Preble Street
@preblestreet.bsky.social
50 years of creating solutions for homelessness, hunger, and poverty in Maine. Meeting urgent needs, advocating for change, and empowering people. #PrebleStreet50 #CompassioninAction
Vote for Preble Street! We've been nominated for Best Nonprofit as part of the #Bestofthe207 contest.
Daily voting is live until 5pm on 11/12. Go to bestofthe207.com/vote, choose Services - Nonprofit Organization, and submit your vote for Preble Street! Thank you! #Maine #compassioninaction
Daily voting is live until 5pm on 11/12. Go to bestofthe207.com/vote, choose Services - Nonprofit Organization, and submit your vote for Preble Street! Thank you! #Maine #compassioninaction
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Vote for Preble Street! We've been nominated for Best Nonprofit as part of the #Bestofthe207 contest.
Daily voting is live until 5pm on 11/12. Go to bestofthe207.com/vote, choose Services - Nonprofit Organization, and submit your vote for Preble Street! Thank you! #Maine #compassioninaction
Daily voting is live until 5pm on 11/12. Go to bestofthe207.com/vote, choose Services - Nonprofit Organization, and submit your vote for Preble Street! Thank you! #Maine #compassioninaction
Are you ready to #vote? These resources can help!
1. Find election-related info based on your home address: maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
2. Know Your Rights: aclumaine.org/en/know-your-rights/voting-maine
#ElectionDay #MaineVotes #LetMEVote
1. Find election-related info based on your home address: maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
2. Know Your Rights: aclumaine.org/en/know-your-rights/voting-maine
#ElectionDay #MaineVotes #LetMEVote
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Are you ready to #vote? These resources can help!
1. Find election-related info based on your home address: maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
2. Know Your Rights: aclumaine.org/en/know-your-rights/voting-maine
#ElectionDay #MaineVotes #LetMEVote
1. Find election-related info based on your home address: maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
2. Know Your Rights: aclumaine.org/en/know-your-rights/voting-maine
#ElectionDay #MaineVotes #LetMEVote
Contact USDA Secretary Rollins today to insist that the government immediately release the available SNAP funds
Phone: 202-720–3631
Email: Brooke.rollins@usda.gov
Learn other ways to help here: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #Hunger #Maine #Halloween
Phone: 202-720–3631
Email: Brooke.rollins@usda.gov
Learn other ways to help here: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #Hunger #Maine #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Contact USDA Secretary Rollins today to insist that the government immediately release the available SNAP funds
Phone: 202-720–3631
Email: Brooke.rollins@usda.gov
Learn other ways to help here: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #Hunger #Maine #Halloween
Phone: 202-720–3631
Email: Brooke.rollins@usda.gov
Learn other ways to help here: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #Hunger #Maine #Halloween
SNAP is the biggest, most efficient tool to fight hunger. For every meal that food banks provide, SNAP supplies 9. We cannot allow 170,000 Mainers to go without SNAP.
More info and how to help: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #ProtectSNAP #hunger #Maine
More info and how to help: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #ProtectSNAP #hunger #Maine
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
SNAP is the biggest, most efficient tool to fight hunger. For every meal that food banks provide, SNAP supplies 9. We cannot allow 170,000 Mainers to go without SNAP.
More info and how to help: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #ProtectSNAP #hunger #Maine
More info and how to help: preblestreet.org/2025/10/28/how-you-can-help-during-the-snap-crisis
#SNAP #ProtectSNAP #hunger #Maine
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People in ICE detention face extreme heat risks in conditions with poor ventilation — this will only worsen as the Trump administration works to nearly double its detention capacity.
The hottest 10% of ICE facilities see an average of 93 days of dangerous heat per year. This is unconscionable.
The hottest 10% of ICE facilities see an average of 93 days of dangerous heat per year. This is unconscionable.
Column | ICE detainees face greater risk from extreme heat than most prisoners
A Washington Post analysis found that ICE detention centers experience an average of 29 days of dangerous heat per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
People in ICE detention face extreme heat risks in conditions with poor ventilation — this will only worsen as the Trump administration works to nearly double its detention capacity.
The hottest 10% of ICE facilities see an average of 93 days of dangerous heat per year. This is unconscionable.
The hottest 10% of ICE facilities see an average of 93 days of dangerous heat per year. This is unconscionable.
"The administration’s plan would be a draconian and nonsensical rollback of the very solution that has ended homelessness for people in every state in our country, and would threaten the tenancies of many more." #homelessness #permanentsupportivehousing #HousingIsAHumanRight
Opinion | We Found a Solution to Homelessness. Now the Trump Administration Wants to Throw It Out.
nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The administration’s plan would be a draconian and nonsensical rollback of the very solution that has ended homelessness for people in every state in our country, and would threaten the tenancies of many more." #homelessness #permanentsupportivehousing #HousingIsAHumanRight
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Some updates on the federal shutdown impact on state budget:
2,500 state employees are paid fully or partly with federal funds. After the end of October layoffs may have to start.
Food assistance for 169,000 due 11/2 are "on pause"
Transport dept contracts in danger after early Nov #mepolitics
2,500 state employees are paid fully or partly with federal funds. After the end of October layoffs may have to start.
