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- [Interviewer] How long
have you been living here?

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- [Interviewee] Since May.

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- [Interviewer] What
brought you here?

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- Lack of employment,
COVID, life.

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- [Interviewer] Yeah.
How's this place to live?

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Are you okay here?

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- No, it's freezing.

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And apparently they're kicking
us out on December 15th,

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and I'd just like to know

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how people can kick the
homeless out of being homeless.

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Like, where is everybody
supposed to go?

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We don't live out
here by choice.

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- [Interviewer]
Have you had a job?

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- Yeah, I've done a lot of jobs.

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I actually was a preschool
teacher for a while,

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and this is not where I
thought I would be at 30.

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Like, you go to
college and you think,

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"Okay, I'm doing
everything right,

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I'm doing everything everyone
said I'm supposed to do."

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You go to college, you get
a degree, you get a job,

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you don't expect life to throw
you curveballs like that,

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and then you end up
in places like this.

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And a lot of people
are very judgemental.

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People will stand out, you know,

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with signs trying to
get help and stuff,

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and people will scream
at them to get jobs.

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And the thing is,
like, they're trying.

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Again, a lot of
people, you know,

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they don't have the background

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or the education to
get jobs like that.

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And like even with me,

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I've applied to I don't
know how many jobs,

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and I haven't gotten one
yet, and I have two degrees.

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We all used to help each
other out and stuff.

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But it's gotten to the point now

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where everybody's
getting desperate.

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- We're helping as much as we
can bring food to the people

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that are living out
in this awful cold.

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- It's like the cycle
of homelessness,

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substance use addiction,
mental illness.

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Once you get in that cycle,
you have no identification,

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you have no birth certificates,

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you have no telephone number,

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you have no phone-
- No address.

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- No food, no address.

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It's very, very complicated.

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And these people here are
human beings just like us.

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And if we can just
do anything to help,

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like give a little bit of food

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or they desperately need water,

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how do they dig themselves
out of where they are?

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- What these people are
missing and lacking is hope.

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There's a couple of
deaf people up there,

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and the woman-
- Two deaf people.

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- crying her eyes out
because she was so cold

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and there was nothing
that they could do.

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The big reason that I'm here

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is that my daughter
is an addict,

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and I can't help her.

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Why?

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Because every time
I try to see her,

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the outcome is not good.

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I can help these folks,

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so that's what I do on Tuesdays.

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- These people break my heart.

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My son is also has
substance use addiction,

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and I've been trying
to help him for many.

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I'm sorry.

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I've been trying to
help him for many years,

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and he's walked these very
streets, homeless and cold.

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I'm sorry, I don't
wanna do this.

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I'm sorry.

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Sorry.
- It's okay.

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- So no.

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So I'm here to try to just
give a little help that I can.

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That's all.

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Because these are people
just like you and me.

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- I was in an
abusive relationship.

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I was assaulted by a partner,

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and my landlord said,
because I was assaulted,

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they didn't feel safe
and asked me to leave,

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leaving us with no place to go.

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We went to my mom's house,

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my daughter lived in the
house, I lived in their camper.

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We had a portable heater,

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and it would run 24/7 and would
not get up over 40 degrees.

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- You know, the YWCA closed,

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and they ran a shelter
for women and for girls.

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Maine Adoption
Placement Services ran
a shelter for pregnant

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and parenting teens.

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That's closed.

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Ingraham used to run a shelter.

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That's closed.

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Youth Alternatives
ran a shelter.

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That's gone.

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Catholic Charities got out
of the shelter business

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in Portland.

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Salvation Army got out of the
shelter business in Portland.

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I mean, these are facts.

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These are important
organizations.

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You know, well-respected
organizations

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that all said, "Shelter
work, we can't do that.

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It's too expensive.
There's no funding.

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The politics are awful.

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The neighborhood
issues are awful.

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The trauma for
staff is terrible.

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The turnover is extraordinary."

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So this doing shelter work,
it's kind of the third rail.

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(traffic humming)

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- Years and years ago,
I ran away from home,

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so that's how I've
ended up homeless.

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13 years old, you know,
I ran away from home,

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and I didn't want to live up
underneath my father's rules.

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And one of his rules was,
you can't obey his rules?

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Find you somewhere to go.

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So I started living out
in the woods in tents

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and stuff until I got a job,

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which my grandmother,
she come got me,

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well then she got
me a paper route.

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Some of my friends who were
making four, $500 a day,

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here I am working $4 a week
and only making $100, you know?

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So the money looked enticing,
it looked real good.

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But the downfall of that is
I got popped by the cops,

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and I ended up going to
prison for possession,

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cocaine, delivering
sales of it, you know?

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I did 24 years, 14 days,
seven hours, and 18 minutes.

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(staff chattering)

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Possession of a firearm.

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I knew that I didn't
deserve 30 years

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just for possession
of a firearm.

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I didn't banish, I didn't
strike, I didn't discharge,

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I didn't threaten
anybody with it.

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It was in a Duffy bag, zipped
up in the back of my truck.

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So while I was in prison,
I read a book by Malcolm X,

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and I said that if he
could do it, I could do it.

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And I thank God for my grandma

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because she used to
write me all the time.

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She used to tell me, she said,

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"You could either let that
prison system taint you,

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or you could take it, and you
could use it for knowledge

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and come out a better man."

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- I like to be a advocate

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for the Native American people.

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In my prayer time, I asked God.

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I said, "Well,
what I'm gonna do?"

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You know, I was kind of like
in a jam about this and that

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and being homeless.

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So he told me in
my spirit, he said,

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"You're going to places

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where you're gonna
try to help people,

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and somebody needs some help."

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I know that they're down and
out 'cause I know how it feels.

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I want to see the Native people

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have something in their
life worth living for

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and be proud of what they are.

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They don't have to live
in any kind of misery

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or hopelessness.

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These people here has
been a big help to me.

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The staff, the
residents, you know?

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I get along with them,
they get along with me,

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and so I'm thankful for that.

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So it's been very
difficult for me.

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But, you know,
life's gotta go on,

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and I'm trying to
make the best of it.

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- Now since I'm homeless,

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I'm living in the
Bangor Homeless Shelter.

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I have a case manager,

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and she the one who
called me in the office

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because she said that
I fit the criteria

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and she would like to
see me get an apartment.

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- And then after the
briefing, then we'll just,

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we're gonna go over
like what's next?

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What are we gonna do next?

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The next steps to getting you
into your apartment, okay?

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- Hi, James, how are you?
- Not bad this morning.

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- [Caller] It's saying
that when we check to see

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if you're eligible
for the program,

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part of what we look at.

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- Most of the resources
that we depend on

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to work to end homelessness
are federally sourced.

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Biggest among those
are through HUD.

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And biggest within HUD
is our rental subsidies,

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like Section 8 or tenant-based
rental assistance.

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- [Caller] Is determined
on the household income

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and household size.

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- Homelessness is
premised on the idea

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that we have a lack
of affordable housing,

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rental subsidies more
than anything level
the playing field,

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so everyone can afford housing.

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Two and a half years ago,

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we started collecting
information

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about who was
touching the hospital,

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who was touching the
jail on a monthly basis.

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And so we've been
looking at that data,

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and we found that the
same population is up

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to 29 times more likely
to be in the hospital

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and up to 45 times more
likely to be in jail

09:37.433 --> 09:39.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
when unhoused than when housed.

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- [Caller] Maine Housing
helps you pay your rent,

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the family will pay 30%

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of their adjusted
gross monthly income.

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- The contrast is dramatic.

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When people get into housing,

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they stop ricocheting

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through all of our most
expensive emergency systems.

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When somebody stays in
the hospital for a night,

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you know that's $1,000.

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You know, they touch the
emergency room, that's $1,000.

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When police, fire, and rescue
come and pick somebody up,

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that's thousands of dollars.

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If somebody stays an extended
period of time at a hospital,

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psychiatric facility
is $160,000 a year.

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All that changes when we have
people out of that stress

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and into a stable home,

10:15.400 --> 10:17.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and people are feeling
good about themselves.

