Category: Health Services - Page 3

MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative marks 5 years of serving our community!

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

People experiencing homelessness face devastating physical and mental health consequences and higher rates of chronic illness than their peers who are housed. Yet, they also face higher barriers to accessing critical healthcare and treatment. To address these issues in Portland, Preble Street, Maine Medical Center (MMC), and community partners opened the MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative … Read more

COVID-19 Health Equity

February 2, 2022November 16, 2021

As our neighbors experiencing homelessness struggle to survive and meet their basic needs each day, finding time to get a COVID-19 vaccination often falls to the wayside. While these individuals care deeply about their health, there are often just too many barriers in place for them to get even the most basic medical care. “It’s … Read more

Approximately 200 Preble Street clients received COVID-19 vaccinations last week

March 29, 2021

From Bangor Daily News: Health care and social service providers have teamed up to vaccinate “close to 200” clients against the virus. Many of them have experienced homelessness during the pandemic and weathered outbreaks within the city’s emergency shelter system. The ongoing vaccination effort has been led by Preble Street, Greater Portland Health and Homeless … Read more

Opioid crisis response needs to help the most vulnerable

January 14, 2021April 17, 2019

Dr. Ann Marie Lemire, medical director of the Cumberland County Jail, could have given lawmakers a raft of statistics. Instead, she told them a story. About five weeks ago, a man near the end of his sentence was desperately afraid of what his release would mean. He was homeless and was worried that once he was … Read more

New president of Maine Med says hospitals can’t go it alone

January 14, 2021March 15, 2019

Sanders said a real-life example of how collaboration can improve community health care is a joint project between Maine Med and Preble Street, which provides a variety of services to the city’s homeless population and other at-risk groups. Read more…

Our View: Addiction, homelessness must be fought together

January 14, 2021January 19, 2018

Whether a person is homeless as a result of a spiraling drug problem, or abusing drugs to cope with life on the street, homelessness and addiction are inexorably linked. Feeding off each other, and on what is perhaps the most vulnerable population, they cause a tremendous amount of suffering, and fuel a public health crisis … Read more

We’re reversing opioid overdoses, but we’d rather help people change

January 14, 2021December 18, 2017

I’ve worked at Preble Street in Portland, Maine, for 26 years and never thought I’d see the day when our social workers are reversing opioid overdoses on a regular basis. In my first 22 years here, we had no overdoses. Zero. Now every eight days we find someone on a bathroom floor, lips blue, not breathing. Preble Street … Read more

MMC joins with Preble Street to provide health care for homeless

January 14, 2021February 3, 2017

Maine Medical Center and Preble Street have joined forces to ensure the most vulnerable underserved people in Portland have access to quality, barrier-free health care. The MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative seeks to help fill the void left by the closing of the City of Portland Healthcare for the Homeless Clinic in 2014, provide no-barrier access … Read more

MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative marks 5 years of serving our community!

COVID-19 Health Equity

Approximately 200 Preble Street clients received COVID-19 vaccinations last week

Opioid crisis response needs to help the most vulnerable

New president of Maine Med says hospitals can’t go it alone

Our View: Addiction, homelessness must be fought together

We’re reversing opioid overdoses, but we’d rather help people change

MMC joins with Preble Street to provide health care for homeless

SIGN UP FOR E-NEWS & ADVOCACY ALERTS

What We Do

About Us

You Can Help