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ME LD1910
Bill
Status
6/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rachel Talbot Ross
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with community-based nonprofits to hire 9 outreach caseworkers and 9 housing stability workers to serve individuals experiencing homelessness
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Outreach caseworkers assist unhoused individuals in attaining permanent housing and ensuring safe indoor shelter placement while housing is secured
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Housing stability workers focus on individuals cycling through emergency settings such as shelters, jails, hospitals, and warming centers to provide intensive rehousing services
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Workers distributed statewide based on agreement between 3 regional homeless councils, with caseloads of up to 25 intensive-need individuals plus 35 additional ongoing support cases per worker
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Appropriates $1.7 million annually from the General Fund ($800,000 for outreach caseworkers, $900,000 for housing stability workers) for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27
Legislative Description
An Act to Strengthen Housing Stability Services by Increasing Support and Outreach
Housing
Last Action
CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
6/25/2025