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They're not tangling up our
police and rescue services.

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They're no longer obviously
at homeless shelters,

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and they're not outdoors.

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They're in apartments,

10:25.333 --> 10:27.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and they don't go to
the hospital anymore.

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They don't go to
the emergency room.

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- Oh, the viewing, yeah?
- Yes.

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- That's the one
that we had available

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through Community
Housing of Maine.

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- Yes.

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Big tub. Not no shower.

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A bathtub. (laughs)

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- Who doesn't like cupcakes?

10:43.566 --> 10:46.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
I like to, you know, to be
funny, make people laugh,

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communicate with people,
make them feel important,

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and listen to them, you know?

10:51.000 --> 10:52.566 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
Make sure that they're heard.

10:52.566 --> 10:54.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
I think a lot of times people
just wanna be heard, right?

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Somebody to talk to.

10:55.366 --> 10:57.033 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
I'm 13 years in recovery,

10:57.033 --> 11:01.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
I was in active use
probably about six years.

11:01.000 --> 11:04.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
It came to an end when
I had no place to live,

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no family that would
help me anymore.

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They were basically
enabling me at that time,

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so I was out of options.

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From there, I went to
a methadone clinic.

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I was there two years.

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I successfully came off of it.

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I went to Beal College,

11:18.933 --> 11:22.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
I got my associate's degree
in addiction counseling.

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And then the pilot program
Diversion came into play,

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and I applied for that
position, and I got it.

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And I've been doing it for
about a year and a half now,

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and I love it.

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Am I the best at it right
now? Absolutely not.

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It's growing, I'm learning,

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and we're just figuring
it out as we go.

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But I love my job.

11:42.966 --> 11:47.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
I love being able to help
individuals where I once was,

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turning something
negative in my life

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into something positive.

11:51.400 --> 11:53.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
And I think it's
really good to, like,

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have somebody to advocate
for these individuals

11:56.566 --> 11:58.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
who are experiencing
substance use disorder.

11:58.900 --> 12:02.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
There's so much stigma
surrounding that.

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- Yeah, she's not a bad girl.

12:04.133 --> 12:05.300 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
She's a pain in
the *** sometimes.

12:05.300 --> 12:07.133 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
But she's a good girl.

12:08.200 --> 12:10.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
- He put a rose on my car for me

12:10.366 --> 12:12.633 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
as a thank you for the help.

12:12.633 --> 12:14.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
Did you say I'm a
pain in the ....?

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(bulldozer beeping)

12:27.733 --> 12:30.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- The sweeps make
no sense at all.

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And I say that knowing

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that these encampments
are awful places.

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They're not safe, they're
public health disasters.

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We get that.

12:38.500 --> 12:41.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
But the solution is not
to just tear 'em down

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and bulldoze 'em

12:43.000 --> 12:45.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and assume everything's
gonna be okay then.

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It puts people in distress

12:48.166 --> 12:51.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and more physical harm
if you sweep encampments

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than if you keep them.

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- [Interviewer] Where are
people gonna go from here today?

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- Into another encampment.

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I'm not saying where,

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because that's, I'm telling you,

13:01.533 --> 13:02.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I'd be telling you
where they're going

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so that these ****
can go get them.

13:04.866 --> 13:06.100 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
No.

13:06.100 --> 13:07.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
- That's someone's stuff
that they're taking away.

13:07.866 --> 13:09.200 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
These are people's homes.

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They have to take
what they can to carry

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to go somewhere else.

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They have to start
all over again.

13:13.366 --> 13:15.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Finding tents, finding
places, you know, to sleep,

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finding food, finding clothing.

13:17.533 --> 13:19.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
- I remember when we
didn't have shelters

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all over this country

13:21.366 --> 13:23.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
or food pantries every 200 feet.

13:23.866 --> 13:25.266 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
It's a new phenomena.

13:25.266 --> 13:28.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
I have a big fear that
we're gonna move next

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into a acceptance of encampments

13:32.700 --> 13:35.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
and we're gonna go so far as
to have sanctioned encampments.

13:35.766 --> 13:38.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
But we're also, I think, we're
settling when we do that.

13:38.366 --> 13:41.133 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
Like, okay, this is
the best we can do.

13:41.133 --> 13:43.566 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
- This year was the first time
in the Point in Time Count

13:43.566 --> 13:46.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
for the whole country that we
had a higher number of people

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who were unsheltered
than sheltered.

13:48.966 --> 13:50.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
That's shocking.

13:50.633 --> 13:52.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
That's shocking.

13:52.133 --> 13:53.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
That's something that we've
never crossed that line before.

13:53.966 --> 13:55.400 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
And it is growing.

13:55.400 --> 13:58.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
We're seeing outdoor outside
homelessness in Maine

13:58.066 --> 14:00.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
like we've never seen it before.

14:00.066 --> 14:02.866 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
It is miserable being outside.

14:02.866 --> 14:04.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
It is miserable being homeless.

14:04.866 --> 14:06.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
And we are all bettered

14:06.200 --> 14:09.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
by making sure that everybody's
included in society.

14:09.366 --> 14:10.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- Especially during
the pandemic,

14:10.700 --> 14:12.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
we saw an increasing
number of individuals

14:12.800 --> 14:14.866 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
who were unsheltered,

14:14.866 --> 14:16.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and there aren't
enough resources

14:16.366 --> 14:18.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
being deployed in the
state to address the need.

14:18.866 --> 14:22.300 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
10 to 12 outreach workers
is not nearly enough.

14:22.300 --> 14:24.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
And the fact that
how long it takes

14:24.933 --> 14:27.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
from the point you
make that first contact

14:27.933 --> 14:31.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
to build a rapport, to build a
relationship, to build trust,

14:31.833 --> 14:33.266 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
to get the documents in place,

14:33.266 --> 14:35.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
to get an understanding
of the barriers

14:35.266 --> 14:37.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
of the struggles the
individual may be facing,

14:37.433 --> 14:39.766 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
and how best to connect them.

14:39.766 --> 14:43.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
There has to be urgency
in the work that you do.

14:43.166 --> 14:48.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- We didn't just arrive
at this crisis yesterday.

14:49.500 --> 14:51.333 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
We have had an issue

14:51.333 --> 14:54.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
with affordable housing
stock in this state,

14:55.666 --> 14:58.600 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
dating back to the mid-'70s.

14:58.600 --> 15:02.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
But if you're only
able to put online

15:02.000 --> 15:04.600 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
less than 1000 units a year

15:04.600 --> 15:07.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and your need is
upwards of 20,000,

15:08.700 --> 15:11.933 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
we must take dramatic steps.

15:11.933 --> 15:15.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
But it became very,
very, very clear to us

15:15.866 --> 15:19.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
as we began the 131st
state legislature

15:19.366 --> 15:22.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
that not only did we have to
address the housing crisis,

15:22.700 --> 15:27.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
but we had to prioritize
it in all of our work.

15:27.100 --> 15:29.766 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
(gentle music)

15:38.266 --> 15:40.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
- What we're seeing now,

15:40.200 --> 15:43.866 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
single mothers are homeless,
fleeing domestic violence.

15:43.866 --> 15:45.866 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
Single adult men are homeless.

15:45.866 --> 15:49.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
And I've seen pilots,
I've seen schoolteachers,

15:49.333 --> 15:52.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
opera singers homeless, entire
households are homeless.

15:52.666 --> 15:55.333 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
People who are
employed are homeless.

15:55.333 --> 16:00.000 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
The reality is homelessness
is not a condition

16:00.000 --> 16:03.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
or a circumstance that
anybody is immune to.

16:03.966 --> 16:05.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
- [Staff Member] Yeah, I'm just,

16:05.566 --> 16:07.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
it has been so nonstop since
I got in here this morning.

16:07.233 --> 16:10.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
I'm trying to think about what
I need to catch you up on.

16:10.900 --> 16:13.900 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
(gentle music)

16:13.900 --> 16:14.966 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
- [Tracey] Shelter staff.

16:14.966 --> 16:17.066 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
Jane, hi, how are you?

