The city received $400,000 to operate an overnight warming shelter this winter as part of a $2.3 million state grant package to fund a dozen such facilities across 7 Maine counties.
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Portland officials weighing future of city’s family shelter
City councilors may consider relocating it to the site of the emergency shelter in Riverside when the lease on the current Chestnut Street location ends next year.
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Volunteers step up at Lewiston shelter after manager has stroke
Staffing problem at St. Martin de Porres? No problem. The community has it covered.
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Augusta considers adding ‘ambassadors’ to aid homeless in downtown
An ambassador program could supplement police patrols of the downtown area, where merchants have expressed concerns over the number of homeless people, officials said.
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Maine shelters, civil rights groups slam Trump executive order on homelessness
The order signed this week seeks to shift federal funds and policies away from harm reduction and towards civil commitment, which enables authorities to hospitalize and treat people without their consent. Local advocates compared it to “signing a death warrant.”
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To address its problem, Augusta arrests homeless people. It’s not working
In the first 4½ months of this year, one-third of people arrested by Augusta police were homeless, a situation that’s not likely to change without housing and more services.
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Biddeford helps those experiencing homelessness during extreme heat
Throughout the city, cooling centers and meal programs stayed open later to provide relief.
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Lewiston shelter effort at risk of losing $2.5 million in state funding
The lack of a location for the shelter and a shortage of operating funds has put critical financing from MaineHousing in jeopardy.
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York County’s only homeless shelter closes after 45 years
Some of York County Shelter Programs’ services will continue to operate, including a food pantry that serves 6,000 people each month.
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York County to take over food pantry operations, but shelter’s future uncertain
County commissioners vote to take over the York County Shelter Programs’ food pantry, but say they don’t have the resources to operate the nonprofit’s shelter, which is housing 65 people and is slated to close Friday.