Community Wellness and Transportation
In order to address social determinants of health issues, MANA’s Community Wellness and Transportation program provides wellness education and care centered rides to zero/low income community members as well as rides to grocery shopping using GA vouchers or EBT cards within one hour of Portland.
We Provide More Than Just A Ride
Our transportation program is community-driven, care-centered, trauma-informed and multilingual:
Community-driven means we respond to the ever changing transportation basic needs of the community (non emergency medical, social services, food access and immigration) in urban, sub-urban and rural areas. We also try to bridge other transportation gaps that include: School transportation for unhoused students on a daily basis or to special wellness programs, English classes and workforce development. Our Transportation is also paired with health and wellness education.
Care-centered means our staff are immigrants, have lived experience and are trained in Trauma Informed Care.
Multilingual means our staff speak more than 10 languages.
Photo below The MANA van drove middle school students living at the Portland Expo out to experience the natural wonders of Maine as part of the #WEOUTSIDE Program.
