Kevin Boilard, director of shelter operator Kaydenz Kitchen, said the long-term goal is to make the shelter self-sustaining through thrift store revenue, grants and other funding sources.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Frigid temperatures increase risk to homeless
Lewiston now has no official warming shelter open during the daytime, but the warming shelter on Lincoln Street is open from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston to use $169,883 to provide financial assistance to students facing homelessness
Lewiston will also hire a homelessness prevention and housing navigation specialist with the MaineHousing grant, part of a $2 million pilot program for five school districts.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools receive grant to combat student homelessness
Roughly 1,700 students and their families in five school systems are expected to benefit from the pilot, MaineHousing said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Store Next Door now in Auburn with resources for homeless youth
The Store Next Door brings basic necessities like food and personal hygiene items to homeless students in Lewiston and Auburn to keep them in school and see them through graduation and beyond.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lewiston council approves new zoning rules for shelters
Once enacted, a restrictive shelter overlay district would be replaced with language specific to each zoning district.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Auburn eyes housing project to address homelessness, hunger and poverty
The project is modeled after Preble Street’s ‘housing first’ programs in Portland, which officials said have been effective in getting chronically homeless back on their feet.
Posted inNation / World, News
U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many
The federally-administered tally finds an almost 40% increase in family homelessness.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Vigil raises awareness of homelessness, honors man killed by train
A memorial vigil honored Brett Staples and highlighted the urgent need for local resources to address homelessness in the community.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills
The biggest Sun Journal stories of 2024 include the highs and lows
Reflecting both the lows and the highs of the year, we highlight the area’s biggest news stories of 2024.