How can we help?
Washington Hancock Community Agency is a community action agency dedicated to fighting poverty and helping low-income people in Down East Maine. We offer a wide range of services including heating assistance, transportation, weatherization, small business assistance, tax preparation and more.
WHCA brings community resources together to help people in Washington County and Hancock County achieve self-sufficiency and a better quality of life.
A message from our Executive Director
Timothy King, WHCA Executive
DirectorFor more than 40 years, WHCA has been helping people improve their lives by providing programs that encourage families to become self-sufficient and respond to their basic needs as well as programs that offer them a brighter future. WHCA has created a number of innovative programs that make a difference in the lives of families in Down East Maine. I hope you find the information on our website to be helpful and enlightening.
If you need help and don't find it on this website, call us and we'll do our best to make sure you get what you need. If you can help us help others, we appreciate your support.
In a time when my faith in people was very low, WHCA showed me I could trust them. This I will never forget, 'cause WHCA in my book is the best."
~ April Morse
WHCA NEWS
Down East Business Alliance is partnering with local farms and farmers' markets to offer double ...
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What to Do About LIHEAP Applications
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or LIHEAP helps low income people pay home ...
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New Support Group for Caregivers in Hancock
A new support group for caregivers is forming in the Hancock area. Meetings will be ...
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In just one month, school will be starting and kids will need backpacks and supplies. ...
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FUNDERS
Quimby Family Foundation Suppports Maine Farmers' Market Convention
Down East Business Alliance has been awarded a grant from the Quimby Family Foundation to ...
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Point Harbor Fund Supports Families in Crisis
Washington Hancock Community Agency has received a grant of $5,000 from the Point Harbor Fund ...
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MCF Funding Will Help Launch Peninsula Care
Washington Hancock Community Agency has received a grant of $6,000 from the Hancock County Fund ...
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Homeless Shelter Without Walls Receives Funding from HAC
WHCA's Housing Retention and Stability program has received a grant from the Housing Assistance Council ...
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Llewellyn Foundation Supports Friendship Cottage
The Llewellyn Foundation has made a grant to Friendship Cottage to support the volunteer/activities coordinator ...
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