Consider Waldo CAP for your Giving Tuesday Donation
Monica Pettengill2025-11-30T07:23:23-05:00Fill out my LGL Form!
Waldo County Food Security Emergency Summit
Monica Pettengill2025-10-29T09:48:55-04:00Attention Food Relief Resources, School officials, Municipal officials, Legislators, members of our Faith-based community, Foundation representatives, Grocers, and Nonprofits and other organizations who serve populations that may be reliant on SNAP benefits: In November, 15% of Waldo County residents will lose a lifeline to food security with the loss of SNAP benefits. For the people we serve, the timing of this could not be worse - the weather is turning colder, gardens have stopped producing, the holidays are bearing down. It is, without a doubt, a crisis for our community. We know you all feel this deeply and that we all [...]
Upcoming Home Buyer Ed Classes at WCAP Help Prepare People for Home Ownership
Monica Pettengill2025-10-16T12:27:20-04:00Waldo CAP announces availability of 2025 Neighbor for Neighbor food and gift applications
Monica Pettengill2025-09-18T10:52:58-04:00Waldo CAP and the Neighbor for Neighbor Coalition are pleased to present the 2025 application for holiday assistance to Waldo County residents. Anyone in Waldo County with a need can request food boxes for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas and Christmas gifts for children in a household. “This is one of my favorite annual projects,” said Waldo CAP Development Director Monica Pettengill. “It is amazing to watch the whole community come together to support strengthening families with experiences and memories. It feels good delivering a box containing everything a household needs for a full holiday meal – including dessert – or to imagine [...]
Invitation to Bid: WCAP Early Childhood Program, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Monica Pettengill2025-07-23T17:40:52-04:00Invitation to Bid WCAP Early Childhood Program Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP) hereby invites interested parties to submit sealed bids for a contract to perform Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation services described below. This work is part of federal and state funded programs providing Early Childhood Education, programing and support to children and families in Waldo County. Proposal General Information Purpose: WCAP seeks proposals for the provision of mental health services for our Early Childhood Program. The WCAP Early Childhood Program serves children aged birth to five and their families in Waldo County through Head Start, [...]
Attention Weatherization Contractors: WCAP to host pre-bid meeting for upcoming contract year
Monica Pettengill2025-07-09T12:32:13-04:00Waldo Community Action Partners is seeking Weatherization Contractors to help eligible Waldo County households with Weatherization projects in the upcoming contract year. If you are a qualified Weatherization Contractor who is interested in working with us to help others, then please reach out to housingdept@waldocap.org for more information. WCAP will host a Pre-Bid Meeting on July 21, 2025 at 11 a.m.
Waldo CAP announces upcoming Home Buyer Education classes
Monica Pettengill2025-06-05T11:19:59-04:00June & July 2025 Home Buyer Ed Classes
Waldo Community Action Partners celebrates 60 years of service
Monica Pettengill2025-04-30T17:42:57-04:00Waldo Community Action Partners kicked off a year of honor and celebration Monday as they embark on their 60th year of service to the people of Waldo County and beyond. Six decades ago, on April 26, 1965, the original Board of Directors for what was then known as the Waldo County Committee for Social Action signed the Articles of Incorporation that created the community action agency we now know as Waldo Community Action Partners. Monday, WCAP announced a year of planned awareness activities to honor the past 60 years while looking forward to what the next 60 years might bring. “Our [...]
Waldo Community Action Partners Statement on Federal Action on Energy Assistance and Head Start Programs
Monica Pettengill2025-07-23T10:05:26-04:00Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP) has learned that all Federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) staff are no longer with the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally, we have learned that the regional Head Start Office in Boston, which serves all of New England, has been closed. This is very concerning, but we are uncertain about the administration’s long-term plans for either program. We are working with state partners, MaineHousing, and our Congressional Delegation to obtain answers. In the short term, in relation to the Home Energy Assistance Program, all current applications for this program year will [...]