MaineHousing will use the award to develop a community response to youth homelessness, focusing on rural areas where services are scant.
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Our View: Libraries can reach people in deep need
With a social worker on staff, a library is uniquely positioned to connect patrons with mental health and other services.
New federal program could help youths aging out of foster care in Maine
Vouchers could provide housing for as many as 25 young adults in Greater Portland.
Greg Kesich: Conspiracy theory takes hold in Maine GOP
What looks like genuine concern about people who are homeless may really be something much more sinister.
Preble Street workers vote to unionize, citing low pay, high turnover
The nonprofit serves homeless and low-income Mainers at the organization’s drop-in centers, soup kitchens, food pantry and shelters.
Young and on their own in Maine
An invisible trend, fed by an affordable housing crisis and opioid epidemic, has led to a record high in homeless students – and a 227 percent spike in children without a guardian.
Search narrows as Portland rules out site near county jail for new homeless shelter
A City Council committee is asking the council to choose between a vacant lot on Commercial Street and land on Riverside Street.
Maine gets federal support to help homeless
Maine agencies will receive help for the homeless and those with mental health and substance use disorders.
Our View: Opioid crisis response needs to help the most vulnerable
Maine legislators should pass a program that gets opioid users who are homeless off the street and into treatment.
Portland council subcommittee seeks public input on homeless shelter sites
The panel will hold a hearing Tuesday to gather feedback on three possible locations.