16:17.066 --> 16:18.566 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
- Good.
- Good to see you.

16:18.566 --> 16:19.300 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
How are you?

16:19.300 --> 16:21.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
- Good.
- Good.

16:21.233 --> 16:22.400 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
- Good.
- Awesome.

16:22.400 --> 16:23.633 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
- I have the voucher,

16:23.633 --> 16:25.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
So we're just looking
for that apartment.

16:25.800 --> 16:26.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- [Staff member] That's
right, that's right.

16:26.733 --> 16:28.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
- We're looking into the Bangor

16:28.433 --> 16:31.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and Brewer area for apartments,

16:31.433 --> 16:36.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
'cause my senior's
job is in Bangor.

16:37.266 --> 16:38.600 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
- [Staff Member] And that way

16:38.600 --> 16:41.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
we'll also have ongoing
navigation with Jane

16:41.266 --> 16:44.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
for a year after she
gets into housing, right?

16:44.100 --> 16:48.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
- So I keep everything my
suitcase and backpacks now.

16:49.333 --> 16:51.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
- You're sending
the energy that way.

16:51.500 --> 16:54.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- She's ready to go.
- Yes, I'm ready to go.

16:54.433 --> 16:55.433 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
- All right.
- Thanks, Jane.

16:55.433 --> 16:56.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Good to see you.
- Thank you.

16:56.766 --> 16:59.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- When I was a child,
my father starved me.

17:01.566 --> 17:03.566 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
He was an alcoholic,

17:03.566 --> 17:06.666 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
and Pastor and Mrs. Schmidt

17:06.666 --> 17:10.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
of the 70th Advent
church came in,

17:10.200 --> 17:12.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and they would buy me groceries.

17:12.033 --> 17:17.066 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
They got me a little food
cupboard and with a padlock

17:18.200 --> 17:20.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and would buy me
groceries once a week.

17:20.133 --> 17:22.366 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
Diana Schmidt was a teacher.

17:22.366 --> 17:26.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
And Pastor Schmidt, they were
just like my own parents.

17:26.633 --> 17:30.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
I have children, Jean
Strout and Jamie Wells,

17:31.366 --> 17:34.133 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
and I'm trying to find them.

17:34.133 --> 17:37.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And my husband,
we're trying to find.

17:37.533 --> 17:41.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
It's Ferris George Lewis from
Manchester, New Hampshire.

17:41.866 --> 17:44.800 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
We have not found anybody.

17:44.800 --> 17:48.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
It's due to I had a
long-term memory loss

17:48.533 --> 17:50.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
and my memory wiped out.

17:52.000 --> 17:55.733 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Had no memory and ended
up in Canada for 25 years.

17:56.900 --> 18:00.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
And I wanted to come
home all these years

18:00.566 --> 18:01.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
just to find my family.

18:01.800 --> 18:05.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
I haven't seen my
family in 25 years.

18:05.400 --> 18:08.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
If you had your own
place for 20 years

18:10.066 --> 18:12.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and all of a sudden not
have a place to live

18:13.566 --> 18:16.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and none of your
friends and family,

18:17.633 --> 18:18.966 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
and I'm all alone.

18:20.633 --> 18:24.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
I'm in this search of trying
to desperately find my family.

18:24.900 --> 18:27.466 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
(gentle music)

18:29.066 --> 18:32.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
- [Cullen] The idea of people
who are falling on hard times

18:32.133 --> 18:34.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
getting to connect with
members of their community

18:34.533 --> 18:36.366 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
and be engaged

18:36.366 --> 18:38.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and develop those
kind of relationships

18:38.266 --> 18:40.866 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
that help people to wellness.

18:40.866 --> 18:42.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
You can't go wrong with that.

18:42.200 --> 18:44.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- Another thing, Cullen,
that's really cool

18:44.100 --> 18:46.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
is across the street,
Freshwater Stone,

18:46.866 --> 18:48.033 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
they're a
second-chance employer.

18:48.033 --> 18:49.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
- [Cullen] I love that.

18:49.200 --> 18:50.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
- And will often
reach out to us to see

18:50.866 --> 18:53.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
if there's anyone who's having
a hard time finding work.

18:53.200 --> 18:54.700 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
- Good.
- And they'll often call.

18:54.700 --> 18:56.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
- That is great.

18:56.366 --> 18:58.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
- Most of the people that are
there are trying to get help.

18:58.933 --> 18:59.933 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
They're trying to find a home.

18:59.933 --> 19:01.766 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
They're trying to find a job.

19:01.766 --> 19:04.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
We want the community
to be strong, you know,

19:04.500 --> 19:08.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
and we want to be known as
a company that, you know,

19:08.433 --> 19:12.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
is good for their employees
and good for the area.

19:12.500 --> 19:14.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
You know, you're
helping the person,

19:14.100 --> 19:15.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
but you're also
helping yourself,

19:15.300 --> 19:16.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and you're helping
the community.

19:16.966 --> 19:19.200 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
- Yeah, a couple of our guys

19:19.200 --> 19:21.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
from years and years
ago are still over there

19:21.633 --> 19:23.200 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
and making good money,

19:23.200 --> 19:24.866 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
and it's really cool.

19:24.866 --> 19:26.366 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
Anyone's homeless.

19:26.366 --> 19:30.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Poverty exists prior to our
affordable housing crisis.

19:30.800 --> 19:34.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
So the missing link now is
housing and affordability.

19:34.966 --> 19:36.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I was homeless most
of my childhood.

19:36.966 --> 19:38.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
I've also been
homeless as an adult,

19:38.800 --> 19:42.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and I was living in
a homeless shelter

19:42.866 --> 19:45.133 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
when my mother died.

19:45.133 --> 19:49.033 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And so if you can imagine
being alone in that experience,

19:49.033 --> 19:52.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and then I was in the
shelter when my sister died.

19:52.133 --> 19:56.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And so just outta terror
that there's nothing else

19:56.500 --> 19:58.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
but the grace of the people
that are working with you

19:58.833 --> 20:01.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
that can keep you
safe and alive.

20:01.100 --> 20:03.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
The isolation of being unhoused.

20:03.500 --> 20:07.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
And you can't really
pick yourself up

20:07.433 --> 20:10.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
from that situation
without help.

20:10.000 --> 20:13.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
That feeling of hopelessness,
I can, I really identify.

20:13.666 --> 20:17.700 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
- People who are going to die
in their 50s, or 40s, or 30s

20:18.833 --> 20:21.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
because of the stress of
long-term homelessness.

20:21.833 --> 20:24.000 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
If they go past
one year in housing

20:24.000 --> 20:26.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and they start to get
treatment for all those things

20:26.433 --> 20:28.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
that they've ignored for years,

20:28.166 --> 20:31.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
we watch people actually
stay well for much longer.

20:31.933 --> 20:34.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
And I've seen people who I knew

20:34.833 --> 20:37.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
when they were
chronically homeless.

20:37.000 --> 20:39.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
One individual who was
homeless for 34 years,

20:39.800 --> 20:42.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
he looked younger-
- Once he was housed?

20:42.633 --> 20:45.700 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
- in 2014, when he was housed,

20:45.700 --> 20:48.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
than he did in 1997,
when he was unhoused.

20:48.633 --> 20:50.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
I mean younger, well, healthier.

20:50.300 --> 20:52.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I'm like, you know,
a double take.

20:52.366 --> 20:54.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Is this really, you
know, you look great.

20:54.633 --> 20:57.166 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
(gentle music)

20:59.466 --> 21:01.600 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
- We worked in Guatemala,

21:01.600 --> 21:03.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and her life is being threatened

21:03.033 --> 21:05.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
'cause she was a
police officer there.

21:05.433 --> 21:09.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
And this cartel has
gotten out of prison,

21:09.933 --> 21:11.533 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
and they're
threatening her life.

21:11.533 --> 21:13.266 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
So she fled to
the United States,

21:13.266 --> 21:15.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
got to the border of
Texas in September,

21:15.933 --> 21:19.033 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
just a few weeks ago,

21:19.033 --> 21:23.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and they deported her
immediately to Mexico.

