The Community Caring Collaborative

Poverty in Washington County - 2025
2025-11-21 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | University of Maine, Machias, 116 O'Brien Ave, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC is excited to announce a new training this November, Poverty in Washington County: emerging concerns and responses, Friday, November 21st, 9 am — 12 Noon at the University of Maine, Machias in Science 102. Presented by CCC Director Charley Martin-Berry with guest speaker Ana Hicks, Policy Director in the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, this training will examine changes in public benefits that will impact people already in poverty. We will also discuss what works and look at poverty bias and worthiness, asking where these assumptions and beliefs come from and what are barriers to accessing supports. This free, informative and timely educational opportunity is open to all CCC partners. Contact Hour Certificate available. Register by November 14th using the form below.

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Feb Work Group
2026-02-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC Work Group is meeting in the large conference room at Sunrise County Economic Council’s Machias office at 7 Ames Way from 1-2:30 pm. Download an agenda for this meeting. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs. Download a schedule of meeting dates, locations and formats for the rest of 2026.

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2026-02-06 09:00 - 12:30 | Maine Veterans’ Home, Machias, 32 Veterans Way, Machias, ME, United States
The CCC Council is now meeting in person only, pending safe driving conditions, hosted by partner organizations across Washington County. Today’s meeting is hosted by Community Health and Counseling Services at the Maine Veterans Home in Machias. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting.

Frontline Worker Forum - registration
2026-02-27 10:00 - 14:00 | St. Anne’s Parish Hall, Calais, 29 Church Street, Calais, ME, 04619, United States
Please join the CCC for our Frontline Worker Forum: Strategies for support during a rapidly changing landscape, facilitated by Julie Redding, LCPC, from 10 am — 2 pm in St. Anne’s Parish Hall, Calais.
Families and individuals are experiencing challenges unlike anything else in recent times. However, the frontline staff who support them face unparalleled challenges across resource sectors with rapidly changing information, access and reliability in a previously steady public benefits landscape, and how these impact their professional self-worth. Together, we’ll bring together data and voices from varying roles to understand the impacts these stressors have on the workforce and programs they make up and wisdom from the fields of stress and relational studies that can provide insight into strategies to support them.
Designed for Family Futures Downeast partners, this learning event is open to all CCC partner staff. Participants will receive a certificate for 3.5 contact hours. Please register by Monday, February 23rd.

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March Work Group
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
The CCC Work Group is meeting on Zoom from 1-2:30 pm. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs. Download a schedule of meeting dates, locations and formats for the rest of 2026. Parents, service providers and other community members are welcome! Join using this Zoom link, Meeting ID: 896 0273 1221 and Passcode: [REDACTED]

April Work Group
2026-04-01 13:00 - 14:30 | SCEC Calais office, 330 North Street, Calais, ME, 04619, United States
The CCC Work Group is meeting upstairs at Sunrise County Economic Council’s Calais office at 330 North Street from 1-2:30 pm. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs. Download a schedule of meeting dates, locations and formats for the rest of 2026.

Navigating New Realities - Link to Recordings
2026-04-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
If you missed the live presentation of Navigating New Realities: Substance Use Trends for Community Providers, a 3-hour virtual training facilitated by Abby Frutchey, CCC Substance Use Response Coordinator, on emerging substance use trends: medicinal, recreational, illicit; policy shifts; and practical interventions, or would like a refresher, links to the video recordings on YouTube are available below, as well as the audio-only recording.
To access these recordings, please complete this short access form. Once you submit your responses, you will be directed to a page with the links to the recordings.

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May Work Group
2026-05-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC Work Group is meeting in the large conference room at Sunrise County Economic Council’s Machias office at 7 Ames Way from 1-2:30 pm. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs. Download a schedule of meeting dates, locations and formats for the rest of 2026.

CCC Vision Day 2026
2026-06-03 09:00 - 15:00 | Eastport Arts Center, 36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME, 04631, United States
(Photo credits: Laurie Churchill) The Community Caring Collaborative is excited to welcome partners and community members to a classic CCC gathering in June: Vision Day 2026. This convening is about imagining the future of our place together. Our promise is to create the space to dream. A traditional vision day invites participants to let their shoulders down, connect, and focus their energy on possibility. We’ll explore questions like: what is the Washington County we want to live in and work in? What do we want for children, older adults, and everyone in between? Familiar programs like the Hope Fund, The Connection Initiative, and Family Futures Downeast were all imagined at Vision Days of the CCC.
Please join us from 9 am to 3 pm at the Eastport Arts Center on Wednesday, June 3rd. Feel free to extend this invitation and registration link. We’re looking forward to seeing you! We will provide refreshments throughout the day and boxed lunches from local restaurants which you can either take outside to enjoy the view at the nearby wharf or eat inside the Arts Center, enjoying the company of other Vision Day participants.
Register for this free event by filling out the form below and submitting your reservation by 5 pm May 29th.

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June Work Group
2026-06-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom

ALICE Summit Registration
2026-06-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Machias Savings Bank Training Center, 1 Colonial Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Heart of Maine United Way is partnering with the Community Caring Collaborative for a half-day ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Summit focused on understanding and addressing the challenges facing working families in Washington County. The day will include a presentation of the latest ALICE data, a panel discussion featuring local perspectives, and facilitated table conversations designed to share insights and identify opportunities. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the barriers that families and businesses in our community face and a stronger connection to others working on creative and effective solutions.
Presenters will include Matt Donahue, President & CEO of Heart of Maine United Way, and panelists from across the spectrum of business, non-profit, education, and economic development organizations, such as Tawney Desjardins, WIC director for Washington and Hancock Counties, Denise Cilley, Associate Director for Sunrise County Economic Council, and Dante Zanoni, Program Manager for The Connection Initiative.
Please join us at the Edward L Hennessy, Jr, Training Center at 1 Colonial Way, Machias, from 9 am to 12 Noon to learn more and share your thoughts. Emily Fitzsimmons from the French Cellar will provide refreshments. Save your seat by filling in and submitting the form below by June 5th.

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August Work Group
2026-08-05 13:00 - 14:30 | SCEC Calais office, 330 North Street, Calais, ME, 04619, United States

Sept Work Group
2026-09-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States

Oct Work Group
2026-10-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom

Nov Work Group
2026-11-04 13:00 - 14:30 | SCEC Calais office, 330 North Street, Calais, ME, 04619, United States

Dec Work Group
2026-12-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC Work Group is meeting in the large conference room at Sunrise County Economic Council’s Machias office at 7 Ames Way from 1-2:30 pm. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs.
