highlights from the 2015 annual meeting

Housing Services

2015 Annual Celebration 2015 Joseph D. Kreisler Community Impact Award awardee Dennis Marble, executive director Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Preble Street Executive Director Mark Swann presents the Board Member of the Year award to Gary Chavoustie Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz won the 2015 Force for Good Award for significant contributions to public awareness … Read more

Events

EVENTS Annual Celebration Due to COVID-19, Preble Street has been unable to continue our tradition of our annual celebration. We hope that you enjoy remembering past events with us and join us when we gather again! 2019 Annual Celebration At the 44th Preble Street Annual Celebration we honored the past and present of the agency … Read more

Responding to COVID-19

Preble Street has never closed its doors and never will. Preble Street is home to hundreds of people each day, and we are here to see them through the COVID-19 crisis. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP! UPDATE 4/17 | A message from Executive Director Mark Swann: Preble Street needs your help UPDATE 4/16 | Preble Street … Read more

Preble Street COVID-19 Action Plan and Policy Recommendations

Preble Street is committed to the safety of clients, staff, and volunteers while providing essential emergency services to people in need. We are closely monitoring the situation and following protocols of local, state, and federal experts on the coronavirus (COVID-19). Our priority is to stay true to our mission, keep our essential programs open, and … Read more

Videos

Videos

Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGDL9fdF4dI&t=39s How Site-based Housing First changes lives Hear directly from tenants at three Site-based Housing First programs in Maine how the program has changed their lives. Avesta Housing and Preble Street collaborated on the first three Site-based Housing First properties in the state of Maine — Logan Place, which opened in 2005; Florence House … Read more

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions Answers to some of the most common questions that we receive are listed below.  Most Asked Are you a shelter? Preble Street operates many programs, including several shelters. These shelters include: Florence House Shelter, a low-barrier shelter for women experiencing homelessness Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter, a youth shelter for unaccompanied and runaway … Read more

Huston Commons

HUSTON COMMONS Huston Commons provides efficiency apartments and essential 24-hour support services, including a medical care room to accommodate regular practitioner hours and telemedicine services for tenants, all of whom were chronically homeless and have disabilities. A Home for Good Huston Commons is the third Housing First program in Portland and was completed in 2017. … Read more

Logan Place

OVERVIEW Logan Place provides efficiency apartments and 24 hour on-site support for 30 adults who have experienced chronic homelessness. Logan Place, along with Florence House and Huston Commons, is a model for a real solution to the problem of homelessness in our communities. On March 24, 2005, the day we opened Logan Place, the number … Read more

Florence House

Housing Services

FLORENCE HOUSE Operating 24 hours a day and 365 days of the year, Florence House provides a wide range of low-barrier support services to homeless women. Women experiencing homelessness are exceptionally vulnerable to violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and the safety and support provided by Florence House staff is critical.  A partnership between Avesta … Read more

History

In 1975, Preble Street was founded as a neighborhood center in Portland to involve and empower homeless and low-income residents. Today, Preble Street is a statewide hub of services and compassion for the most vulnerable and underserved people across the state of Maine. The timeline below displays just some of the key dates and events … Read more