21:23.566 --> 21:25.233 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
So she crossed again.

21:25.233 --> 21:28.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And she's just been in
my office with her child.

21:28.400 --> 21:30.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And I quote an attorney
while she was in here,

21:30.833 --> 21:34.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and the attorney said,
"There's no hope."

21:34.333 --> 21:37.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
So there's a terror
there that, I don't know.

21:37.733 --> 21:40.166 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
This is a hard one.

21:40.166 --> 21:41.566 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Yeah, it's hard.

21:41.566 --> 21:44.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
We live in such
an unjust system.

21:45.900 --> 21:47.233 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
- One week from today,

21:47.233 --> 21:48.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
there will be a new
shelter in Portland

21:48.666 --> 21:51.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
strictly for asylum seekers
who are on their own.

21:51.733 --> 21:53.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
- That population of New Mainers

21:53.400 --> 21:55.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
currently takes up more
than half the space

21:55.733 --> 21:57.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
at the city's new
homeless shelter

21:57.066 --> 21:58.400 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
on Riverside Drive.

21:58.400 --> 22:00.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
The city is hopeful
that more beds overall

22:00.333 --> 22:03.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
will help both asylum
seekers and unhoused people.

22:03.333 --> 22:05.600 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
- So yeah, the rationale for
having a separate facility

22:05.600 --> 22:09.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
is that asylum seekers
need different services

22:09.000 --> 22:12.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
than other homeless folks
that are already here.

22:12.333 --> 22:14.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
And if there's funding available

22:14.166 --> 22:15.500 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
for an asylum seeker facility,

22:15.500 --> 22:17.000 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
then you can go build one.

22:17.000 --> 22:18.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
And if there isn't,
then you can't.

22:18.500 --> 22:22.600 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- Many from senate
president to the governor,

22:23.666 --> 22:25.000 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
bipartisan support,

22:25.000 --> 22:27.500 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
we have invested and committed

22:27.500 --> 22:30.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
over $100 million into housing.

22:30.333 --> 22:34.166 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
The immediate impact
sends such strong messages

22:34.166 --> 22:37.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
to developers who
now have confidence

22:37.833 --> 22:39.666 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
that they can pursue projects

22:39.666 --> 22:42.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
because they know that
there'll be state funding.

22:42.500 --> 22:43.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
- We're lucky enough
to host a number

22:43.800 --> 22:45.300 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
of asylum seekers in our town,

22:45.300 --> 22:47.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
and they've been tremendous
contributing members

22:47.400 --> 22:49.133 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
of our community,

22:49.133 --> 22:50.566 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
great additions to
our school system.

22:50.566 --> 22:53.300 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
So I think it's terrific.

22:53.300 --> 22:54.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
- We have in Maine, for example,

22:54.900 --> 22:57.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
asylum seekers who
aren't allowed to work.

22:57.633 --> 22:59.800 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
I mean, that's just crazy.

22:59.800 --> 23:02.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
We've got this huge
workforce shortage.

23:02.966 --> 23:07.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
We've got people who wanna work
and often are well trained,

23:09.200 --> 23:11.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and the law doesn't
allow them to work.

23:11.033 --> 23:14.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Senator Collins and I
have a bipartisan bill

23:14.366 --> 23:17.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
to lower the waiting
period for a work permit

23:17.033 --> 23:19.633 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
from 180 days to 30 days.

23:19.633 --> 23:24.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
Again, just to say, look,
this doesn't make sense.

23:25.833 --> 23:28.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
So you're forcing people
onto public support,

23:28.400 --> 23:31.566 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
taking up beds in
homeless shelters

23:31.566 --> 23:34.066 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
when they don't wanna be there

23:34.066 --> 23:35.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and they don't need to be there

23:35.500 --> 23:38.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
if they're allowed to go
to work and make money

23:38.066 --> 23:40.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and take care of their
families and pay rent.

23:40.333 --> 23:41.900 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
- If they can
enter the workforce

23:41.900 --> 23:43.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and get into the housing market,

23:43.400 --> 23:45.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
free up a bed for someone else,

23:45.566 --> 23:48.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
then we can actually
create more capacity

23:48.233 --> 23:51.566 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
in the shelters that we do
have in this housing crunch.

23:51.566 --> 23:53.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- The Homeless Services
Center was needed

23:53.566 --> 23:57.000 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
because our shelter downtown
was not an adequate shelter.

23:57.000 --> 23:59.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Because it was just a former
three-story apartment building

23:59.666 --> 24:01.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
that was converted to a shelter,

24:01.300 --> 24:03.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
it didn't have food
service kitchen,

24:03.300 --> 24:05.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
so folks had to leave to
get meals three times a day.

24:05.400 --> 24:09.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
And this design really also
took into account COVID.

24:09.533 --> 24:12.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
And so the four-foot-high walls

24:12.600 --> 24:15.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
are designed to give
a bit of privacy

24:15.533 --> 24:18.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
but also space for
social distancing.

24:18.533 --> 24:20.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Other design features
of the building

24:20.533 --> 24:24.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
include the 3,000-square-foot
clinic that GPH runs,

24:24.200 --> 24:27.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that has four exam rooms
and two dental chairs.

24:27.366 --> 24:30.766 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And that clinic is open to
not only guests of the shelter

24:30.766 --> 24:32.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
but also the community.

24:32.033 --> 24:34.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
- We've wanted to
lower barriers there

24:34.600 --> 24:36.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
so more people who
are in encampments

24:38.100 --> 24:40.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
can feel comfortable
there, can feel safe there,

24:40.933 --> 24:42.866 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
will be feel welcome there.

24:42.866 --> 24:47.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
And so when this new shelter
opens for asylum seekers,

24:47.033 --> 24:50.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
there'll be dozens,
dozens, and dozens of beds.

24:50.233 --> 24:52.966 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
Hopefully more than a hundred
beds suddenly freed up.

24:52.966 --> 24:55.466 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
(gentle music)

24:55.466 --> 24:58.300 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
- We confront NIMBYism on
every single project we do.

24:58.300 --> 25:00.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Someone will show up
at the planning board

25:00.133 --> 25:01.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
saying it's the
worst thing ever.

25:01.700 --> 25:05.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Homeless shelters obviously
face additional scrutiny

25:05.033 --> 25:06.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and additional negative comments

25:06.800 --> 25:09.466 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
because of the perceived
nature of what goes on there.

25:09.466 --> 25:12.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Ultimately, it's a
skill to figure it out.

25:12.366 --> 25:14.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And it's worthwhile to
get these projects done

25:14.633 --> 25:17.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
because when you've
accommodated as much as you can,

25:17.533 --> 25:19.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
when you've taken all
the good suggestions

25:19.033 --> 25:20.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and made the project
as good as you can,

25:20.866 --> 25:22.133 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
it's a fight worth having.

25:22.133 --> 25:25.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- We had a zoning board
of appeals meeting

25:25.366 --> 25:28.366 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
in Rockport this past week,

25:28.366 --> 25:31.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and there's a lot of
fear, and it's unfounded.

25:31.166 --> 25:36.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
And their representative
essentially evaluated the fact

25:37.100 --> 25:38.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
that we were going
to be partnering

25:38.100 --> 25:39.500 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
with Maine Behavioral Health

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on bringing services
into this housing project

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and connected the word
behavioral to schizophrenia.

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And that this was going to be

25:48.266 --> 25:51.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
some kind of mental
health facility.

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And that landed in the paper.

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- I do not believe, maybe
people here know differently,

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but I don't think there's
been a clear statement

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of who will be in this project,

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what sort of services
will be provided,

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whether or not
schizophrenics, for example,

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are going to be in
the project or not.

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- There were other comments
from some of the neighbors

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around how they will
no longer be able

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to let their grandchildren
play outside anymore

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and they were going to
be locking their houses.

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And what's really
interesting to me

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is that that is NIMBYism,

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that is judgment in advance

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of really getting to
know a human being.

26:31.866 --> 26:33.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
Most of our clients
are hardworking

26:33.933 --> 26:37.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
or wanna get back
to having a job

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with a little extra
education or help.

