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Nearly one-quarter of homeless individuals were under age 18, according to the survey. Almost half of households experiencing homelessness have at least one child. Some 3,291 people were sheltered during the state's point-in-time count, and the other 1,100 people were unsheltered. Most homeless people in Maine live in the Portland area. During ...
Florence House can house 50 or more former homeless women. 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 ]
Mar. 27—PORTLAND, Maine — Weeks after a COVID-19 outbreak seeped into the city's homeless shelters, hundreds of people battling housing insecurity have quietly received vaccinations this week.
Nov. 3—PORTLAND, Maine — Voters shot down an effort to block the construction of a 208-bed emergency homeless center on the outskirts of the city to build smaller shelters around the city.
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
Dec. 9—On Tuesday night, all 24 beds at the youth homeless shelter in Portland were filled, marking the sixth night of full capacity in the last seven days. The last time the shelter was full ...
Right 2 Dream Too (known to locals as R2D2 or R2DTOO) is a self-managed homeless encampment in Portland, Oregon incorporated as a nonprofit organization. [1] The initial encampment was set up in October, 2011 on private property in Old Town Chinatown at Northwest 4th Avenue and West Burnside Street.
Aug. 9—Time is running out to find housing for about 200 asylum seekers before the shelter at the Portland Expo closes next Wednesday. The city opened the shelter in April and has said for weeks ...