City Hall·Bangor·Agenda
Advisory Committee on Homelessness
- 1. Introductions (Name and Position Only)
- 2. Updates
- a. Warming Shelter
- b. Project HOPE
- c. Committee Appointments
- 3. Bangor Homeless Response System Roadmap
- a. Discussion of what the document is and isn’t
- b. Feedback on components of the Roadmap- Are the right things covered/listed? What is missing?
- c. How to use this document moving forward to ensure the committee stays on track and provides a strategic plan in a timely manner.
- 4. Set discussion for next meeting (Oct 27th)
- a. What information is needed from city staff for the discussion?
- b. Are there any outside resources that should be requested?
- c. What measurable outcome should be the goal of the meeting? Next Meeting- Oct 27th @ 5:15PM Bangor Homelessness Response Roadmap | Advisory Committee Working Document
- Bangor
- Prevent
- Connect
- Shelter
- Stabilize
- House
- Sustain
- Strength
- Bottleneck
- Priority
- 1. Bangor’s Current Response System The system functions as a sequence, but people may enter at different points and move backward when capacity, eligibility or ongoing support is insufficient. PREVENT Keep people housed Easy identification of people at risk and rapid diversion efforts; Eviction prevention; student supports; affordable housing providers; central coordination of resources Rising rent; fixed incomes; limited housing options; well-intended but fractured coordination of services ▼ CONNECT Find and engage; Build trust; Ensure coordinated entry PATH; HOME Team; City Outreach; case management; Street Plus; Options; BCAT; PCHC street medicine Scattered population; large caseloads; limited frequency of
- 2. Who Is Helped, and Where Gaps Appear
- A. Prevention
- Who Is Reached
- Resources In Place
- • City of Bangor eviction prevention
- • Hope House / Preble Street prevention
- • Bangor Area Shelter prevention
- • McKinney-Vento student support
- • Bangor Housing and other housing providers
- • Shaw House eviction prevention
- Gaps / Pressure Points
- • Rising housing costs for people on fixed incomes
- • Limited affordable inventory
- • Credit, criminal-background and pet barriers
- • Pet barriers
- B. Street Outreach and Engagement
- • PATH and HOME Team
- • City outreach and case management
- • Street Plus in the downtown area
- • Options Team and BCAT
- • PCHC street medicine
- • People are geographically scattered
- • Case sizes reduce contact frequency
- • Workforce hiring, pay, training and burnout challenges
- C. Emergency Shelter
- • Hope House
- • Bangor Area Shelter
- • Shaw House
- • Warming-center planning and funding
- • Shelters are at capacity
- • No family shelter
- • People with pets or other barriers may not fit existing options
- • Shelters do not have resources to take people with complex health needs Bangor Homelessness Response Roadmap | Advisory Committee Working Document
- 2. Who Is Helped, and Where Gaps Appear (continued)
- D. Daytime Services and Basic Needs
- • Bangor Area Shelter
Where this came from
Bangor Agenda Center
The city's own agenda, 26 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.
The city's own agenda, 26 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.
The summary and transcript follow the meeting, once reviewed.