For 50 years, Preble Street has been here – expanding far beyond a handful of social work interns in Portland to more than 325 full and part-time staff and programs that touch every county in Maine.
Preble Street is just one piece of the puzzle to solve hunger, homelessness, and poverty in Maine. To find solutions to these big systemic problems, we need everyone working together.
We are thankful for you and all that you do to help people in need in communities across the state of Maine.
Thanks to your support, more people are home, fed, safe, and warm as 2024 comes to a close.
Learn more about what we are looking forward to in 2025!
A feeling of home sweet home
[A meal] is so comforting. It’s a feeling of home sweet home. There have been times when I’ve been hungry for so long and struggled for so long that I had a hard time digesting food… I know people that have gone without food so long that having a plate of food in front of
Preble Street to assume operations of Bangor’s Hope House Emergency Shelter in winter 2025
Hope House is Bangor’s largest shelter and Maine’s only low-barrier shelter north of Waterville. Bangor, ME (November 12, 2024) — The Hope House Emergency Shelter is a low-barrier 56-bed emergency shelter in Bangor. Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) announced in fall 2023 that due to financial considerations it would close Hope House in fall 2024
Joe’s Place: bringing services for youth under one roof
“What I want you to know about Preble Street is that they have a lot of resources to help you, and they want to help you.” Youth currently being served by Preble Street Teen Services Providing 24-hour services, seven days a week, Preble Street Teen Services operates separate day and night shelters for homeless and runaway
