STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2026 AS 211
MAINE MONTH
WHEREAS, 211 Maine is a Maine-based health and human services and emergency
preparedness and response helpline that provides Maine people free and confidential referrals
to needed resources; and
WHEREAS, 211 Maine provides around-the-clock service statewide, offering efficient
and effective responses from people employed in Maine to questions arising from the growing
complexities in health, financial and human services and the needs of Maine people, and offers
interpreter services to those whose first language is not English; and
WHEREAS, since 2006, 211 Maine has been a trusted lifeline for people across the State,
helping individuals and families to find local services such as utility assistance, housing or
shelter and transportation by answering over 62,000 calls, texts and emails amounting to over
187,000 minutes in 2025; and
WHEREAS, 211 Maine provides emergency operations support during times of natural
and other disasters, including assisting the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency
Management, Maine Emergency Management Agency, fielding calls from those impacted by
windstorms and floods, collecting critical data and helping people find winter warming shelters
or cooling centers; and
WHEREAS, this past year, 211 Maine directly distributed over $236,000 in emergency
heating assistance, helping residents to avoid spending winter nights in the cold or their utilities
from being shut off; and
WHEREAS, 211 Maine handles a number of specialized services and partnerships,
including the opiate helpline and the gambling helpline and serving as the centralized access
point for the Help Me Grow Maine program and is also a resource for finding information about
needs such as tax preparation and browntail moth caterpillar prevention, mitigation and
treatment; and
WHEREAS, 211 Maine provides a powerful example of how the government and
nonprofit and private sectors can work together to improve the quality of life of the people of
Maine; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Legislature
now assembled in the Second Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this
opportunity to recognize February 2026 as 211 Maine Month.
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