Friends of Joe

Joe Kreisler & Friends

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1,200 Mainers at risk of reentering homelessness

CALL TO ACTION Call and email Senators Collins and King, and Representatives Golden and Pingree as often as you can — every day — and implore them to demand that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) revise their disastrous changes to federal homelessness and housing policy.   If they do not, more than 1,200 … Read more

A bold step forward in the fight against hunger

“This place is just amazing. And thank goodness it’s ready for business. The timing for the opening of this Food Security Hub could not be better. With federal cuts to emergency food assistance and healthcare chipping away at the safety nets that help many people in our community stay fed, healthy, and housed, we collectively need … Read more

Brian’s Story

Sitting at a table at the Recuperative Care Program (RCP), Brian lays out pages of his art. “I’m working on making a children’s coloring book,” he says. Most of the pieces he has laid out are of captivating coastal scenes featuring birds, boats, and buoys. The longer you look at each page, the more you’ll … Read more

An invaluable community connection

Preble Street’s work is never done in isolation. We are continuously making connections with other social service providers and nonprofits to better serve clients and the needs of the community. This month, we are highlighting a key partner of Preble Street Rapid Re-Housing Services and Veterans Housing Services, Trinity Jubilee Center.  Serving over 5,000 people … Read more

5 years of “social work without walls”

When someone is focused on day-to-day survival, there is little time to attend to long-term goals. Accessing the limited available resources requires sorting through a convoluted web of systems and can be impossible to navigate alone.  Every day for the past 5 years, the small but mighty Street Outreach Collaborative (SOC) at Preble Street works … Read more

Friends of Joe

Joe Kreisler & Friends

Give Hope. Every Month. Every day, people in Maine face hunger, homelessness, and poverty. By joining the Friends of Joe monthly giving circle, you provide consistent, reliable support that ensures no neighbor is left out in the cold. Neighbors like Sarah*, a single mother who relies on the Preble Street Food Pantry to make healthy … Read more