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I think we need to
do a lot of education

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around the reality of
hardworking human beings

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who are making minimum wage.

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- People have a
right to be concerned

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about their neighborhood.

26:52.266 --> 26:55.000 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
I've lived for, I don't know,

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40 years on the same street
that has a Section 8,

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has a house with Section 8,

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let's see, 50 yards away
just down the street,

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catty-cornered from our house.
- And how's that been?

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- It's no big deal.

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I mean, it's never occurred
to me that this was a problem.

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- And we owe it to our community

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to provide a space
that's full of dignity

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and respect for everyone.

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That's our ultimate goal

27:18.966 --> 27:21.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
is to get folks on a
path to self-sufficiency.

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Whatever that
self-sufficiency looks like.

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- The biggest problem we
have in housing right now

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is that there's
not enough of it.

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And the one law that
Congress can't repeal

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is the law of supply and demand.

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If the supply is short
and the demand is high,

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the price is gonna go up.

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And that's what's happened.

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So fundamentally, we
need to also be talking

27:40.766 --> 27:42.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
about how to expand the supply.

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And that's what
this bill is about.

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- The nature of
affordable housing

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is it's, in economic terms,

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it's a market failure.

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And what that means
in economic terms

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is the market won't provide it,

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so there have to be
all these programs

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and incentives to
try to provide it,

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and none of them are
nearly big enough.

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So it's a societal thing.

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And the Affordable Housing
Credit Improvement Act

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is gonna be a boon
to those of us

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who are in the business
doing these projects.

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But at the same time,

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it's not, you know,

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it's not enough to fix the
inequity in our society

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that we're trying to fight.

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- If you build units

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that will house extremely
low-income people,

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the Maine State
Housing Authority

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has these tax credits it can
allocate to your project,

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which you can then sell,

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which becomes part of the
capital of the project.

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In other words,

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it lowers the amount of equity
that you have to put in,

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and therefore makes it a more
attractive financial deal.

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- Maine has all sorts
of revenue right now

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that they're putting
into affordable housing.

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The governor, Governor Mills,

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has been great about
directing a ton of resources.

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Federal resources
have been coming in,

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and state resources
toward affordable housing.

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But the development
capacity of the state,

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developers like me, bankers,
contractors, architects,

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loan officers,
everybody's redlining.

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Everyone's trying to
develop as fast as they can,

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as much as they can,

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because of all the
demand for the housing.

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And at a certain point,

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you can only stuff so much
money in the top of the funnel

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and spit out housing units
the other end so fast.

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And to the extent

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that that is not increasing
the velocity of housing,

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all it's doing is
inflating the prices

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and creating a bubble.

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- The rents from a
low-income person

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can't possibly pay the cost
of building an apartment

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or a house.

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We have to talk
about housing costs,

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the cost of construction,
the cost of building a house,

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and then talk about how do
we make housing affordable.

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- My answer is sometimes
you have to do something

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that's a little less profitable
and maybe a little harder,

29:44.600 --> 29:47.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
but it's really
better for all of us.

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(gentle music)

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- What does it cost for one
person to be on the streets?

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Paramedics, police,
courts, emergency rooms.

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And that added up
to 20,000 for Utah,

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36,000 per person on the
streets per year in Los Angeles.

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So Utah went to
developers, and they said,

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"What would it cost
us to house them?

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Use the Housing First
model, no questions asked.

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Can you do wraparound service?"

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That works, by the way.

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And they did it. They did it.

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And for five years, they
reduced homelessness by 93%.

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They were on track to be the
first state in the country

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where everyone has a pillow
to lay their head on.

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New leadership came in and said,

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"We're not gonna
coddle them anymore.

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They need to be
self-sufficient."

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Took away the
Housing First model,

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and now Utah is
spending millions

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because people are
on the streets.

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- The concept of Housing First

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is that everyone does
well with housing

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and that no one does
well without housing.

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And it doesn't make sense

30:46.466 --> 30:49.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
for anyone to have
to be entirely well

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or, you know, healed
of all their issues

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before we'd start thinking
about getting into housing.

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When we move people
right into housing,

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what happens is that we
subtract all that stress,

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and we watch people get
well right in front of us

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just from having housing.

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Now that doesn't do it alone.

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You still need support
services. Absolutely.

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But the support services
go a lot further

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when somebody is clear,
and stable, and safe,

31:16.266 --> 31:19.933 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
and in the privacy and the
dignity of their own home.

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(gentle music)

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- Look at the
parking barn for you,

31:25.433 --> 31:26.833 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
but I can definitely get
you a whole bunch of stuff.

31:26.833 --> 31:28.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
- Thank you for
opening that for her.

31:28.100 --> 31:30.933 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
- Yeah.
- What size shoe are you?

31:30.933 --> 31:34.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
- Usually between like six and
a half and nine and a half.

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My ankles, I had
them broken at 12,

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and I didn't get to go
to the hospital for it,

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mainly because we didn't have
enough money to pay the bill.

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There was a time where I
made myself go homeless,

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like on purpose.

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I went out, and I didn't wanna,

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didn't wanna go home

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'cause they didn't really want
me there in the first place.

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So I was probably like
15, 16 when that happened.

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I would have little to no food.

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You would go a few days where
you're just really hungry

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until finally you're
just not hungry anymore.

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And sometimes,

32:16.266 --> 32:18.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
sometimes you'd get to
a point of desperation

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where you're about to just cry.

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- So your friends
were from here.

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- [Shawn] I'd have to
ask people for help.

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Sometimes they'd help, and
sometimes they wouldn't.

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- Well, I lived in Bangor.

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- I've been here for
about two months.

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It's been okay.

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I've been trying my
best to find a place,

32:35.000 --> 32:36.333 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
fill out paperwork.

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Sometimes all you
can do is wait.

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So I lost my only male best
friend that I've ever had

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due to an extensive period

32:45.500 --> 32:48.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
of being exposed to
drugs over his life.

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You know, it devastated me,

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because I never really
wanted to be into that scene,

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and I just didn't realize

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how big of a problem
it was for him.

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I mean, I've heard everything's
good in moderation,

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but I don't really think
that's the case for everything.

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(gentle music)

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- Okay, I wanna welcome
back Gordon Smith,

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director of Opioid Response.

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Very thankful for
you being here.

33:15.266 --> 33:18.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
If there's a positive
comment I could make,

33:18.500 --> 33:20.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
it is that based
upon our own data,

33:20.666 --> 33:24.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
the percentage of people
experiencing homelessness

33:24.433 --> 33:29.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
that fatally overdose
has not increased

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as a percentage of
our overall overdoses.

33:32.266 --> 33:34.766 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
The problem is that the number

33:34.766 --> 33:38.766 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
of overdose fatalities has
increased substantially.

33:38.766 --> 33:40.166 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
The federal
government has put out

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that information nationally

33:41.766 --> 33:44.766 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
that they think that fatal
overdoses are plateauing

33:44.766 --> 33:47.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
because the increases
are coming down.

33:48.766 --> 33:53.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
I'm not gonna say that because
there're still increases,

33:53.066 --> 33:55.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and people aren't
stupid, in my opinion.

33:55.233 --> 33:57.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
They're gonna realize that
if we have a 15% increase

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from 2021, that's 90 people,

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additional people who died.

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Katie.

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- There's some very brass-tacks
things that we can do

34:09.466 --> 34:12.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
to start to arrest
the number of people

34:12.466 --> 34:14.466 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
who are going to die.

34:14.466 --> 34:16.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
Everybody's CPR trained.

34:17.800 --> 34:20.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Every institution or
agency has an AED machine.

34:20.966 --> 34:25.866 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Every institution has access
to Narcan, widely available.

34:25.866 --> 34:27.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And we should be training
not only our staff

34:27.633 --> 34:29.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
but also the other
people in our community.

34:29.700 --> 34:32.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
- I really do think there are
dynamics in place right now

34:32.733 --> 34:34.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
with this governor
and the speaker

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and others that we've never had.

34:37.833 --> 34:40.000 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
And there's an
opportunity to do more

34:40.000 --> 34:41.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
than I think we've
ever been able to do.

