Preble Street is teaming up with other veteran service organizations and landlords to find permanent housing for 100 homeless veterans over the next three months.
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Preble Street raises $13M of $14M goal so far
Preble Street is $1 million short of its $14 million goal as it nears the end of a fundraising campaign to increase homeless shelter capacity and fund new programs. The campaign would help to create a new center for survivors of human trafficking; establish a fund for emergency services; consolidate shelters for homeless and runaway […]
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Preble Street assumes operations of two temporary shelters in Lewiston
Preble Street last month took over operations of the 44-bed quarantine and temporary wellness shelters in Lewiston that had been run by Community Concepts Inc. since early last year. “The critically important role of emergency shelters has never been more evident than over the last year,” said Preble Street Executive Director Mark Swann. “CCI staff […]
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Maine Voices: As need for shelters in Portland grows, so does resistance to them
It’s a lot easier to stop things than it is to create solutions – but it helps neither people experiencing homelessness nor the community at large.
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Portland councilors to discuss shelter moratorium in Bayside
The item is being discussed at the request of the association that represents the city neighborhood with the highest concentration of shelter beds and social services.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
New homeless shelter will ‘save lives,’ advocates say
Preble Street’s 40-bed facility at the site of its former resource center will help shelter those who can’t access other facilities.
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Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil held virtually
PORTLAND — An annual vigil to remember those from the Greater Portland homeless community who have died in the past year is available virtually this year at preblestreet.org/vigil. For more than 25 years Portland’s Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil has taken place at the winter solstice, the longest night of homelessness all year. This year […]
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Our View: Long nights ahead for homeless in Maine’s largest city
Rising poverty is symptom of the COVID crisis, stressing services for those in need.
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Maine Voices: Portland should stop stalling on new wellness shelter
People need places to sleep. Preble Street can provide them. Let’s move ahead before winter gets here.
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Maine Voices: Portland, county officials should make like the seasons and change
We community members can help by advocating for Preble Street’s shelter, for temporary winter housing and for long-term solutions.