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The building includes 25 efficiency apartments, a safe-haven area with 15 semi-private spaces and 10 to 25 emergency shelter beds [2] The $7.9 million facility was completed on April 6, 2009. [3] It was developed by Preble Street and Avesta Housing [4] and received state and federal funding [5] as well as private contributions.
The homeless population is disproportionately African American; 2% of Mainers are Black, whereas 47% of homeless people in Maine are Black. 48% are White, lower than the state's 92% White figure; 0.5% are Asian/Pacific Islander compared to Maine being 1.5% Asian, and the Native American homeless population is roughly the same as the general ...
On Dec. 1, the city opened a new warming center at the former Lafayette School on Brook Street. Given codes, a warming center is different from a shelter, Adams noted. Given codes, a warming ...
The Guardian has suggested that New York City may have been the first American city with a homeless relocation program, starting in 1987. [1] As of 2017, the New York City Department of Homeless Services was spending $500,000 annually on relocation, [1] [3] making it significantly larger than other schemes across the United States. [1]
Nearly 200 asylum seekers from African countries have traded one temporary home in Maine's largest city for another Wednesday after a basketball arena that served as a shelter closed. About 10 ...
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A reported 113,552 people slept in the city's emergency shelters last year, including over 40,000 children, marking an 8 percent increase from the previous year and a 37 percent increase from 2002. There was also a rise in the number of families relying on shelters, approximately 29,000. That is an increase of 80% from 2002.
With $1.9 million to hand out, Springfield city staff recommended funding two organizations that offer homeless services.