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- Six months from now,

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we are going to see changes and
support from the legislature

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in terms of real resources,

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so we're able to
end homelessness.

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So I remain very optimistic
that we'll get there.

34:54.000 --> 34:56.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- You know, having
personal experience

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around the challenges
of staying in a home,

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personally knowing how
difficult it is sometimes

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to afford healthcare
and go to the doctor,

35:06.133 --> 35:07.633 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
personally knowing

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and having family members
experience food insecurity.

35:11.733 --> 35:14.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
Trying to figure out if you're
paying the utility bill,

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you know, or your rent.

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Even with a number
of services available

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and benefits through
a safety net system,

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all of those things can fail

35:28.200 --> 35:33.233 align:left position:25% line:77% size:65%
to address the cycle
of homelessness if
you do not connect

35:33.933 --> 35:35.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
and first have housing.

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There are three Housing
First models in Portland,

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but we've also made room

35:41.033 --> 35:45.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
for small scattered sites
throughout the state of Maine.

35:48.533 --> 35:51.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
- Mid-Maine Homeless
Shelter, Chris speaking.

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We had a bed available.
Are you able to come in?

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Like a young man this
morning came here,

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utilized our warming
center last night,

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but he had family in Arkansas

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that was willing to have him
come back and stay with them

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and help him get on his feet.

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So we were able to
purchase a bus ticket

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and have him go all the
way to Arkansas today.

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- Let's see it.
- So with the warming center,

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folks, when they walk
in off the street,

36:16.866 --> 36:19.033 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
we're not asking for their
mental health history.

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We're really asking, you know,

36:20.200 --> 36:21.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
are you safe to be in community?

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Come on in.

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We have a growing
crisis across the state.

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It used to be restricted
to Portland and Bangor.

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We call them long-term stayers,

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people who are in shelter
for longer than 180 days.

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Our average length of stay is
currently just over 70 days

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for a lot of folks
to get rehoused.

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All shelters throughout
the state operate

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on a prioritization systems.

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We prioritize veterans,

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people escaping domestic
violence, for example.

36:48.600 --> 36:52.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
We also prioritize youth
and families with children.

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- You haven't received the
Social Security card yet for-

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- No, I have not.
- Okay.

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- I've been waiting.

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- If we don't get it by
the end of next week,

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we should call over
to Social Security

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and have them look into it.
- Okay.

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- 'Cause you do need to get
her hooked up on services,

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so you don't have any trouble

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with the medical
bills or anything.

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- Yeah.

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- The Youth
Empowerment Supports,

37:10.500 --> 37:12.566 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
it's permanent
supportive housing,

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which means that every one of
our tenants, our young people,

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has a voucher,

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and the supports come in the
form of their caseworker.

37:21.700 --> 37:23.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- [Cathy] So how's the
apartment hunt going?

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- Not so good.

37:25.533 --> 37:26.766 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
- The rent's 1,000.

37:26.766 --> 37:28.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
They want you to make
over $3,000 a month.

37:28.700 --> 37:30.033 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
- Yeah.

37:30.033 --> 37:31.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- You wouldn't have
a voucher probably

37:31.366 --> 37:33.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
if you were making
over $3,000 a month.

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- Yeah, so we'll find
places that are cheap,

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but they don't accept vouchers.

37:37.766 --> 37:40.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- The market is just-
- Terrible.

37:40.033 --> 37:41.433 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
- It is.

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It's really, it's sad
right now what's going on.

37:43.533 --> 37:44.700 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
- We've seen the rate

37:44.700 --> 37:47.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
of rehousing folks
drop off precipitously.

37:47.533 --> 37:49.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
We used to rehouse 30
households a month.

37:49.600 --> 37:52.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
Now we're lucky if we rehouse
two households a month.

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- [Interviewer] Why?

37:54.366 --> 37:56.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
- There's just not enough
affordable housing.

37:56.866 --> 37:58.533 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
The housing market was hot,

37:58.533 --> 38:00.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and a lot of those
properties were purchased

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by corporate landlords
who just raise the rents.

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So we've got this perfect storm
of housing has disappeared

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or become more expensive,

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and more people are
unstable in their housing.

38:11.400 --> 38:12.733 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
What's great about our program

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is that they can keep
Cathy, our case manager,

38:15.133 --> 38:16.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
she can follow them
out into the community

38:16.800 --> 38:20.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
and continue to case manage
and help them stay stable.

38:20.633 --> 38:22.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Nobody should get
left behind, right?

38:22.733 --> 38:24.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And there are people who
have major mental illness

38:24.900 --> 38:26.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and have some really
extreme behaviors,

38:26.733 --> 38:29.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and they still deserve housing.

38:30.466 --> 38:32.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Returning citizens, people
who are living incarceration,

38:32.633 --> 38:33.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
they've paid their
debt to society,

38:33.966 --> 38:35.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
but they have no place to go to

38:35.566 --> 38:37.800 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
once they're
released from prison.

38:37.800 --> 38:40.566 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And people with addiction,
it's an illness.

38:40.566 --> 38:42.666 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
And we know that when you
have a roof over your head,

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you're much more capable of
dealing with those issues

38:45.266 --> 38:47.000 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
than if you're unsheltered.

38:47.000 --> 38:48.833 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
Low barrier is
the gold standard.

38:48.833 --> 38:50.100 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
We have animal guests.

38:50.100 --> 38:52.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
We've had dogs,
cats, Guinea pigs.

38:52.766 --> 38:55.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
- These are her emotional
support animals.

38:55.433 --> 38:57.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- You wanna hold one?
- Yes.

38:57.333 --> 39:00.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
- They help with my mental
health, with my depression.

39:00.900 --> 39:02.566 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
I used to self-harm.

39:02.566 --> 39:05.066 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
And with them,
they prevent that.

39:05.066 --> 39:06.233 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
- Folks need those animals

39:06.233 --> 39:07.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
for a whole host of
therapeutic reasons.

39:07.900 --> 39:10.900 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
And if they have a disability

39:10.900 --> 39:13.333 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
and they have a
clinician sign off,

39:13.333 --> 39:16.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
then we are required to try
to accommodate that guest.

39:16.233 --> 39:17.400 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
Providing low-barrier shelter,

39:17.400 --> 39:20.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
our basic philosophy
is we have one rule,

39:20.566 --> 39:22.166 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
one core rule for everybody,

39:22.166 --> 39:24.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
whether you're an animal or
a human guest in our shelter.

39:24.966 --> 39:27.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
And that's we want
everybody to be safe

39:27.033 --> 39:28.366 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
in a congregate community.

39:28.366 --> 39:30.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
Rapid rehousing is
another program.

39:30.366 --> 39:31.966 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
It's been running in
other parts of the state.

39:31.966 --> 39:34.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Their experience of
homelessness is triggered

39:34.033 --> 39:36.533 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
by some sort of
structural issue, right?

39:36.533 --> 39:37.800 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
The landlord has sold,

39:37.800 --> 39:39.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and the new owner wants
vacant possession.

39:39.800 --> 39:41.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
We can work with that
household, right?

39:41.866 --> 39:44.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
They've got income,
they've got jobs,

39:44.966 --> 39:46.200 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
they have got
everything in place,

39:46.200 --> 39:48.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
they just haven't been
able to find a unit.

39:48.033 --> 39:50.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
And what rapid rehousing does

39:50.200 --> 39:52.700 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
is offer some
landlord incentives.

39:52.700 --> 39:54.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
Landlord incentives
can include everything

39:54.700 --> 39:57.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
from enhanced security deposits,

39:58.700 --> 40:01.133 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
help with getting
units up to code.

40:01.133 --> 40:03.866 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
We know from the data that
an experience of homelessness

40:03.866 --> 40:05.366 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
is what is considered an ACE,

40:05.366 --> 40:06.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
an adverse childhood experience.

40:06.900 --> 40:09.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
It's a traumatic
destabilizing experience.

