Who we are

Western Maine Community Action
Who We Are

Community Services
Volunteer Program
Operation
   Santa Claus
Gardening
      Programs:
    Seeds of Life
    Grow-a-Row
    Gleaning
    Farm Shares
Food Pantries
Tax Assistance
     Program
Family
   Development
       Accounts

Energy and Housing Resources
Fuel Assistance
Weatherization
Home Ownership
     Education
Energy Crisis
     Intervention
Low Income
     Assist Program
CMP Line
     Extension
Central Heating
     Improvement
Above Ground
     Storage Tank
Telephone
    Lifeline Program
Appliance
     Replacement
Elderly Hardship
     Grants
Housing
     Revolving Loan
Septic System
     Loans
Maine American
     Dream Initiative
Information and
     Referral

Tri-County
Health Services
Family Planning &
   Reproductive
      Health
Family Life
     Education
Outreach
LGBTQ Youth Special Projects
Our Locations

Nutrition Services
WIC
Child Care
Food Program

Employment and Training
Business Services
Career
   Assessment and
   Consultation
Training
     Assistance
Workshops
Apprenticeships
On-the-Job
     Training
Job Placement

Keeping Seniors Home

Western Maine Community Action, Inc. was established in 1965. It continues to assist people in eliminating barriers to self-sufficiency and in improving their quality of life. A belief in basic human dignity and the exercise of free choice motivates the agency to approach this goal in two ways: by providing services to alleviate the conditions of economic uncertainty and by advocating for changes to eliminate the causes of poverty.

We are dedicated to the belief that people can help themselves if the appropriate resources, education, and support exists. It is our mission to advocate for, strengthen, and coordinate all resources -- private, local, state, and federal -- that will assist us in promoting the self-sufficiency and independence of people.

In fulfilling our mission, we will focus on these major objectives:

To act as a representative of, and to advocate with and for people, on issues that affect them.

To provide quality services to meet identified human needs in the most cost effective way possible.

To promote sensitivity and to foster cooperation within programs, organizations, and communities in meeting the needs of people.

To mobilize and work with all resources in developing innovative solutions to community problems.

Western Maine Community Action’s mission is therefore a catalytic one of helping people help themselves, and focusing the resources and awareness of the community on the desire, to eliminate the barriers to independence and self-sufficiency.

Fenwick L Fowler Executive Director ffowler@wmca.org
Judith Gerry Director of Finance and Administration
jgerry@wmca.org
Irving Faunce Director of Program Operations ifaunce@wmca.org

Board of Directors

Jane Mickeriz
President
Peru

Ellen Grunblatt
Vice President
Jay

Steve Brown

Treasurer
Carthage

Paul Brown

Farmington Falls

Laura Ross
New Sharon

Patrick Coughlin
Lewiston

Reta M. Bowen
Wilton

Beverly Adams
Sabattus

Thomas Saviello
Wilton

Deborah Auch
Kingfield

Andrea Adams
Avon

Susan B. Koch
Auburn

Jennifer Watkins
Auburn

Marc Vanderwood
Oxford

Maine WIC

Family Planning Association of Maine

Maine Community Action Association

A United Way Agency

Maine Career Center

WMCA is a United Way Agency and Equal Opportunity Organization with programs funded in full or in part by: United Way; Franklin County; DHS-CSBG; HHS; DOL; Rural Development: DOE; or Family Planning Assoc.
AA/EEO Employer