City of Portland Maine Health & Human Services Department Kristen Dow, Director MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Snyder and Members of the Portland City Council cc: Danielle West, Interim City Manager From: Kristen Dow, Director of Health & Human Services Date: January 14, 2022 Re: HHS Homelessness and Emergency Shelter Update Over the past several months we have continued to see a steady increase in the number of asylum seeking families arriving from the southern border. As of the date of this memo, we are providing shelter to 225 families for 735 individuals, and we have seen a total of 30 new...