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Maine Department of Education: Notice Funding Available to Prevent Student Homelessness Through New Pilot Program

  Dear Champions of Education,   As part of a pilot program established in the recently signed State Budget (part KKKK), School Administrative Units (SAUs) and the State Office of Education in the Unorganized Territory (EUT) will have access to emergency financial assistance to help students avoid homelessness. The pilot will become effective on October 25, … Continue reading Maine Department of Education: Notice Funding Available to Prevent Student Homelessness Through New Pilot Program

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Though voting for the vacant MCOC Tri-Chair position has technically closed, there is currently a tie.  Agencies that have not yet cast a vote and are eligible to do so please cast that vote before 12:30pm 9/21 in hopes of having a final outcome of the election prior to the MCoC meeting.  Should the tie remain it will be announced at the MCoC meeting and a decision regarding how to move forward will be decided at that point in time.

Eligible agencies who have not yet voted are as follows: Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Bread of Life Ministries Caring Unlimited Family Violence Project Homeless Advocacy 4 All Homeless Services of Aroostook Homeless Voices for Justice HUD Knox County Homeless Coalition MaineHousing Milestone Recovery Northern Light Youth Shelter OHI Presque Isle Housing Authority RCAM Rumford Group … Continue reading Though voting for the vacant MCOC Tri-Chair position has technically closed, there is currently a tie.  Agencies that have not yet cast a vote and are eligible to do so please cast that vote before 12:30pm 9/21 in hopes of having a final outcome of the election prior to the MCoC meeting.  Should the tie remain it will be announced at the MCoC meeting and a decision regarding how to move forward will be decided at that point in time.