40:09.666 --> 40:12.000 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
And the likelihood of a child

40:12.000 --> 40:13.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
who's experienced homelessness,

40:13.833 --> 40:16.000 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
repeating that
experience as an adult

40:16.000 --> 40:17.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
is significantly higher.

40:17.566 --> 40:20.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
So when we can divert a
household with children

40:20.833 --> 40:22.400 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
from coming into shelter,

40:22.400 --> 40:25.000 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
we're having a
two-generation impact.

40:25.000 --> 40:26.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
ACEs can add up, right?

40:26.733 --> 40:30.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
So an experience of homelessness

40:30.233 --> 40:33.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
combined with domestic violence,

40:33.666 --> 40:37.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
or a parent with poor health,
or a history of incarceration,

40:39.333 --> 40:42.166 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
are much more likely to rely
on systems as they get older

40:42.166 --> 40:43.400 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
rather than self-sufficiency.

40:43.400 --> 40:45.166 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
So it is really critical

40:45.166 --> 40:47.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
that we keep kids out
of homeless shelters.

40:47.666 --> 40:50.200 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
(gentle music)

40:55.866 --> 40:58.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
- What we're hearing more
about, which I'm grateful for,

40:58.133 --> 40:59.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
is positive childhood
experiences.

40:59.366 --> 41:00.800 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
And in many cases,

41:00.800 --> 41:02.933 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
it's the lack of positive
childhood experiences

41:02.933 --> 41:04.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
that are as detrimental,

41:04.533 --> 41:06.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
if not more than
adverse childhood.

41:06.700 --> 41:08.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
So creating positive
opportunities

41:08.533 --> 41:10.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
so that youth have
positive experiences

41:10.433 --> 41:12.866 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
in their life to draw from,

41:12.866 --> 41:15.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that builds resilience,
that builds hope.

41:15.100 --> 41:16.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
The vast majority of
youth that come here,

41:16.600 --> 41:18.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I think they come
because they feel

41:18.700 --> 41:21.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
like it's a welcoming place
where they can be themselves,

41:21.033 --> 41:23.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
where they know we're gonna
be excited to see them.

41:23.533 --> 41:25.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
A lot of the youth,
especially the younger ones,

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aren't necessarily homeless,

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but they have
challenging home lives.

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In many cases, they're being
raised by a single parent

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or a single grandmother.

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They have families who are
experiencing incarceration

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and, in some cases, addiction.

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Youth walk in oftentimes

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where they are not
having a good day,

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where they're escalated, where
they're starting conflicts.

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And that's part of the work
is to try to create a place

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where it gets back to all of us

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kind of being guided by what's
respectful, what's kind.

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You know, a lot of
our youth experience

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tremendous depression
and anxiety

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and, in some cases,
suicidal ideation.

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And, you know, it's an
increasing amount of sadness

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and despair.

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So having those connections,

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having a sense of
belonging is all part of,

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part of the experience
here at The Landing Place.

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You know, if we're treating
young people with respect

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and providing for basic needs,

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more often than not, we're
met with respect back.

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So when somebody's
not able to live up

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to that basic level expectation,

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then we work with that.

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You know, we address
the behavior.

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We don't shut down
the individual.

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We say, "You have to
look at this behavior."

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I'm glad you're here
at The Landing Place.

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And Melissa, I think I talked
to Melissa the other day,

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so did she tell you a little bit

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about all the stuff
that we have here?

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- A little bit.
- Okay, cool.

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Well, yeah, if you have any
questions, just ask, all right?

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Do you wanna help us make
some food and set up?

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- Sure.

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- Where'd you put the
other box of brownies?

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- [Joseph] Oh, over
here. I'll show you.

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- I'm either blind or
you're just moving them.

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- No, no, I might
have put it back.

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Come on in.

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(gentle music continues)

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- Well, this young
man is something.

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He's definitely one of our
all-star rockstar regulars

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at the drop-in.

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And he, you know,

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he just has one of these
electric personalities that,

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you know, when he
walks in the door,

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you always know that
he's in the room,

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and he's had his fair
share of trouble at school

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and with peer relationships.

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And every now and then
I'll bring out the guitars

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and we'll play some music.

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And his first song lyric
that he ever came up with,

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"I Ain't Got No Self-Control."

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So this tells you
a little bit about,

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and we wrote a
blues song about it.

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♪ Working on my self-control

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♪ Working on my self-control

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♪ And working on it

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I just go with it, and we just,

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you know, yell out the lyrics,

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and every now and then he just,

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it's like the best thing
in the world for him.

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I'm so proud of him.

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He's on his way.

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Why do I do this work?

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(gentle music)

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(Joseph exhales deeply)

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If we could help young people
not only survive their,

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their teenage years,

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but to actually have hope
for their adult years.

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And we can do it as a
team and as a community.

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I can't think of a better way
to live and to spend time.

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- All right, Jane.

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This is the date that
you signed your lease

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and got your keys
from your landlord.

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- Yes.

44:28.333 --> 44:29.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- And that you're
on Shelter Plus.

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- Right.
- Do you get food stamps?

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- Yes.
- And MaineCare?

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- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.

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And we had that you were
in a shelter, correct?

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- Yes.
- All right.

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So you were literally homeless.

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- They said that they had one
coming up and it was mine.

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- Oh wow.

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- And we wasn't
getting anywhere.

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And I told Andrew, and
Andrew took it over, and-

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- Well, that was awesome.
- Got me right in.

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He's straightened it all out.

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Yes, it's good to
help a caseworker.

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- [Sarah] It definitely is.

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It's one of the traumas
that people experience

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when they lose their housing.

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They have to surrender
all of their possessions.

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You can get an apartment,

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but when you move in, you
don't have any furniture,

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you don't have any dishes,

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you don't have any sheets,
you don't have a bed.

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So all of those things very
often have to be figured out.

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- Oh, good to
finally have a home.

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- It's gonna be cozy, but I
think we can make it work.

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We got the Christmas tree,

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now we just need the bed
frame and the ironing.

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- There we go.

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- You want the bed up
against this window here?

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- I don't know. Yes.

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To go out and get some
more sheets tomorrow.

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- All right, talk tomorrow
about getting the microwave.

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- Yes.
- Sounds good.

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And you're staying
here tonight, right?

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- Yes.
- Okay.

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- All right.
- I have a lot of work to do.

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- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

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Where's my hug?

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(Andrew laughs)

45:58.833 --> 46:02.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I got the best case
worker in the world.

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(Andrew laughs)

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- See ya.

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- So Amelia just closed
on her house Friday.

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- We're excited to finally
start planting the seeds

46:13.733 --> 46:16.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and the herbs for my
herbal apothecary business

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that I can actually
get back working into

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and just making our life as
calm and peaceful as possible.

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And a lot of it was the support

46:26.933 --> 46:29.933 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
of Knox County
Homeless Coalition.

46:29.933 --> 46:33.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I've been employed
for the last 10 years,

46:33.533 --> 46:36.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
just proves that having
multiple college degrees,

46:36.933 --> 46:41.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
working full-time, raising
a child, not on drugs,

46:41.700 --> 46:44.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and still ended up
in this situation

46:44.866 --> 46:48.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that we can't possibly
do without our community.

46:49.866 --> 46:52.700 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
We just got dealt a raw hand.

46:52.700 --> 46:55.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
And even though I work
every day of the week,

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still ended up on the streets.

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- Just as we invented
homelessness in the 1980s

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by making a decision
to allow our government

47:06.366 --> 47:08.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
to cut its resources,
its safety net,

47:08.533 --> 47:13.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
the fabric of care for people
who were really struggling.

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And that allowed us
to have homelessness.

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I can tell you that as we start

47:19.800 --> 47:22.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
to normalize stepping
over people on the streets

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and having people
clog our sidewalks

47:25.800 --> 47:27.966 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
with makeshift encampments

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to try to survive
out in the cold,

47:29.800 --> 47:32.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
especially in colder climates
where that doesn't work

47:32.633 --> 47:34.033 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
and it leads to death,

47:34.033 --> 47:37.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
we are really taking
a step further away

47:37.866 --> 47:39.633 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
from a civilized society.

