The Town of Eddington administers a General Assistance program, pursuant to Title 22 MRSA(4305).  The Town has adopted an ordinance establishing that program.  A copy of this ordinance is available for public inspection at 906 Main Road, Edington, ME.  Also available for inspection is a copy of the State of Maine general assistance statutes.

The General Assistance program must take an application for persons/households who wish to apply for General Assistance.  The general assistance worker must issue a written decision regarding eligibility to all applicants within 24 hours of receiving an application.  Applications are taken at the following time:  Monday-Friday 8:00am-3:00pm.  The municipality is required to have a representative available 24 hours a day to handle emergency applications.  If you are in an emergency situation after office hours, contact Theresa Clair at (207)944-0925.  If the municipality refuses to take your application or if you are denied assistance and/or have questions, call the Department of Human Services General Assistance Hotline toll free at 1-800-442-6003, Monday through Friday 8:00am-5:00pm.  If you call after 5:00pm, leave a message with the phone number and you will be contacted the next business day.

This notice is posted pursuant to title 22 MRSA 4304-4305

Applications can be downloaded (fillable) here.... (printable, .doc format) here