Many of them lack a stable, supportive family, and end up creating their own ‘family’ on the street with other homeless youths.
Homeless in Maine
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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Michael G. Seamans: Life on Waterville island featured hard living, and comfort to those in need
Over the course of several months, Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans captured images of people living at a homeless encampment along the Kennebec River, and came to learn his assumptions about them were wrong.
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Homeless in Maine: Struggling to survive even with a paying job
Those who interact most closely with the homeless say it’s a misconception that they don’t want to work or try to help themselves.
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Photos: Homeless people work jobs, return home to tents pitched by river
Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans captured the photographic journey of homeless people living at an encampment in Waterville, some of whom also work jobs, over the past several months. All photos are by Seamans.
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How homeless people are counted in Maine
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided data since 2007, based on estimates from service providers who seek to count people in homeless shelter, people in communities without shelter and more considerations.
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Photos: Homeless people in central Maine brave the elements
The Sun Journal and Kennebec Journal captured views of homeless people as winter sets in across the region.
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Homeless in Maine: Record-setting estimates come as winter’s bite threatens the vulnerable
Escalating costs for housing, food and fuel have officials especially concerned as cold weather sets in and as estimates grow for people unable to find stable housing.