Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden blames the site on a grassroots effort this summer by concerned citizens and a city employee to give camping gear to people who needed temporary shelter. Read More
The city recently created Torelin Jager’s position as part of a larger response to what it says is a growing population of homeless people who are sleeping outside and an uptick in complaints about them. Read More
With an estimated 2,200 homeless adults sleeping on sidewalks and in makeshift tent cities, Austin, Texas, has become the latest flash point in the national debate over whether homeless residents have a constitutional right to sleep on public streets. Read More
The Dahlgren-Skidgel Farm of Hope, named after two local Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, is now fully equipped to house six individual homeless veterans in three duplexes with one cabin designed for families. Read More
The city is close to hiring an outreach worker whose responsibility will be to connect homeless people who don't use local shelters with housing opportunities along with a range of supports such as health coverage and state identification. Read More
The city of Belfast is in the spotlight for how it administers General Assistance funds for the second time in recent history. Read More
Four sleeping bags, two tents, three coolers and a windbreaker. Read More
Even if a homeless or housing insecure person gets a tent, there isn’t a municipal campground, and people are largely on their own to find a place to pitch them. Read More
The location will be a 150-bed replacement for Portland's over-flowing Oxford Street shelter. Read More
The council has considered moving the homeless shelter to the city's busy West Commercial Street, and one in a wooded, residential Riverton neighborhood on the city's outskirts. Both options have met with criticism. Read More
Some districts are trying approaches aimed at keeping homeless kids engaged in learning by also helping them with basic needs. A new program that takes such an approach in York County is showing early signs of success. Read More
Police and city officials have been visiting camps in that area since October 2018, checking on the occupants periodically to make sure no violence breaks out. Read More
The homeless man who wound up inside a garbage truck in Bangor last week thought for certain he was going to die. Read More
Peter Kelleher returned to Bangor on Wednesday to make something of the grief he’s felt ever since his son died of a drug overdose here two-and-a-half years ago. Read More
A Maine housing developer has received $350,000 from the federal government to build additional housing in the Bangor area in an effort that could nearly rid the city of long-term homelessness. Read More
It was the most individuals the shelter had served in one night since 2014. Read More
How Maine has drastically reduced the number of people living on the streets and in the woods for long periods of time. Read More
“Access to tampons and pads can mean the difference between being able to live with dignity or not.” Read More
Starting Dec. 16, the shelter will keep its day room open overnight, and offer people who need a break from the cold. Read More
The decision comes after months of pushback from area residents and broad debate over whether the proposal would best serve the city’s homeless population. Read More