Food assistance for 169,000 due 11/2 are "on pause"
Transport dept contracts in danger after early Nov #mepolitics
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some updates on the federal shutdown impact on state budget:
2,500 state employees are paid fully or partly with federal funds. After the end of October layoffs may have to start.
Food assistance for 169,000 due 11/2 are "on pause"
Transport dept contracts in danger after early Nov #mepolitics
2,500 state employees are paid fully or partly with federal funds. After the end of October layoffs may have to start.
Food assistance for 169,000 due 11/2 are "on pause"
Transport dept contracts in danger after early Nov #mepolitics
The travel required to obtain a photo ID is an obstacle for people who are #unhoused, older adults, people with #disabilities, people living in #rural areas, and other people without transportation. Every citizen has the right to #vote, not just people with easy access to #transportation. #LetMEVote
October 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The travel required to obtain a photo ID is an obstacle for people who are #unhoused, older adults, people with #disabilities, people living in #rural areas, and other people without transportation. Every citizen has the right to #vote, not just people with easy access to #transportation. #LetMEVote
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Yesterday, 100+ DOJ grants for victim services expired—with no new funding announced. Thousands of #humantrafficking survivors are losing access to lifesaving support. Every day counts. Demand DOJ release the funds now: www.freedomunited.org/advocate/rel...
#RestoretheServices #ReleasetheFunds
#RestoretheServices #ReleasetheFunds
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yesterday, 100+ DOJ grants for victim services expired—with no new funding announced. Thousands of #humantrafficking survivors are losing access to lifesaving support. Every day counts. Demand DOJ release the funds now: www.freedomunited.org/advocate/rel...
#RestoretheServices #ReleasetheFunds
#RestoretheServices #ReleasetheFunds
This team has helped hundreds of #humantrafficking survivors in Maine. But a change in federal grants has left Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Services and many providers across the country without a large part of their funding.
Read more and take action: www.preblestreet.org/2025/09/29/a...
Read more and take action: www.preblestreet.org/2025/09/29/a...
Anti-Trafficking Services at risk without federal funds - Preble Street
As of October 1, Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Services (ATS) and many other anti-trafficking program providers across the country will be left without a large part of their funding.
www.preblestreet.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This team has helped hundreds of #humantrafficking survivors in Maine. But a change in federal grants has left Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Services and many providers across the country without a large part of their funding.
Read more and take action: www.preblestreet.org/2025/09/29/a...
Read more and take action: www.preblestreet.org/2025/09/29/a...
Municipalities often respond to places where unsheltered people are by seizing & destroying their property. This increases the likelihood of IDs, birth certificates, and other documents being lost or tossed out. You don’t need a home to vote & you shouldn’t need a photo ID to vote. #LetMEVote #Maine
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Municipalities often respond to places where unsheltered people are by seizing & destroying their property. This increases the likelihood of IDs, birth certificates, and other documents being lost or tossed out. You don’t need a home to vote & you shouldn’t need a photo ID to vote. #LetMEVote #Maine
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Nonprofits on the frontlines of anti-trafficking brace for impact as federal funding hangs in the balance. “We’re planning for the worst case scenario,” says Hailey Virusso of Preble Street, a Maine-based org fighting forced labor and exploitation. #HumanTrafficking @preblestreet.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Nonprofits on the frontlines of anti-trafficking brace for impact as federal funding hangs in the balance. “We’re planning for the worst case scenario,” says Hailey Virusso of Preble Street, a Maine-based org fighting forced labor and exploitation. #HumanTrafficking @preblestreet.bsky.social
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Leading anti-trafficking experts are sounding the alarm: The Trump administration is backpedaling on critical efforts to fight human trafficking.
Decades of progress are at risk. Experts warn the rollback of protections will leave vulnerable survivors at even greater risk.
Decades of progress are at risk. Experts warn the rollback of protections will leave vulnerable survivors at even greater risk.
September 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Leading anti-trafficking experts are sounding the alarm: The Trump administration is backpedaling on critical efforts to fight human trafficking.
Decades of progress are at risk. Experts warn the rollback of protections will leave vulnerable survivors at even greater risk.
Decades of progress are at risk. Experts warn the rollback of protections will leave vulnerable survivors at even greater risk.
"Two months after passing the largest food stamp cuts in history, the Trump administration has canceled the government’s annual report measuring household #foodinsecurity." nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-hunger-report-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.XxcH.kdMo8lBGnzFE&smid=url-share
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Two months after passing the largest food stamp cuts in history, the Trump administration has canceled the government’s annual report measuring household #foodinsecurity." nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-hunger-report-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.XxcH.kdMo8lBGnzFE&smid=url-share
Preble Street's Anti-Trafficking program has been responding to increased referrals of survivors, with several cases being youth under 18. Yet funding may not continue beyond 9/30.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-human-trafficking-programs-cut #HumanTrafficking
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-human-trafficking-programs-cut #HumanTrafficking
September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Preble Street's Anti-Trafficking program has been responding to increased referrals of survivors, with several cases being youth under 18. Yet funding may not continue beyond 9/30.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-human-trafficking-programs-cut #HumanTrafficking
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-human-trafficking-programs-cut #HumanTrafficking
Voter ID laws suppress turnout and disenfranchise voters — especially people experiencing homelessness, members of the BIPOC community, people with disabilities, and older voters, all of whom are less likely to have a driver's license. Vote No on Question 1! #LetMEVote
September 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Voter ID laws suppress turnout and disenfranchise voters — especially people experiencing homelessness, members of the BIPOC community, people with disabilities, and older voters, all of whom are less likely to have a driver's license. Vote No on Question 1! #LetMEVote
Congrats to Preble Street Person of the Month, Anne, caseworker at Permanent Supportive Housing program, Huston Commons.
