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Contact information for all ILCs in Maine. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.
SeniorsPlus Area Agency on Aging serves seniors in Androscoggin County, Franklin County and Oxford County. When you need to get to a medical appointment or other errand, you can call our volunteer staff for a ride.
Buses, vans or individual drivers can help you get to doctors' offices, clinics and pharmacies in most areas of the state. Advance notice is required for some of these arrangements. For more information, contact the regional social services transportation provider in your area.
A private transportation resource started in Portland that is seen as a model of transportation for seniors in other communities.
Offer "door-to-door" services. Most require a one-day or two-day advance reservation. In addition to client services, most programs also offer transportation that is available for anyone who needs a ride.
All transit providers in the State of Maine provide service in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This service is provided in three different ways depending on the nature of the service: demand response, route deviation and complementary paratransit.
2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember telephone number that connects people with important community services, including transportation options.
Links to county contact information for Aging and Disability Resource Centers, which provide a single point of entry for access to public long-term support programs and benefits, including transportation options for seniors and people with disabilities.
County by county transportation information for Maine.
Information to find buses, vans, or individual drivers that can help you get to doctors' offices, clinics and pharmacies in most areas of the state.
If a disability prevents you from getting to a METRO or South Portland Bus Service bus stop, the ADAPT service from RTP may be able to come to you.
Program from Alpha One, an independent living center with locations in Bangor and South Portland, is designed to help people resume driving following a disability or to help young adults with developmental disabilities start driving.
Information about a placard available from the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles that identifies motorists as deaf or hard of hearing. Residents must fill out an application form to get this placard.
Information from the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles on a special license plate issued to qualified veterans that allows them to park in designated parking spaces.
Application form from the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles to get a parking placard or license plate that allows individuals to park in designated parking places for people with disabilities. Document is in Word format.
This program of the Eastern Area Agency on Aging provides transportation to and from medical appointments for individuals 50 years or older who are not eligible for other transportation services offered, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
