PUBLICATIONS
IN THE NEWS
Portland approves plan for new shelter in Bayside (Portland Press Herald, January 2021)
Long Nights Ahead for People Experiencing Homelessness (Portland Press Herald, December 2020)
Mobile Outreach a Lifeline During COVID-19 (PBS NewsHour, October 2020)
University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan Gym opens as temporary homeless shelter (WMTW, April 2020)
Preble Street Partners With USM To Open A Shelter In University Gym (Maine Public, March 2020)
SNAP Restrictions Left This Maine Veteran Hungry for a Year (Heated, December 2019)
Among those helping Maine’s new arrivals: Other immigrants (Christian Science Monitor, August 2019)
Preble Street shelter donates food to asylum seekers (WGME, June 2019)
No Maine children should start the school day hungry (Bangor Daily News, March 2019)
Maine Voices: College students need to fill their stomachs to fuel their brains (Portland Press Herald, March 2019)
Young and on their own in Maine (Portland Press Herald, May 2019)
Maine works to end homelessness among veterans (News Center Maine, November 2019)
What is ‘housing first’? (Portland Press Herald, April 2019)
Youth Homelessness: How Do Young People Cope With Homelessness in Maine? (Maine Public, April 2019)
Maine Voices: Initiative focuses on those in grip of trafficking, hidden in plain sight (Portland Press Herald, November 2019)
Maine groups team up to combat child hunger (WMTW, April 2018)
Maine Voices: A broken mental health system (Portland Press Herald, May 2018)
Our View: Addiction, homelessness must be fought together (Portland Press Herald, January 2018)
Home is a place to say hello and goodbye (Portland Press Herald, December 2018)
Maine Voices: Affordable housing saves lives and saves the community money (Portland Press Herald, October 2018)
We’re reversing opioid overdoses, but we’d rather help people change (USA Today, December 2017)
More homeless escape streets as Portland opens 30 new apartments (Portland Press Herald, May 2017)
The People Left Behind When Only the ‘Deserving’ Poor Get Help (The Atlantic, May 2017)
Maine Voices: Those trapped by human traffickers can benefit from PS program (Portland Press Herald, October 2017)
Maine Voices: As many as 40 percent of LGBT youth are driven into homelessness (Portland Press Herald, April 2010)
A clean, well-lighted place (Down East Magazine, November 2009)
VIDEOS
FEEDING NEW NEIGHBORS
Preble Street serves 1,200 meals every day at three soup kitchens, and in addition we’re providing 600 extra meals daily to our new neighbors from around the world. Watch this video to learn more and see the work in action!
PREBLE STREET ANTI-TRAFFICKING SERVICES: A WHOLE OTHER SIDE TO LIFE
Since 2013, Preble Street and its partners have provided services to women and men, transgender individuals, and children who have been forced into all types of human trafficking. People who have been forced to perform a variety of different work—including prostitution, domestic services, agricultural and restaurant work—through sexual, physical and/or psychological violence. All here in Maine.
PREBLE STREET VETERANS HOUSING SERVICES: FROM OUTREACH TO HOME
Preble Street Veterans Housing Services prevents homelessness and ensures residential stability for veterans and their families throughout Maine.
WORKING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM
Through Homeless Voices for Justice and Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative, people with lived experience of homelessness and hunger are working to change the system.
PREBLE STREET RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: BRINGING MAINERS HOME FOR GOOD
Preble Street is committed to providing safe, affordable permanent housing and support to chronically homeless men and women in Portland, Maine.
FLORENCE HOUSE — A HOME FOR GOOD
Video documenting the transition of several women from a Preble Street temporary women’s shelter to their new, permanent homes at Florence House.
