Pregnant migrants find housing and support in Portland, Maine

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Earlier this year, aid groups in Portland, Maine, saw an alarming rise in the number of pregnant migrants in need of housing. Scrambling for a response, one Portland-based nonprofit came up with a creative solution: converting a former convent for elderly nuns into a supportive housing program. Maine Public Radio’s Ari Snider reports on how this program could be a model for other places in Maine and around the country.

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