Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change

Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change

PenobscotCountyCares@gmail.com

Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change

Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change Penobscot County Cares (PCC) Welcome! join in seeking change

PenobscotCountyCares@gmail.com

UPCOMING Events

Thursday, December 12th

Regular PCC Meeting: Homelessness, Substance Use Disorders

4pm

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5pm

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81858502254?pwd=Po0bpl5mRlMxcNbjzKE7RCavVcInag.1

Thursday, December 12th

Regular PCC Meeting: Homelessness, Substance Use Disorders

4pm

-

5pm

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81858502254?pwd=Po0bpl5mRlMxcNbjzKE7RCavVcInag.1

About Penobscot County Cares (PCC)

PCC Volunteers

What Can Each of Us Do?

PCC Volunteers


Volunteers are always needed and appreciated.. Activities include outreach to encourage involvement in meetings and events, as well as updating social media. 


For more information or to express interest in volunteering, send a message to PenobscotCountyCares@gmail.com.

PCC History

What Can Each of Us Do?

PCC Volunteers


PCC began in September, 2021. 


Intensifying crises related to health and housing called for greater action. 


More than 30 community agencies and organizations came together in a collaboration to highlight the crises and call on elected officials to invest American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in solutions.

Expand affordable housing and services for substance use and mental health/brain disorders.

PCC Mission

What Can Each of Us Do?

What Can Each of Us Do?


The mission of PCC is to  address three chronic, worsening crises:

 

1. lack of affordable housing; 


2. inadequate substance use disorder treatment; and


3. insufficient care for individuals suffering from mental health/brain disorders.

What Can Each of Us Do?

What Can Each of Us Do?

What Can Each of Us Do?


Get in Touch with Us! 

Send a Message to PenobscotCountyCares@gmail.com.


Join PCC Meetings Every Other Thursday from 4:00-5:00. Upcoming meetings are October 17th and October 31st.


Write to Penobscot County Commissioners and Bangor City Councilors (councilors@bangormaine.gov) to urge greater action on safe, affordable housing and SUD/mental 


Get in Touch with Us! 

Send a Message to PenobscotCountyCares@gmail.com.


Join PCC Meetings Every Other Thursday from 4:00-5:00. Upcoming meetings are October 17th and October 31st.


Write to Penobscot County Commissioners and Bangor City Councilors (councilors@bangormaine.gov) to urge greater action on safe, affordable housing and SUD/mental health care.


Send letter or column to Bangor Daily News (https://bangordailynews.com/submit).

more About pcc

Original Organizing Statement, September 2021

Agencies and Organizations Signing Organizing Statement, September 2021

Agencies and Organizations Signing Organizing Statement, September 2021


To Penobscot County Commissioners, City and Town Councilors and Legislators:

 

Penobscot County is a wonderful place to live. The concern we show for our neighbors—particularly the most vulnerable—tops the list of what makes it special. 


The COVID-19 pandemic and its collateral consequences have changed our lives and the world around us. The pandemic’s many impacts have caused considerable harm, especially for people suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders (SUD), as well as individuals who are unhoused and living in poverty. 


As you know, there is significant overlap between these groups of people and their experiences. The problems in Penobscot County are numerous, deadly serious and mounting:


  • an overdose crisis with the second highest percentage of deaths among all counties in 2021 and twice as many per capita as Cumberland County;


  • waiting lists for mental health care and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and a significant need for more peer support services;


  • shelters at capacity and a substantial lack of affordable housing; and


  • a chronically overcrowded jail.


Sadly, these distressing realities are not new. They have been known to us for years. They’re growing worse. They cry out for focused attention and substantial investments in healing and

wellness.


September is National Recovery Month. It highlights the hope and promise of recovery for individuals experiencing mental health disorders and substance use challenges. This year’s theme—Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community—is a call to action.


This month is an opportune time to pause and consider how our communities and

county can do considerably more to support individuals in need and solve more of our

collective problems.


With unprecedented sums of federal money available to Penobscot County and its

municipalities, including more than $60 million in American Rescue Act Plan (ARPA) funds for Penobscot County, the City of Bangor and surrounding municipalities, we urge you to create a public process to discuss community needs and ways to better address them.


Those ARPA dollars, combined with other resources and leveraged to secure additional funding, can change—even save—countless lives and make our communities healthier, safer and much more livable.


Before any action is taken to allocate federal funding to specific purposes, we ask for time to consider the brighter future possible for all of our neighbors—including the most

vulnerable—and how our communities and county can benefit substantially in the long-

term. Let’s have a meaningful conversation.


Agencies and Organizations Signing Organizing Statement, September 2021

Agencies and Organizations Signing Organizing Statement, September 2021

Agencies and Organizations Signing Organizing Statement, September 2021


Bangor Area Recovery Network (BARN), 


Bangor Friends of Affordable Housing, Bangor


Bangor Friends of People in Need, Bangor


Breaking the Cycle, Millinocket


Consumer Council System of Maine


Dignity First


Fresh Start Sober Living Houses


Food AND Medicine


Greater Bangor Housing Coalition


Health Equity Alliance (HEAL)


Higher Ground


Hope House/PCHC


Indivisible Bangor


Life Lessons Psychiatric Services


Mabel Wadsworth Center


Maine AllCare, Bangor Chapter


Maine Mental Health Connections


Maine People’s Alliance


Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition


Maine Prisoner Re-entry Network


Needlepoint Sanctuary


NAMI Maine


No Penobscot County Jail Expansion


Peace & Justice Center


Penobscot County Jail Storytelling Project


Pir2Peer Recovery Center


Poor People's Campaign


Racial Equity & Justice


The People Streetlight Outreach


A Time To Rise -- Counseling & Wellness


Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center


Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness


Welcome to Housing Home Goods Bank, Inc.


Wellspring

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