47:42.033 --> 47:43.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
How long altogether do you think

47:43.466 --> 47:46.166 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
that you were living outdoors?

47:46.166 --> 47:48.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
- Seven to eight years.

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It was scary for me.

47:50.000 --> 47:52.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
I always had to look
over my shoulder

47:53.500 --> 47:57.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
and, you know, make sure
no one's following me

47:57.100 --> 47:59.833 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
or taking my stuff.

47:59.833 --> 48:03.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
- At that point, I
was so disillusioned

48:03.233 --> 48:05.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
with everything that had
been happening in my life

48:05.166 --> 48:07.733 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
that I just gave up.

48:07.733 --> 48:09.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And when I first
got to that shelter,

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it was the scariest
day of my life.

48:12.233 --> 48:15.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
And so years of being
outside in the winter,

48:15.333 --> 48:17.733 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
sleeping in bus depots
in the rainy weather,

48:17.733 --> 48:19.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
and so on and so forth,

48:19.000 --> 48:21.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
sleeping in Lincoln Park
down there many times.

48:22.900 --> 48:24.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- You know, we're not
on the street anymore

48:24.833 --> 48:29.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and we have each other
and we got a home.

48:29.100 --> 48:31.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
- I feel so good
about being here

48:31.766 --> 48:34.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
and being able to have
a normal life again.

48:36.533 --> 48:38.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
- To be able to have
a roof over your head

48:38.366 --> 48:39.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
is a really good thing.

48:41.033 --> 48:42.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
Nobody really likes being
out in the rain at night.

48:42.700 --> 48:44.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
And if you're homeless,

48:44.366 --> 48:46.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
you only really have
what you're wearing

48:46.366 --> 48:48.900 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
and maybe a few extra pairs,

48:50.100 --> 48:51.733 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
so it can be really hard.

48:52.866 --> 48:55.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Second and final set
of the four chairs.

48:57.600 --> 49:01.833 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
Honestly, I'm really excited.

49:01.833 --> 49:03.166 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
I can't wait.

49:08.900 --> 49:09.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Right this way.

49:09.900 --> 49:11.900 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
Self-doubt really gets to you

49:11.900 --> 49:15.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
'cause when you think
everything is bad

49:15.066 --> 49:18.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
and you don't feel like you
can even trust yourself,

49:18.633 --> 49:20.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
you perpetuate your
own circumstance.

49:20.800 --> 49:24.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
So it led me to believe
that I wasn't good enough,

49:24.400 --> 49:26.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
that people wouldn't believe me

49:26.466 --> 49:28.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
even if I was telling the truth.

49:28.733 --> 49:32.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
H.O.M.E. has given me
a lot of opportunities

49:32.400 --> 49:35.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
for self-growth,
being angry at myself

49:35.800 --> 49:38.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
and at life for dealing me
the hand that I was dealt,

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and just kind of started
trying to work with it.

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And I would recognize
the times that I did try,

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and I did recognize that
I had these failures,

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these moments where I
needed to do better.

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And so I kind of worked on that.

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- Part of being the navigator
is also advocating for them,

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you know, letting them
know that regardless

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of whether they have
any rental history

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or any references,

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letting them know how well
they did in the shelter,

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how good they kept up
their rooms and cleaned,

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and how, you know,
responsible they've shown us.

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So it's basically just
advocating for them

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and letting them
know that we believe

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that they'd be a
good fit for it.

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Right now, where he
doesn't have a job,

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Maine State Housing is
covering everything.

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And then once he gets a job,

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he will have to report it to us,

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and we report it to
Maine State Housing.

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And then what they
do is they calculate

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how much he would
make for a year,

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and then it's 30% of his income,

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and that would be his part
that he would have to pay.

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- I've been in contact with
one of my old managers,

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and they told me that the
position at McDonald's right now

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that I had before I came to
the homeless shelter is open.

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A new job will give you a
new opportunity to learn

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where I'm appreciated,

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helps with how you
feel about yourself.

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It's kind of like a helping
hand pushing you forward

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into doing something better.

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- Someone that's making
it believed in me.

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Someone taught me I wasn't
stupid, someone didn't judge me.

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They understood that
the things I was doing

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in the war zone of poverty

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were what I needed to
be doing to survive

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and rebuilding my hope and
rebuilding my confidence.

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- Welcome to Chipotle. What
can I do for you today?

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- [Interviewer] How
about a carne asada?

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- Some people fell on hard times

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and couldn't pay their
rent for one month

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and they get evicted.

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A lot of people will say,
"Well, they got no excuse.

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They got, you know, why
you can't pay your rent?"

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If I'm making $12 an hour,

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I'm working just to pay rent.

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- There's not a single
county in the United States

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where a person making
the minimum wage

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can afford to rent a
two-bedroom apartment.

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Think of that for a minute.

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When you have to pay more

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than 50% of your
income for housing,

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that doesn't leave much
for everything else.

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- I didn't understand
it when people say,

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"Well, I have to make a choice.

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To buy my insulin or to,
you know, pay my rent."

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But then I start
seeing peoples who,

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you know, were swelling
up, their legs and stuff,

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because they couldn't
afford the insulin.

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I looked at it like,

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"Wow, y'all should
give, you know,

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homeless people a chance."

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Because the wintertime
was so harsh

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and I was giving people
blankets outta the shelter.

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I'd go in there
and get a blanket

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and bring it back out
there and give it to 'em

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because I've seen the black toes

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or the frostbitten fingers,

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And I'd be like, "Oh my God."

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Just to see how desensitized
everybody was to,

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you know, to the homeless.

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And, like I said, I was too

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because I was like, "Well,
that's what they choose.

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That's what they
wanted, you know?"

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but that's incorrect.

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I did not choose it.

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And it happened to me.

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And I know I have never went
six months without a job

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in my whole life.

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And I'm 33, I mean. (laughs)

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- [Interviewer] That's
funny, you don't look it.

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(James laughs)
(interviewer laughs)

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63. Today my birthday,
guys, by the way.

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- Is it?
- It is?

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- Yeah.
- Happy birthday.

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- May 10th, May 10th.
- Okay, we'll buy you dinner.

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- Yeah, they had big cake
in there at Chipotle for me.

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I turned 63 today.

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But I do.

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I feel like I'm 33
years old again,

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because to have hope

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and to know that
people's out there

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that really care about yourself,

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it give you, you know,
super strength then.

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You know, where you could
get up every morning like me,

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and I'm like, "Oh, uh-uh."

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I don't care if
my leg hurting me,

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my toes hurting me,
or my back hurt.

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Chipotle is my
number one, you know,

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because I know this right
here is my livelihood now.

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And this right here, we're
going to keep me afloat.

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- This is not a poor country.

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We're spending billions on
the symptoms of poverty.

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We could invest in kids, we
could invest in the adults,

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and save money.

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It's way more expensive to pay
for the symptoms of poverty.

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- I think the average
person needs to get involved

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and needs to speak
up about all this

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and needs to get,

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and needs to get informed

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and not just get angry
that there are encampments

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but get angry that we're in
a society that that's okay.

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We may not see everything we
wanna see in our lifetime,

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but we've got a responsibility

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to keep pushing,
pushing, pushing.

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Hope springs eternal.

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- I grew up at a time

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where neighbors looked
after neighbors,

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and it was not at all odd
for me to walk to school,

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to walk home, and
along that route.

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And people would look out
the window and look for me.

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If I ever needed anything
along that route,

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I could stop anywhere.

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I believe we gotta
get back to that time

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where we are not
afraid of one another.

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We have to get back to being
true neighbors to one another.

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- There's nothing that
matches making a difference

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for your fellow human beings.

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Nothing.

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No piece of jewelry,
no trip, no car.

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Let me use what's in my
hands, my wisdom, my expertise

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to see if I can't leave
you in a better place.

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- Oh, good to
finally have a home.

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♪ In these times

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♪ We must mindful of the gift

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♪ In these time

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♪ Use our hands and hearts

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♪ To lift the fallen
spirits in this land ♪

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♪ Growing gardens in the sand

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♪ Reaching out a helping hand

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♪ In these times