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VITA – SHORE UP’s Free Tax Prep Program – Now Open!
Posted: February 28, 2024
SHORE UP, the community action agency for the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, is once again providing qualifying households on Delmarva with assistance in completing and filing their income taxes. […]
Foster Grandparents Now Recruiting
Posted: February 24, 2023
If you are 55 or older and are ready to make a difference in the lives of children, you are invited to participate in the AmeriCorps Seniors’ Foster Grandparent Program […]
Electric & Home Heating Assistance Now Available
Posted: December 14, 2022
SHORE UP’s Office of Home Energy Programs is accepting applications from households who need assistance paying their electric and/or home heating bills (oil, gas, propane). Applicants can be either homeowners […]
Public Notice – HPG Grant
Posted: June 17, 2022
Applications are now being made to Rural Development for a Housing Preservation Grant to serve Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset County low-income and very-low-income homeowners. The statement of activities is available […]
Thank you to our Shore Gives More Donors
Posted: December 1, 2021
Thank you so much for your efforts in spreading the word about Giving Tuesday and for your donations. The local initiative, Shore Gives More Campaign, was an opportunity for SHORE UP! to spread […]
SHORE UP! welcomes new Housing and Community Development Director
Posted: August 27, 2021
SHORE UP! Inc. has hired a new Housing and Community Development director. William Barclay, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., will now direct the agency’s Energy Assistance and Weatherization programs. Barclay […]
Shady Pines Center has reopened
Posted: August 13, 2021
SHORE UP! Inc.’s Shady Pines Center reopened Monday, Aug. 16. The center, located at 1929 Northwood Dr. in Salisbury, has been closed since March 2020 due to COVID-19. An Adult […]
SHORE UP! to shift agency’s focus from Head Start to Early Head Start with recent grant award
Posted: August 9, 2021
SHORE UP! Inc. recently received a grant award from the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start. Funding will serve 572 children in the agency’s Early […]
Foster Grandparents at daycare centers & schools impact children’s lives
Posted: July 29, 2021
Romaine Bridell embraces a student enrolled in the Berlin Center SHORE UP! Inc. is currently recruiting senior volunteers for the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparents Program. Individuals ages 55 and older […]
Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Posted: July 14, 2021
Wicomico County, through a grant from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, has been awarded $7,380,680 in funds to assist Wicomico County residents in need of emergency rental […]