In-Kind Donations Looking to Donate Clothing or Basic Needs Items? Visit our amazing partners at Maine Needs! Preble Street and Maine Needs are excited to announce a new partnership to better meet the basic needs of people in our community. Visit the Maine Needs website to learn more about what is most needed today! Thanks … Read more
Videos https://youtu.be/m4ZKXQPiOF8?si=61YkKbYn7sw6svHx Meals with Heart: Preble Street Food Security Hub Hearts players and our friends at Hannaford took a day to jump into the kitchen at Preble Street’s new Food Security Hub, where they cook and package thousands of meals a day to distribute across the state of Maine to help combat food insecurity. The … Read more
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
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
ADVOCATING FOR SOLUTIONS Read Preble Street’s Legislative Priorities for the regular session of the 132nd Maine legislature here. Preble Street is committed to motivating both the public and private will to end hunger, homelessness, and poverty in the lives of our neighbors and to building strong, equitable, and just communities. Healthy communities depend on dignity, … Read more
The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to advocate for solutions to these problems. OUR PROGRAMS From a nutritious meal to crisis intervention, from clean clothes to healthcare, from shelter to a permanent home, Preble Street programs not only … Read more
VIGIL LOCATION Change: Friday, December 19, 4:30pm at First Parish Unitarian Universalist at 425 Congress Street, Portland1,200 Mainers at risk of reentering homelessnessChanges to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) federal homelessness and housing policy will have disastrous impact on our neighbors.Take ActionEnding Hunger in MaineFeeding the most vulnerable MainersLearn moreCompassion in ActionLearn … Read more
For survivors of human trafficking, a key part of the journey to healing is safe and stable housing. Thanks to a $297K grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Services (ATS) will be able to provide this critical resource to even more survivors. The grant funds the new statewide Survivor Rapid Rehousing … Read more
Freedom Network USA interviewed Senior Director of Teen and Anti-Trafficking Services Daniella Cameron about how housing programs – and survivor-first practices – give individuals the opportunity of choice after their trauma. Read more…
Homelessness among young people is on the rise in Maine. Daniella Cameron, Preble Street Senior Director of Teen Services & Anti-Trafficking Services joined Maine Calling to examine the issue of youth homelessness in Maine, how big of a problem it is, and what’s being done to address it. Listen now.