Preble Street, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency, has been working since 1975 to provide best practice social services that meet urgent needs and end hunger and homelessness for individuals and families in Maine living in poverty. Operating from seven sites in Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor, Preble Street programs include the Resource Center, MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative, Food Programs, Maine Hunger Initiative,  Advocacy, Veterans Housing Services, Logan Place, Florence House, Huston Commons, Teen Center, Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter, First Place, the Anti-Trafficking Coalition, and Homeless Voices for Justice.