Car Seat Safety Program (Maine Families): 255-0481
Child car seats & booster seats for low-income families. Installation assistance, safety information, seat checks, & free trainings available for agencies, companies, groups or individuals. Online resource library. Click here to find the right size seat for your child
DCP Rides: 1-877-374-8396 or 207-664-0012
No cost or low cost roundtrip transportation for local shopping, banking, errands, even visiting friends; handicapped accessible; $2 to $8. (48 hours advanced scheduling is advised).
A. Eastport-Pleasant Point: Thursdays to Calais (times vary) / Fridays in-town Eastport (times vary)
B. Princeton-Baileyville: Monday-Friday to Calais (times vary) / In-town Calais Monday-Friday (times vary)
C. Lubec-Machias: Monday-Friday to Machias (times vary) / In-town Lubec Tuesdays (times vary) / In-town Machias Monday-Friday (times vary)
D. Milbridge-Machias: Monday-Friday to Machias (times vary) / In-town Milbridge Wednesdays Wednesdays (times vary) Four Corners in Columbia Mondays (times vary)
Dept. of Health & Human Svcs (DHHS): 1-800-432-7846
Fund to help with transportation for non-medical needs like shopping, non-medical appointments… (must submit the DHHS-R Low Income Eligibility Application to qualify). Transportation arrangements are made through calling DCP (listed below).
Downeast Community Partners (formerly WHCA): 1-855-608-5176
DCP uses ModivCare (formerly Logisticare) to provide transportation for MaineCare recipients for medical appointments and “friends and family” driver reimbursement. Call in advance to schedule a pick-up.
If you are not a MaineCare recipient, but need help arranging non-emergency medical transportation, please call DCP at 1-877-374-8396 OR 664-0012 OR 546-7547 to determine eligibility for other transportation services that they can offer.
ModivCare (formerly Logisticare) – Free Transportation To and From Medical Appointments: 1-855-608-5176
Call in advance to schedule transportation to/from medical appointments. Advance notice is needed when transporting children as vehicle needs to have car seats (or room for car seats if caregiver brings their own).
ModivCare (formerly Logisticare) – Mileage Reimbursement for Maine Care Covered Doctor’s Visits: 1-855-608-5175
Reimbursement for pre-approved doctor’s visits is .38 cents a mile. Contact ModivCare in advance to make arrangements. Click here to download the mileage reimbursement form for pre-approved trips.
Patient AirLift Services – SkyHope: 888-818-1231
PALS SkyHope is a nonprofit that arranges free flights for medical patients requiring medical diagnosis, treatment or follow-up who cannot afford or are unable to fly commercially. Click here to request a flight if you or someone you know needs free air transportation to critical care over 2 1/2 hours away. PALS also arranges volunteer flights for family members of patients as compassionate missions, to ensure patients have support when they are away from home for long periods. PALS is proud to assist military personnel and their families with free flights to aid in the recovery and rehabilitation processes for our wounded veterans.
Transitional Transportation (Fedcap): 1-844-585-2505 (Machias) or 1-877-369-0935 (Calais)
The Transitional Transportation Program (TT) helps families who lose their TANF or Parents as Scholars (PaS) benefits because they got a paying job. Transitional Transportation helps with your transportation costs for the first 18 months after you get your last TANF check. It is paid on a monthly basis on the last day of each month. Talk to your Fedcap worker about the TT Program when you stop receiving TANF
Transportation Assistance for Veterans: 255-8665
Limited transportation assistance for veterans from the American Legion Post #9 in Machias
West’s Transportation ($): 1-800-596-2823
Bus service from Calais to Bangor (and points in-between),
operates 7 days a week. There is a cost for this service, click here for rates