
PARTNERS WHO HELPED BUILD FUSE'S LEGACY
The FUSE Collaborative (formerly the Long-Term Stayers Initiative) brought together a diverse network of partners representing housing, homelessness services, healthcare, behavioral health, outreach, corrections, public safety, and other community systems. The organizations listed below contributed their expertise, resources, and commitment to a shared effort to improve housing stability for people experiencing chronic homelessness and those with the most complex and acute needs.
Over its 11½-year history, FUSE benefited from the participation of organizations large and small, each playing a unique role in addressing barriers to housing and advancing coordinated solutions. While participation varied over time, every partner helped strengthen the initiative and contributed to its success.
Together, these organizations demonstrated the power of cross-system collaboration. By sharing knowledge, aligning efforts, and leveraging their collective strengths, FUSE helped hundreds of individuals achieve housing stability, generated important evidence about the impact of supportive housing, and helped shape the coordinated systems and partnerships that continue this work today.
City of Portland Social Services
Community Housing of Maine
Cumberland County Jail - Reentry
Greater Portland Health
Maine DHHS Office of Behavioral Health
Milestone Recovery
Portland Downtown
Preservation Management, Inc.
Shalom House
Youth Justice Clinic-Maine School of law
Commonspace
Cumberland County DA's Office
Frannie Peabody Center
Maine DHHS Office of Aging and Disability Services
MaineHousing
The Opportunity Alliance
Preble Street
Project Hope
Spurwink
FUSE Greater Portland Archive & Historical Information
Contact: Vickey Merrill, Community Housing of Maine (CHOM) | vickey@chomhousing.org
