At the new warming center set up in February at Calvary United Methodist Church, the inhabitants — both the homeless folks and the staff who tend to them — look out for one another.
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‘This work is our passion:’ Inside Lewiston’s warming center
The overnight shelter opened in mid-February and homeless people showed up in droves for food served at 10 p.m., for sleep in an upstairs room, or for help with their addictions or mental health problems.
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Portland officials say increased shelter use led to decline in fatal overdoses
The city’s new interim health and human services director noted the correlation between overdose deaths and naloxone administrations when talking about findings of the city’s annual report on homeless services, which was released Friday.
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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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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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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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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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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director of the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, said her organization notified both cities Friday that it has withdrawn its participation in the warming center project.
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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.