Her unwavering commitment to knocking down barriers and empowering the people she works with make her a perfect example of the agency's mission in action. #compassioninaction
Her unwavering commitment to knocking down barriers and empowering the people she works with make her a perfect example of the agency's mission in action. #compassioninaction
September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Congrats to Preble Street Person of the Month, Anne, caseworker at Permanent Supportive Housing program, Huston Commons.
Her unwavering commitment to knocking down barriers and empowering the people she works with make her a perfect example of the agency's mission in action. #compassioninaction
Her unwavering commitment to knocking down barriers and empowering the people she works with make her a perfect example of the agency's mission in action. #compassioninaction
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A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
"Preble Street stepped in when I had nothing left to pull from. That support didn’t just help me move. It helped me survive. Molly and the team didn’t just hear me, they acted. And I will never forget that.”
Rapid Re-Housing: A proven solution to homelessness - Preble Street
As this story from a client of the Preble Street Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) program shows, RRH works by alleviating the burden of a household’s immediate crisis and focuses specifically on removing…
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September 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Preble Street stepped in when I had nothing left to pull from. That support didn’t just help me move. It helped me survive. Molly and the team didn’t just hear me, they acted. And I will never forget that.”
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Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic I Have A Dream speech at the March on Washington 62 years ago today.
Today and every day, we honor him and all those who demanded an end to racial segregation when they marched all those years ago. Our fight is far from over and we're not slowing down.
Today and every day, we honor him and all those who demanded an end to racial segregation when they marched all those years ago. Our fight is far from over and we're not slowing down.
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic I Have A Dream speech at the March on Washington 62 years ago today.
Today and every day, we honor him and all those who demanded an end to racial segregation when they marched all those years ago. Our fight is far from over and we're not slowing down.
Today and every day, we honor him and all those who demanded an end to racial segregation when they marched all those years ago. Our fight is far from over and we're not slowing down.
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Send some love to any homeless services workers and advocates you know in DC right now. They are all working so hard to prevent the forced displacement, arrest, or civil commitment of hundreds of people with very little time and too few resources to do it. #dc #homelessness #housing #streetoutreach
August 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Send some love to any homeless services workers and advocates you know in DC right now. They are all working so hard to prevent the forced displacement, arrest, or civil commitment of hundreds of people with very little time and too few resources to do it. #dc #homelessness #housing #streetoutreach
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More than 5,000 people in the city face uncertainty about where to find shelter.
‘It’s not illegal to be homeless’: unhoused Washingtonians evicted from encampments as part of Trump’s crime crackdown
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
More than 5,000 people in the city face uncertainty about where to find shelter.
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Too many people are losing access to their basic human rights. We need all Mainers to put their #CompassionInAction and advocate for the solutions we know work!
Too many people are losing access to their basic human rights. We need all Mainers to put their #CompassionInAction and advocate for the solutions we know work!
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August 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Too many people are losing access to their basic human rights. We need all Mainers to put their #CompassionInAction and advocate for the solutions we know work!
Too many people are losing access to their basic human rights. We need all Mainers to put their #CompassionInAction and advocate for the solutions we know work!
49,000 Mainers will lose health coverage and become uninsured thanks to the Harmful Budget Megabill that Congress passed this summer. This is just one example of the systemic issues that push people into homelessness and keep them there. #MaineCare #Medicaid #HealthcareIsAHumanRight
August 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
49,000 Mainers will lose health coverage and become uninsured thanks to the Harmful Budget Megabill that Congress passed this summer. This is just one example of the systemic issues that push people into homelessness and keep them there. #MaineCare #Medicaid #HealthcareIsAHumanRight
" #Youth #StreetOutreach Specialists also offer opportunities for young people to 'just be a kid'. Whether that’s buying & playing with a squishmallow dubbed Charles Pickle while stocking up at Walmart, or skateboarding together while chatting. These chances for joy and comfort make a difference."
Funding cuts endanger unsheltered youth - Preble Street
Much like the Street Outreach Collaborative but with a focus on youth, Preble Street’s Teen Outreach Specialists provide resources and basic needs to young people living outside.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
" #Youth #StreetOutreach Specialists also offer opportunities for young people to 'just be a kid'. Whether that’s buying & playing with a squishmallow dubbed Charles Pickle while stocking up at Walmart, or skateboarding together while chatting. These chances for joy and comfort make a difference."