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A Busy 131 Legislative Session for Preble Street

Advocacy has been embedded into the Preble Street mission since our founding in 1975. In tandem with our Site-based Housing First programs, the Food Security Hub, Rapid Re-Housing and many other programs, Preble Street conducts advocacy and policy work through multiple channels to address homelessness, hunger, and poverty. Our advocacy includes community organizing, with events like the Annual Longest Day of Homelessness; policy advocacy, writing testimony on relevant legislation; and systems advocacy, encompassing all of Preble Street’s efforts to create systemic change to address systems that perpetuate inequity. 

Preble Street takes seriously its responsibility as a social work agency to advocate for sound public policies and legislation that reflects our values as an organization and that is informed by listening to those we serve. In this 131 Legislative Session, the Preble Street Advocacy team worked diligently to provide comprehensive testimony to the Maine Legislature on relevant bills to secure funding for Preble Street programs and address systemic inequities. 

Preble Street's History

Read about the history of Preble Street and its evolution from 1975 to today.

See below for a summary of all the bills Preble Street, including Homeless Voices for Justice, a grassroots, social change organization led by advocates with lived experience of homelessness and poverty, testified on during the short session (January-March 2024). The bills that made it out of committee, noted below, are with the Appropriations Committee for potential inclusion in the Governor’s final budget. 

131 Legislative Session Summary

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The Longest Day of Homelessness

“Homelessness is hard work… Sometimes, the hardest thing for a person who is homeless to do, believe it or not, is just getting out of bed knowing that he’s going to repeat today what he’s been doing all week long.” Orlando (pictured above), Advocate; Person experiencing homelessness  On Friday, June 20, while many of us

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An evening of hope, joy, and compassion

On June 17, 2025, hundreds of people who share in our mission and values gathered to celebrate Preble Street’s 50th Anniversary! We knew it would be special, and the amount of hope, joy, and compassion swirling through the event was truly something to behold. Every person present brought an energy that added to the magic

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