Joint Resolution Recognizing February 2025 As 211 Maine Month

This resolution (SP 219) designates February 2025 as "211 Maine Month" to honor the 211 Maine helpline, a free, confidential service connecting Mainers to health, human services, and emergency resources. The helpline, which handled over 75,000 contacts (calls, texts, emails) in 2024, provides 24/7 assistance for housing, food, substance use recovery, disaster response, and distributes emergency heating assistance (e.g., $208,000 in 2024). It highlights the helpline's role as a partnership between government, nonprofits, and private sectors in supporting vulnerable residents through specialized services like the opiate helpline and Help Me Grow Maine. As a symbolic resolution, it has no legal effect but aims to raise public awareness of the helpline's community impact.