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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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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 ...