Registration is now open for the Aroostook Backpack Project! Backpacks are available to students living in Aroostook County in grades K-12 for the 2024-2025 school year. Free backpacks are available on a first come first serve basis with a limited amount available.
ACAP provides families high quality education, childcare and developmental services to children birth to 5 years old. No income guidelines and subsidies are available.
WIC provides food benefits, nutrition education and screenings to eligible pregnant and postpartum women, nursing mothers, infants and children under five.
ACAP Coaching Services are available to individuals and families. Our coaches work with clients on overcoming challenges and identify pathways to achieving their goals. Coaches work alongside individuals and families offering guidance and support along the way.
ACAP provides families with comprehensive and affordable high quality prenatal, infant, toddler, and preschool education and child development programs. Services also include family and child health and nutrition services.
We keep people warm, safe, and dry in their homes with a variety of programs that offer education or assistance in areas of heating and energy efficiency, and home purchase, repair, and assistance for people facing foreclosure or eviction.
We build a stronger, healthier community by partnering with local and statewide organizations to offer prevention services that focus on nutrition, oral health, substance use, tobacco, obesity, and youth engagement.
Career Counselors assist program eligible job seekers to find and maintain stable employment, attain post-secondary credentials to increase their earning
“When people come together as a community great things happen. That is why the United Way of Aroostook partners with ACAP, so that great things happen all over Aroostook County.”
Sarah Duncan
Executive Director, United Way of Aroostook
“We appreciate everything that ACAP is doing for us—it just has been a blessing.”
Chris
HeadStart Parent, Caribou
“I cannot begin to express my gratitude and appreciation for this gift. How wonderful it was to wash my dishes last night without having to heat pots of water on the stove first! I’ve had to do this for years. What your agency is doing is an incredible service.”
