What is the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act?

The law is intended to provide homeless students the same educational opportunities as housed students by removing any barriers to learning.

How to help homeless youth and families in the region

Housing crisis drives rise in youth homelessness

Educators and homeless advocates are growing increasingly alarmed by a surge in the number of homeless youth.

‘All of us are so much more than what you see on the surface’

In her own words, a Lewiston homeless woman who helps other homeless people talks about life on the street.

Homeless in Maine: Rising number of homeless teens face grim future

Many of them lack a stable, supportive family, and end up creating their own 'family' on the street with other homeless youths.

Search the statewide database of school districts reporting homeless youths

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act defines homeless youths as 'individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.'

Auburn official says city has ‘exhausted all possibilities’ to host state-funded overnight warming shelter

The city was in negotiations to receive state funding for a temporary overnight warming shelter but could not confirm a location to host it.

Androscoggin County funds emergency warming shelter in Lewiston

Auburn and Lewiston pursuing options to help unhoused population during winter months, including a program at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street.

MaineHousing will spend $21 million on winter, long-term shelter for Maine homeless

The state housing authority has issued RFPs to provide overnight warming shelters this winter, and other long-term solutions for next winter and beyond.

Homeless but working: ‘That can be any person’

Unforeseen circumstances, and suddenly a Lewiston couple find themselves without a secure place for themselves and their child.