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Shelter committee: warming center to open Nov. 1 for eight weeks; committee urges creation of homeless‑services coordinator and public‑health director
Summary
The committee reported progress on an RFP, grant applications and site selection for a permanent transitional shelter; Alter L. reports the warming center will open Nov. 1 for an initial eight‑week period contingent on funding, and the committee recommended two new city positions to coordinate homelessness response.
The Lewiston Shelter Committee on Oct. 21 told the City Council it had pivoted to respond to rapid funding opportunities and had secured a MaineHousing partnership that made a planned permanent shelter feasible. The committee recommended the city create two new positions — a homeless‑services coordinator and a public‑health director — to oversee a coordinated response beyond the single shelter.
Craig Settlemeier, co‑chair of the committee, told the council the committee mapped resources (MaineHousing grants, ARPA, private funding) and coordinated an RFP process that resulted…
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