The Community Caring Collaborative

Frontline Worker Forum - registration
2026-02-27 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 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!
Lunch is open: you can visit one of Eastport’s delightful restaurants or bring your own brown bag and enjoy the view while eating at the nearby wharf. We will provide refreshments throughout the day. 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

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.
