Action Alert – Please Submit Testimony on Part S of the Supplemental Budget (LD 209)

[This info is posted at the request and on behalf of the Maine Homeless Policy Committee.] The Maine Homeless Policy Committee is calling your attention to Part S of the Governor’s Supplemental Budget (LD 209, An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State … Continue reading Action Alert – Please Submit Testimony on Part S of the Supplemental Budget (LD 209)

2024 HUD CoC Funding Announcement

HUD announced $3.6 billion in funding through a competitive process to distribute Fiscal Year 2024 appropriated funds to CoC grant recipients, including approximately $189 million in funding for Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) renewal and replacement projects, and $62 million in funding for projects that provide housing and services to people fleeing domestic violence, dating … Continue reading 2024 HUD CoC Funding Announcement

People with Lived Experience (PWLE) Compensation Policy ***PAUSED***

MaineHousing has exhausted the funding allotted for the reimbursement for people with lived experience, and in order to ensure effective use of funding in 2025, will be pausing payments while the CoC revises the PWLE Compensation policy for 2025. This means compensation for meeting attendance will be provided for meetings prior to today following the … Continue reading People with Lived Experience (PWLE) Compensation Policy ***PAUSED***

Portland Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 4:30 PM MONUMENT SQUARE, PORTLAND The longest night of the year is a time to remember our homeless friends we have lost this past year and to recommit ourselves to the task of ending homelessness. A candlelight procession will start at the MaineHealth-Preble Street Learning Collaborative at 20 Portland Street at 4:30 pm, … Continue reading Portland Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil