Parents in Downeast Maine will soon need to look elsewhere for maternal and child health support.

According to WABI TV 5 , Downeast Community Partners (DCP) has announced it will end its Maternal and Child Health Program on September 30, 2025. The change comes after the State of Maine decided not to renew contracts for maternal and child health nursing services in most counties, except for the state’s five southernmost regions: York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford.

For the past eight years, DCP has offered these services in Washington and Hancock Counties through state funding. The nonprofit emphasizes that this decision is not tied to its new partnership with the Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP), which had hoped to continue the program, the news station repor

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