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Mar. 27—PORTLAND, Maine — Weeks after a COVID-19 outbreak seeped into the city's homeless shelters, hundreds of people battling housing insecurity have quietly received vaccinations this week.
Mar. 30—The city of Portland broke ground Tuesday on a 208-bed homeless services center that officials say will transform the way the city and its partners provide critical services to those ...
Nov. 3—PORTLAND, Maine — Voters shot down an effort to block the construction of a 208-bed emergency homeless center on the outskirts of the city to build smaller shelters around the city.
The homeless population is disproportionately African American; 2% of Mainers are Black, whereas 47% of homeless people in Maine are Black. 48% are White, lower than the state's 92% White figure; 0.5% are Asian/Pacific Islander compared to Maine being 1.5% Asian, and the Native American homeless population is roughly the same as the general ...
Florence House can house 50 or more former homeless women. The building includes 25 efficiency apartments , a safe-haven area with 15 semi-private spaces and 10 to 25 emergency shelter beds [ 2 ] The $7.9 million facility was completed on April 6, 2009. [ 3 ]
Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017
Lane currently serves on the governing boards of Housing Santa Cruz County and Housing Matters (formerly the Homeless Services Center). From time to time, Lane is an instructor in public policy issues at UC Santa Cruz. He also blogs on local issues at www.donlane.org and volunteers on election campaigns.
SANFORD, Maine — Last year at around this time, approximately 40 people were identified as homeless in Sanford, according to police Maj. Matthew Gagne.