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PublishedMarch 7, 2024
Photo: Wisdom’s Women hosts forum on homeless issues
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PublishedMarch 7, 2024
Attorneys threaten to sue Portland over homeless encampments
A draft of the lawsuit was sent to city leaders last week, signaling that should encampments pop up in Portland again, the city could face legal action if it doesn't promptly clear them.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Portland city manager: Encampment sweeps led to hundreds moving indoors, no overdose deaths last month
Danielle West and two other panelists spoke for nearly 2 hours about the challenges of the homelessness crisis at a University of New England forum Wednesday.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2024
Preble Street’s housing-first program serves as model for helping homeless Mainers
Rapid Rehousing aims to move people out of homelessness directly into long-term dwellings by working with landlords who will rent to people who don't meet the traditional requirements.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2024
Auburn council approves amended funding for Lewiston warming center
The Lewiston nonprofit Kaydenz Kitchen plans to open the warming center at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Auburn to hold special meeting Monday to amend its funding for Lewiston warming center
While Auburn has yet to approve the change, Fatuma Hussein, executive director of the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, said her organization notified both cities Friday that it has withdrawn its participation in the warming center project.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
Lewiston council selects different operator for Calvary church warming center
Councilors selected the nonprofit Kaydenz Kitchen in Lewiston to operate the center at Calvary United Methodist Church, a day after Auburn officials voted to fund the proposal by Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, also in Lewiston.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
Lewiston, Auburn teaming up to fund warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church
If approved by Lewiston councilors Tuesday, the center would begin operations this week and run until early April.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2024
Warming shelters take in hundreds as temperatures drop in southern Maine
MaineHousing gave out $1.4 million in grants to open overnight warming shelters. Many are filling up every night – and some are running out of money.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2024
No major encampments are left in Portland. So what’s next for the city’s homelessness task force?
The Encampment Crisis Response Team was formed to respond to an acute encampment crisis. Now that those camps are gone the future of the group is in limbo.
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