Come spring, let’s hope we’ve made real progress toward restoring the social safety net that’s currently in tatters.
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Shelters expect heavy holiday demand driven by high winds, frigid temperatures
Highs in Portland are forecast to top out in the teens Thursday, with wind chills well below zero.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Homeless youths need more of our attention and assistance
It’s not just a lack of housing that leads teenagers to live on the street, and the problem requires a different approach from adult homelessness.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Laser focus on housing, resources is reducing homelessness
A statewide council is also working to bring together members of a fragmented system to improve results.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland council seeking unity on model for new homeless shelter
Councilor Kimberly Cook decides not to ask for a council vote on replacing the city’s adult facility with a single city-run shelter while a committee considers its recommendation.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Fixing Maine’s youth justice system long overdue, but there’s new hope
The new governor and other elected leaders should develop and fund community-based alternatives to incarceration for the state’s young people.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Portland City Councilor Batson: New York, other cities offer lessons for solving homelessness
They simply do not have the same effective outcomes working in a large, warehouse-style shelter model.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Affordable housing saves lives and saves the community money
We need resources for housing, health care and treatment for mental health and substance use disorder.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland man has plan to convert cruise ship into homeless shelter
MemoryWorks director Kenneth Capron seeks a grant that would fund a feasibility study.
Posted inMaine, News
Director of Portland shelter is leaving, saying the high-stress job has worn him down
Rob Parritt says the work has become all-consuming and he will give it up after overseeing the city’s increasingly overwhelmed Oxford Street Shelter for the better part of a decade.