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Florence House is based on the Housing First model, a strategy to help move women from homelessness to a permanent supportive home environment. 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 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 ...
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 ...
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.
May 3—The cost of building and leasing a new homeless services center could be more than twice the amount estimated by Portland officials four years ago. Estimates received by developers ...
Jan. 11—Developer Kevin Bunker bought the historic brick building in Portland's sought-after West End neighborhood more than three years ago. His goal was to transform what was there into ...
Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017
Mar. 30—The city of Portland broke ground Tuesday on a 208-bed homeless services center that officials say will transform the way the city and its partners provide critical services to those ...