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IN MEMORY OF DIANNE ‘DEE’ CLARKE For more than 20 years, dee Clarke was a tireless advocate, always speaking up and speaking out with compassion in support of social justice.  dee passed away on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House and will be dearly missed by all of us here at Preble Street.  … Read more

Healing Center Grand Opening Tuesday, September 14, 4:00pmVirtual event Guest speaker Jean Bruggeman, Executive DirectorFreedom Network USA Invited guest Governor Janet Mills https://youtu.be/jKMWTibahtg ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN About the Speaker Jean Bruggeman is the Executive Director of Freedom Network USA (FNUSA), the nation’s largest alliance of advocates working with survivors of all forms of human trafficking … Read more

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PRESS RELEASES 2023 Avesta Housing & Preble Street announce new Site-based Housing First partnership in Portland 2022 Preble Street Rapid Re-Housing Program reaches housing milestone and keeps on going 2021 Preble Street announces matching grant challenge from the John T. Gorman Foundation for new Food Security Hub dedicated to ending hunger in Maine Preble Street … Read more

IN THE NEWS Homelessness/Poverty In Portland’s version of Mass. and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged (Boston Globe, September 2023) Commentary: The solution to ending encampments is shelter (Portland Press Herald, June 2023) Portland approves plan for new shelter in Bayside (January 2021) Long nights ahead for homeless in Maine’s largest city … Read more