Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter

Targeted case management/housing navigation-targeted case management and housing navigation are provided to all current shelter guests as well as many former shelter guests. Our system employs a targeted case manager and a housing navigator to each guest at the shelter. The TCM assists with community resources addressing mental health, physical health, benefits, employment, finances, etc. and the housing navigator focuses on assisting with housing benefits, landlord relationships, housing searches, and housing stability.

Emergency Shelter - Our 19 Colby St location has been low barrier since the beginning of the pandemic and remains so today. A low barrier shelter is a shelter that has very little to no requirements for entry, including sobriety, drug use, and convictions. Low barrier shelters are preferred by HUD and are considered best practice for shelter provision. Our 19 Colby St location is a 48 bed shelter. We continue to improve the way we provide low barrier shelter and are currently working on a harm reduction and trauma informed supports. We have a warming center, serviced by shelter staff while maintaining our low barrier shelter. The warming center housed 2 to 15 guests in our conference room, lobby, and office spaces on a nightly basis.