Preble Street
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provides low-barrier services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger & poverty and advocates for solutions to these problems
Portland, Maine
Joined May 2011
Trafficking survivors need immigration relief to rebuild their lives. There is a cap of 5,000 T-visas available each year for #traffickingsurvivors. The U.S. has never reached that cap. If @USCIS fails to reach the 5,000 cap, the T-visas will be lost forever. #SurvivorsCannotWait
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🤝 Hey, if you're able, consider volunteering time to help out @PrebleStreet help unhoused people in #portlandme. There are a lot of opportunities.
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Every day, dedicated volunteers lend their time, energy, and compassion to support the people in our community made vulnerable by systemic inequities. Whether you have a few hours to spare every week…
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Check out this @newscentermaine article featuring the extraordinary work of our partners Lucky Hollander & @PrebleStreet working to meet the needs of immigrant children and youth in #Maine. https://t.co/FbNqUTs2Jq
newscentermaine.com
“The journey was scary. I was lost, meaning, 'What do I do? Who do I talk to?" one youth immigrant from Burundi said.
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The message near the Bayside Trail says, “I’m so ignorant to think we’d make it out of this thing TOGETHER…or alive.” This just scratches the surface of the despair we all feel knowing there is no ready, short-term solution for unsheltered people here https://t.co/W9Qj93Ydlf
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"I don't know where the help comes from, but the status quo right now is unacceptable and we must find a way to stop people from sleeping outside," Henry Myer, Elena's Way Program Director.
newscentermaine.com
Local businesses said they want state action after the clearing of the Bayside Neighborhood encampment caused unhoused people to camp in other areas in the city.
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🤩🤩🤩 🧵 1/3 A win to start your weekend! The Taxation Committee held a work session this week for the Child Tax Credit bill (LD 1544) and a bipartisan majority voted to support it! There are votes ahead in the full House and Senate, but this is a BIG step forward!!! #mepolitics
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Our state director @katewdempsey co-authored this op-ed with @PrebleStreet director Mark Swann about the importance of local, independent news to our organizations. Don't miss it in today's @PressHerald! #localnews #nonprofit
https://t.co/MVNXepTfhx
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Without independent reporting under local stewardship, too many Mainers would remain in the dark about critical issues affecting our communities.
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"Programs like this are helping to repair the wreckage that the opioid epidemic has caused." - Lisa Franklin, Homeless Voices for Justice, in support of HOUSE
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"The HOUSE program saved my life... a really, really crucial part was the case management services." - Lisa Franklin, Homeless Voices for Justice, in support of HOUSE
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"There is a saying that housing is healthcare, and our team has seen that first hand through this program. We need to keep this work going in rural and urban environments." - Caroline Fernandes, Preble Street Health Services Director, in support of HOUSE
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Happening now! The Health and Human Services Committee is holding a public hearing on whether to fund the Homeless Opioid Users Service Engagement (HOUSE) program. This program has saved lives and helped dozens of Mainers move into recovery. Watch here:
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Preble Street stands in agreement with the National Homelessness Law Center's statement on Jordan Neely's murder. #BlackLivesMatter #DecriminalizeHomelessness
Read our full statement here: 4/4 https://t.co/CUeCadn3Tg
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A tremendous *THANK YOU* to our advocacy partners @MeEqualJustice, @PrebleStreet, @QHC90982948, @CHOMHousing, and more for joining us (as well as leadership of @CityPortland, @LewistonMeGov, @CityOfSoPo, and @Maine_Municipal!) in support of the good G.A. bills today. #MEpolitics
It's a big day in Augusta, as the Maine State Legislature's Committee on Health and Human Services is holding a public hearing for several bills related to General Assistance. Some are good, some are bad, but MIRC staff will be there for all of them! https://t.co/RV8C85CtRQ
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"I think my mom might still be alive if she got the help I have from you guys, and the help we get from the doctors staying sober." — T.J., HOUSE client Read "HOUSE is Saving Lives: We need to keep it going!" https://t.co/QwQypDGDmm
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Proud to partner with @FeedingMaine to help end hunger in Maine!
newscentermaine.com
The Preble Street Food Security Hub in South Portland is one of the Good Shepherd Food Bank's hundreds of partners across Maine.
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No one should have to live outside, but that is what is happening to an unprecedented number of Mainers right now. In Portland, the Parks Department recently counted 102 tents set up by people experiencing homelessness — a new record for the area.
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No one should have to live outside, but that is what is happening to an unprecedented number of Mainers right now. In Portland, the Parks Department recently counted 102 tents set up by people…
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Happy 6th anniversary to Huston Commons, 1 of 3 Preble Street Site-Based #HousingFirst programs! “This is home to me. It’s a community here. I don’t know where I would be if it weren’t for this place,” Dawn, a Huston Commons tenant told the Press Herald:
pressherald.com
The legislation could be transformative, supporters say, sharply reducing Maine’s chronic homelessness.
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