and ability to transport medically needy or…
What is it?Using a prevention-driven approach, the program expands access to quality medical care and delivers services such as assistance with insurance, medication, transportation and other social services. Chronic disease management is offered to homebound seniors through weekly visits with a…
What is it?The program began by offering scholarships to an obesity program at a fitness center, which it still does. But in 2007, the program commissioned a customized mobile fitness unit to travel the region supplementing shrinking physical education programs and encouraging healthy, active…
What is it?This community-based hypertension program brings existing outreach and public health services together to organize evidence-based initiatives, including free blood pressure screenings and targeted educational programs. Who is it for?All county residents, especially those at risk.
What is it?This state-licensed childcare center provides playschool, pre-school, before-and-after school programs, as well as childcare for more than 40 children each day. Scholarships are available to families who need short-term aid or ongoing assistance. Children’s Center staff network and…
What is it?Guys Night Out was created to increase attendance to Effingham Hospital’s annual prostate cancer screening event. As an incentive, an off-site provider location is transformed into a place where men gather to watch football’s greatest moments or old-time westerns, complete with ‘guy-…
What is it?Founded in 1988, FACES is a Ryan White Part D grant-funded, state-wide program that provides services to people affected by HIV/AIDS. Services include HIV primary care, medical case management, treatment adherence support and education, mental health counseling, medical transportation…
What is it? This initiative comprises the coordinated development of three new training programs in geriatrics for physicians, pharmacists and nurse practitioners, plus two pilot projects specifically geared toward seniors and two new geriatric research projects. Several geriatrics learning…